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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Norman, OK

April 19, 2025Pottawatomie County, Seminole County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this river flood warning at Apr 19, 2025, 8:09 AM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Seminole County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 20, 2025, 6:30 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 2025, 8:09 AM CDT (13:09 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 20, 2025, 6:30 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 20, 2025, 2:37 PM CDT
In force
8 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), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 10.34 ft at Apr 20, 2025, 10:00 AM CDT.

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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 Apr 19, 5:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 5:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 8:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBeckham33 min
Apr 18, 8:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarvin26 min
Apr 18, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole42 min
Apr 18, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole49 min
Apr 18, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNHughes, Seminole36 min
Apr 18, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNCarter, Jefferson, Love37 min
Apr 18, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray39 min
Apr 18, 11:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJohnston28 min
Apr 18, 11:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMcClain23 min
Apr 18, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Pottawatomie, Seminole29 min
Apr 18, 11:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMcClain30 min
Apr 18, 11:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCleveland26 min
Apr 18, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain, Oklahoma38 min
Apr 18, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma, Payne41 min
Apr 18, 11:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHughes38 min
Apr 19, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Payne18 min
Apr 19, 12:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPayne25 min
Apr 19, 12:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPayne36 min
Apr 19, 12:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHughes25 min
Apr 19, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Pontotoc, Seminole26 min
Apr 19, 12:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNSeminole16 min
Apr 19, 8:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNAtoka4 days
Apr 19, 8:09 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchOUNBryan24 hr
Apr 19, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCanadian33 min
Apr 19, 5:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKingfisher32 min
Apr 19, 5:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNComanche25 min
Apr 19, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Tillman48 min
Apr 19, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarfield, Kingfisher29 min
Apr 19, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrady31 min
Apr 19, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNComanche28 min
Apr 19, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay40 min
Apr 19, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay33 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.