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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Norman, OK

May 23, 2020Wichita County, Wilbarger County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at May 23, 2020, 8:01 AM CDT for Wichita County, Wilbarger County, Texas. It took effect at May 23, 2020, 10:16 AM CDT. It was in force for 70 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2020, 8:01 AM CDT (13:01 UTC)
In effect from: May 23, 2020, 10:16 AM CDT
Expired: May 26, 2020, 7:59 AM CDT
In force: 70 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Beaver Creek (TX) near Electra (ELTT2). The gauge peaked at 27.26 ft at May 24, 2020, 6:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07312200, 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 23, 5:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 5:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 3:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 4:13 AM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 4:46 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 5:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 6:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 7:55 AM CDT, 6 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 22, 7:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cotton, Tillman	3 hr
May 22, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton	27 min
May 22, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa	32 min
May 22, 7:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Tillman	3 hr
May 22, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson	50 min
May 22, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa	32 min
May 22, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Tillman	26 min
May 22, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson	50 min
May 22, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	45 min
May 22, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Tillman	44 min
May 22, 9:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	35 min
May 22, 9:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson, Tillman	7 hr
May 22, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Tillman	45 min
May 22, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Love	40 min
May 22, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	23 min
May 22, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	47 min
May 22, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	51 min
May 22, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan, Love, Marshall	48 min
May 22, 11:28 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	OUN	Carter, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc	3 hr
May 22, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	30 min
May 23, 12:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Johnston, Marshall	59 min
May 23, 12:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	51 min
May 23, 12:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	33 min
May 23, 1:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	44 min
May 23, 2:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	47 min
May 23, 3:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	42 min
May 23, 3:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Tillman	32 min
May 23, 4:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton	32 min
May 23, 4:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton	29 min
May 23, 5:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	24 min
May 23, 5:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa	50 min
May 23, 6:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche, Kiowa	28 min
May 23, 6:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	29 min
May 22, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wichita	32 min
May 22, 7:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Clay	52 min
May 22, 7:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Clay	36 min
May 22, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	34 min
May 22, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Knox	33 min
May 22, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay, Wichita	51 min
May 22, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	24 min
May 22, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	33 min
May 22, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	43 min
May 22, 8:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Clay	32 min
May 22, 8:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Clay	2 hr
May 22, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wilbarger	42 min
May 22, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	45 min
May 22, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay, Wichita	43 min
May 22, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer	23 min
May 22, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Wilbarger	35 min
May 22, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Clay	61 min
May 22, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Baylor, Wichita, Wilbarger	52 min
May 22, 10:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Clay	6 hr
May 22, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Clay	45 min
May 22, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Clay, Wichita	18 min
May 22, 11:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Wichita	3 hr
May 22, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Wichita, Wilbarger	59 min
May 23, 12:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Archer, Clay	3 hr
May 23, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Baylor, Wichita, Wilbarger	59 min
May 23, 12:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Baylor, Wilbarger	3 hr
May 23, 1:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer	32 min
May 23, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Clay	49 min
May 23, 2:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Wilbarger	3 hr
May 23, 3:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Clay	16 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.