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River Flood Warning 13, NWS Norman, OK

April 29, 2025Cotton County, Jefferson County, Tillman County, Oklahoma; Clay County, Wichita County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Apr 29, 2025, 8:09 AM CDT for Cotton County, Jefferson County, Tillman County, Oklahoma; Clay County, Wichita County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 29, 2025, 8:46 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 2025, 8:09 AM CDT (13:09 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 29, 2025, 8:46 AM CDT
Expired: May 4, 2025, 8:35 AM CDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Cotton County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Clay County, TX, Wichita County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Red River near Burkburnett (BKBT2).

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07308500, 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 Apr 29, 6:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 6:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 29, 5:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute 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
Apr 28, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman	13 min
Apr 28, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jackson	29 min
Apr 28, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa, Washita	11 min
Apr 28, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harmon, Jackson	51 min
Apr 28, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Jackson	41 min
Apr 28, 7:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	3 hr
Apr 28, 8:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Jackson	116 min
Apr 28, 8:04 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Jefferson, Love	15 hr
Apr 28, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	38 min
Apr 28, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	OUN	Greer, Jackson, Kiowa	42 min
Apr 28, 8:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	52 min
Apr 28, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Greer, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	46 min
Apr 28, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Jackson, Kiowa	27 min
Apr 28, 8:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa	3 hr
Apr 28, 8:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Washita	36 min
Apr 28, 9:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	35 min
Apr 28, 9:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa	3 hr
Apr 28, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita	37 min
Apr 28, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	45 min
Apr 28, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Comanche, Kiowa	31 min
Apr 28, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	26 min
Apr 28, 10:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Grady, Kiowa	3 hr
Apr 28, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa	48 min
Apr 28, 10:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	31 min
Apr 28, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	29 min
Apr 28, 10:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma	24 min
Apr 28, 10:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Grady	2 hr
Apr 28, 10:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady, McClain	31 min
Apr 28, 10:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	36 min
Apr 28, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Grady, McClain	29 min
Apr 28, 11:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	2 hr
Apr 28, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie, Seminole	38 min
Apr 28, 11:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Cleveland, Grady, McClain	34 min
Apr 28, 11:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole	29 min
Apr 28, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Pottawatomie, Seminole	32 min
Apr 29, 12:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Okfuskee	11 min
Apr 29, 2:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Major	28 min
Apr 29, 2:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Major	32 min
Apr 29, 3:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Tillman	26 min
Apr 29, 3:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Major, Woods	46 min
Apr 29, 3:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Major, Woods, Woodward	42 min
Apr 29, 3:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant, Kay	46 min
Apr 29, 3:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	43 min
Apr 29, 3:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Woodward	39 min
Apr 29, 4:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant	27 min
Apr 29, 4:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woods	33 min
Apr 29, 4:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woodward	36 min
Apr 29, 4:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	33 min
Apr 29, 4:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa	3 hr
Apr 29, 4:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kingfisher	30 min
Apr 29, 4:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	28 min
Apr 29, 4:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Stephens, Tillman	39 min
Apr 29, 4:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble	3 hr
Apr 29, 4:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	32 min
Apr 29, 4:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	31 min
Apr 29, 5:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Stephens	51 min
Apr 29, 5:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Noble	37 min
Apr 29, 5:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	37 min
Apr 29, 5:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	48 min
Apr 29, 5:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Payne	45 min
Apr 29, 6:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Logan, McClain, Oklahoma	119 min
Apr 29, 6:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma	17 min
Apr 29, 6:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Pottawatomie	35 min
Apr 29, 6:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Pottawatomie, Seminole	45 min
Apr 29, 7:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Payne	115 min
Apr 29, 8:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Love	11 days
Apr 29, 8:21 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	27 hr
Apr 29, 8:23 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	OUN	Jefferson	3 hr
Apr 29, 8:48 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka	6 hr
Apr 29, 8:49 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Grady	36 hr
Apr 29, 8:50 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	OUN	Hughes, Seminole	6 hr
Apr 29, 8:51 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	23 hr
Apr 29, 8:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	48 hr
Apr 29, 8:53 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie	30 hr
Apr 29, 8:56 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	OUN	Garvin, Grady	13 hr
Apr 29, 8:56 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Murray	5 hr
Apr 29, 9:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	3 days
Apr 29, 10:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	30 min
Apr 29, 11:03 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	OUN	Jefferson, Love	22 hr
Apr 29, 11:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Jefferson	66 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.