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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Norman, OK

May 16, 2020Atoka County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at May 16, 2020, 2:00 PM CDT for Atoka County, Oklahoma. It took effect at May 16, 2020, 10:56 PM CDT. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2020, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC)
In effect from: May 16, 2020, 10:56 PM CDT
Expired: May 18, 2020, 8:30 AM CDT
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Atoka County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Clear Boggy Creek above Caney Creek near Caney (CANO2). The gauge peaked at 25.72 ft at May 18, 2020, 1:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 26 ft
Moderate stage: 29 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07334800, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at May 16, 12:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 12:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 7:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	37 min
May 15, 7:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Jackson, Tillman	3 hr
May 15, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Stephens	39 min
May 15, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	62 min
May 15, 8:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Garvin, Stephens	2 hr
May 15, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Tillman	65 min
May 15, 8:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens	3 hr
May 15, 8:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Stephens	115 min
May 15, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson	36 min
May 15, 9:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson	26 min
May 15, 10:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	4 hr
May 16, 1:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Bryan	7 hr
May 15, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Wilbarger	54 min
May 15, 7:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Archer, Baylor, Wichita, Wilbarger	32 min
May 15, 8:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Archer	39 min
May 15, 9:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Archer, Wichita	88 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.