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Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Norman, OK

February 12, 200815 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this red flag warning at Feb 12, 2008, 3:28 PM CST for 15 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 13, 2008, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 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: Feb 12, 2008, 3:28 PM CST (21:28 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 13, 2008, 1:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 13, 2008, 7:00 PM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

All 23 counties

Beckham County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita 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 Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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 Feb 12, 2:47 PM CST, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 2:47 PM CST, 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 12, 12:00 PM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes 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
Feb 11, 8:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton	35 min
Feb 11, 8:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Stephens	42 min
Feb 11, 8:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton	46 min
Feb 11, 9:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Pontotoc	48 min
Feb 11, 9:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Stephens	47 min
Feb 12, 5:59 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 7 more	9 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Oklahoma, 2008 Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2008 Every red flag warning in 2008

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.