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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Norman, OK

January 1, 2021Pottawatomie County, Seminole County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Jan 1, 2021, 6:49 AM CST for Pottawatomie County, Seminole County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 1, 2021, 6:49 AM CST (12:49 UTC)
Expired
Jan 1, 2021, 6:28 PM CST
In force
12 hr
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), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Little River (OK) near Tecumseh (TCMO2). The gauge peaked at 11.14 ft at Jan 1, 2021, 5:00 AM CST.

actionminormoderate5101501/0101/0201/03
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.

The text

As transmitted.

944 
WGUS44 KOUN 011249
FLWOUN

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Norman OK
649 AM CST Fri Jan 1 2021

...The National Weather Service in Norman OK has issued a Flood 
Warning for the following rivers in Oklahoma...

  Little River near Tecumseh affecting Seminole and Pottawatomie 
  Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.


OKC125-133-020030-
/O.NEW.KOUN.FL.W.0002.210101T1249Z-210102T0028Z/
/TCMO2.1.ER.210101T1021Z.210101T1100Z.210101T1827Z.NO/
649 AM CST Fri Jan 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a

* Flood Warning for
  the Little River near Tecumseh.
* From this morning to this evening.
* At 5:30 AM CST Friday the stage was 11.1 feet.
* Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending 
  at 5:30 AM CST Friday was 11.1 feet.
* Forecast...The Little River is expected to rise to a crest of 11.1 
  feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage this 
  afternoon.
* Impact...At 11.0 feet, Low-lying croplands... pastures... and 
  rural roads may experience shallow flooding or be isolated by 
  deeper water in overflow channels cutting across the flood plain. 
  The area affected is entirely rural... and downstream of Lake 
  Thunderbird... from near Macomb in Pottawatomie County to near 
  Bowlegs in western Seminole County.


&&

LAT...LON 3519 9721 3525 9721 3523 9680 3516 9668
      3508 9668 3512 9699

$$

CMS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 31, 7:12 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryOUNPottawatomie, Seminole12 hr

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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.