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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Norman, OK

March 17, 2020Atoka County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Mar 17, 2020, 2:11 PM CDT for Atoka County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 18, 2020, 9:36 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 17, 2020, 2:11 PM CDT (19:11 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 18, 2020, 9:36 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 22, 2020, 1:12 PM CDT
In force: 4 days
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 19:12 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 30.59 ft at Mar 20, 2020, 9:00 AM 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 Mar 17, 1:34 PM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 1:34 PM CDT, 37 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
Mar 17, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Knox	52 min
Mar 17, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Knox	43 min
Mar 17, 3:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor	25 min
Mar 17, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor	47 min
Mar 17, 4:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Baylor	2 hr
Mar 17, 5:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wichita	32 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.