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Red Flag Warning 18, NWS Norman, OK

March 17, 200914 counties in Oklahoma; 7 counties in Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this red flag warning at Mar 17, 2009, 3:52 AM CDT for 14 counties in Oklahoma; 7 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 17, 2009, 12:00 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: Mar 17, 2009, 3:52 AM CDT (08:52 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 17, 2009, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 17, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

All 21 counties

Beckham 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, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Knox County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Mar 16, 3:56 PM CDT, 11 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 3:56 PM CDT, 11 hours 56 minutes before

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Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Oklahoma, 2009 Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2009 Every red flag warning in 2009

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.