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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Norman, OK

March 18, 2020Pottawatomie County, Seminole County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Mar 18, 2020, 7:20 AM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Seminole County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 103 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 18, 2020, 7:20 AM CDT (12:20 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2020, 9:03 AM CDT
In force: 103 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little River (OK) near Tecumseh (TCMO2).

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07230500, 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 18, 6:28 AM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 6:28 AM CDT, 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
Mar 18, 1:10 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	OUN	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 27 more	9 hr
Mar 18, 8:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Bryan	36 hr
Mar 18, 10:05 AM CDT	Flood Watch	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Garvin and 12 more	32 hr
Mar 18, 1:43 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	OUN	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 23 more	41 hr
Mar 18, 5:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	25 min
Mar 18, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jackson	37 min
Mar 18, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jackson	33 min
Mar 18, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	38 min
Mar 18, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	46 min
Mar 18, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	30 min
Mar 18, 6:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kiowa	33 min
Mar 17, 7:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Baylor	3 hr
Mar 18, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Hardeman	46 min
Mar 18, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Hardeman	52 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.