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Red Flag Warning 47, NWS Norman, OK

August 26, 20068 counties in Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this red flag warning at Aug 26, 2006, 4:45 AM CDT for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Aug 26, 2006, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 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
Aug 26, 2006, 4:45 AM CDT (09:45 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 26, 2006, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 26, 2006, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK

Counties 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 Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:45 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 Aug 26, 4:26 AM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 4:26 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 25, 11:50 AM CDT, 16 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1150 AM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-261200-
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-
1150 AM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.

LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM PERRY TO
FAIRVIEW...TO VICI AND ARNETT.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM 5 PM
THROUGH 1 AM.

IMPACTS...
SOME DAMAGE TO AUTOMOBILES AND TENDER VEGETATION FROM LARGE HAIL.
MINOR WIND DAMAGE TO TREES.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS FROM 5 PM UNTIL
1 AM.

DISCUSSION...
BY LATE AFTERNOON...STRONG HEATING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT OVER
KANSAS WILL RESULT IN MODERATE INSTABILITY.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN
KANSAS AND FAR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA NEAR THE FRONT. A FEW OF THESE
STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND 65 MPH WINDS.
THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE MAY INCREASE DURING THE LATE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT HOURS...BUT THE THREAT OF HIGH WINDS AND HAIL WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH AS INSTABILITY DECREASES.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SATURDAY AUG 26.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...30 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
BREEZY CONDITIONS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL
CAUSE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR PARTS OF THE AREA. A RED
FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. A HEAT ADVISORY
IS ALSO IN EFFECT WITH VERY HOT DAYTIME TEMPERATURES AND WARM
NIGHTS. PERSONS WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REFER TO THE LATEST FIRE WEATHER AND HEAT
ADVISORY PRODUCTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY ACROSS
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND AGAIN SUNDAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THE RISK FOR SEVERE
STORMS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT AND A MID
LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
PLAINS. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
HEAVY... AND POTENTIALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE ASSOCIATED
WITH THE STORM SYSTEM. ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN INTO CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.

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

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 25, 11:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa48 min
Aug 25, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant45 min
Aug 25, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper46 min
Aug 25, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper29 min
Aug 26, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher45 min
Aug 26, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Logan58 min
Aug 26, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher47 min
Aug 26, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay44 min
Aug 26, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble50 min
Aug 26, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher50 min
Aug 26, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Logan43 min
Aug 26, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne54 min
Aug 26, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton43 min
Aug 26, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian52 min
Aug 26, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble46 min
Aug 26, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma47 min
Aug 26, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman49 min
Aug 26, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Kingfisher26 min
Aug 26, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Major46 min
Aug 26, 6:44 PM CDTFlood WatchOUNBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Custer and 13 more12 hr
Aug 26, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard43 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.