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Areal Flood Warning 5, NWS Norman, OK

May 16, 2021Jefferson County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this areal flood warning at May 16, 2021, 9:56 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2021, 9:56 PM CDT (02:56 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Jefferson County, OK

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at May 16, 6:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 6:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 9:35 AM CDT, 12 hours 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 16, 4:17 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 16, 4:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 16, 5:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 16, 5:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
537 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0525 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 N RINGLING            34.19N 97.59W
05/16/2021  M58 MPH          JEFFERSON          OK   MESONET

            MESONET STATION RING RINGLING.

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MAD

Local storm report, May 16, 6:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 16, 6:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 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 16, 7:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Marshall	36 min
May 16, 7:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Marshall	29 min
May 16, 8:06 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	16 hr
May 16, 8:06 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka	24 hr
May 16, 8:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Jefferson, Stephens	4 hr
May 16, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harmon, Jackson	76 min
May 16, 11:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Tillman	31 min
May 17, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	38 min
May 17, 12:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Tillman	30 min
May 17, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman	22 min
May 17, 12:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Tillman	35 min
May 17, 1:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Stephens	32 min
May 17, 2:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson, Stephens	29 min
May 17, 12:39 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Comanche, Cotton	20 hr
May 17, 2:27 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Cotton	18 hr
May 17, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	12 min
May 16, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	52 min
May 16, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard	33 min
May 16, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard	16 min
May 16, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	65 min
May 16, 8:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Clay	3 hr
May 16, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	56 min
May 16, 9:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer	23 min
May 16, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Clay	61 min
May 16, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Knox	44 min
May 16, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Knox	39 min
May 16, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard, Knox	32 min
May 16, 11:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Foard, Knox, Wilbarger	58 min
May 16, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor	52 min
May 17, 12:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Baylor, Foard, Knox, Wilbarger	3 hr
May 17, 2:25 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Wichita, Wilbarger	18 hr
May 17, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Knox	32 min
May 17, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Knox	30 min
May 17, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard	40 min
May 17, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard	42 min
May 17, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Knox	67 min

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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.