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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Norman, OK

June 20, 2020Cotton County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Jun 20, 2020, 10:15 AM CDT for Cotton County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Jun 20, 2020, 10:24 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 20, 2020, 10:15 AM CDT (15:15 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 20, 2020, 10:24 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 21, 2020, 5:25 AM CDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Cotton County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Deep Red Creek near Randlett (RNDO2). The gauge peaked at 24.84 ft at Jun 21, 2020, 6:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07311500, 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 Jun 20, 6:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 6:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 30 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
Jun 19, 8:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	43 min
Jun 19, 8:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham	40 min
Jun 19, 8:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	24 min
Jun 19, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Jackson	62 min
Jun 19, 9:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Greer	32 min
Jun 19, 9:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kiowa, Tillman	47 min
Jun 19, 10:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche, Cotton	48 min
Jun 20, 12:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jackson, Washita	46 min
Jun 19, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard	29 min
Jun 19, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Hardeman, Knox	74 min
Jun 19, 9:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor, Knox, Wilbarger	27 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2020 Every river flood warning in 2020

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.