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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Norman, OK

January 30, 200817 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this winter storm warning at Jan 30, 2008, 6:12 PM CST for 17 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Jan 31, 2008, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 16 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: Jan 30, 2008, 6:12 PM CST (00:12 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 31, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 31, 2008, 3:36 PM CST
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

Counties Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Payne County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 30, 5:54 PM CST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 5:54 PM CST, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 6:12 PM CST, 0 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
Jan 31, 4:15 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	OUN	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more	12 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2008 Every winter storm 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.