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Red Flag Warning 42, NWS Norman, OK

July 31, 200644 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this red flag warning at Jul 31, 2006, 3:47 PM CDT for 44 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Aug 1, 2006, 10:49 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 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
Jul 31, 2006, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 1, 2006, 10:49 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 1, 2006, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
All 52 counties

Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, Major County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Knox County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Jul 31, 3:34 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 3:34 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 12:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1200 PM CDT MON JUL 31 2006

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-011200-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
1200 PM CDT MON JUL 31 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION...
A HOT AND STABLE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVENT THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TONIGHT.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT TUESDAY AUG 1.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...5 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...20 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO MITIGATE THE AFFECTS OF THE HEAT ON PEOPLE AND
PETS. PLEASE REFER TO THE HEAT ADVISORY FOR DETAILS.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAT...BREEZY WINDS AND DRY VEGETATION WILL
MAINTAIN VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. PLEASE REFER TO THE FIRE DANGER STATEMENT FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL ENTER NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA WEDNESDAY...
AND GRADUALLY PUSH TOWARD CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS PERIOD MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT
LIGHTNING... STRONG WIND GUSTS... AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AS THE
FRONT STALLS.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
HEAT STRESS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN FOR PEOPLE AND PETS THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH
TUESDAY. STAY INDOORS AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH TO EXTREME THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF
THIS WEEK...DUE TO HOT TEMPERATURES...GUSTY WINDS... AND DRY
VEGETATION. PLEASE REFER TO THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR DETAILS ON
CONDITIONS FOR TUESDAY.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
TUESDAY.

CORRECTED FOR NEXT ISSUANCE DAY...
24

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 4:06 AM CDTFire Weather WatchOUNAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Carter, Comanche and 19 more12 hr
Jul 31, 4:06 AM CDTRed Flag WarningOUNAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 32 more16 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Oklahoma, 2006Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2006Every red flag warning in 2006

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.