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River Flood Warning 31, NWS Norman, OK

September 9, 2020Wichita County, Wilbarger County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Sep 9, 2020, 1:55 PM CDT for Wichita County, Wilbarger County, Texas. It took effect at Sep 10, 2020, 4:40 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 9, 2020, 1:55 PM CDT (18:55 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 10, 2020, 4:40 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 10, 2020, 10:07 AM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

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 18:58 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 21.94 ft at Sep 10, 2020, 4:00 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 Sep 9, 6:03 AM CDT, 7 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 6:03 AM CDT, 7 hours 52 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
Sep 8, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	40 min
Sep 8, 7:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Comanche	3 hr
Sep 8, 7:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Stephens	52 min
Sep 8, 8:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Caddo, Comanche	3 hr
Sep 8, 9:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Grady, Stephens	3 hr
Sep 9, 1:57 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Cotton	6 hr
Sep 8, 8:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Baylor	15 min
Sep 8, 8:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Baylor	2 hr
Sep 8, 9:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Baylor	3 hr
Sep 8, 11:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Baylor	3 hr

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.