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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Norman, OK

January 18, 200915 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this red flag warning at Jan 18, 2009, 4:19 AM CST for 15 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 18, 2009, 12:00 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: Jan 18, 2009, 4:19 AM CST (10:19 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 18, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 18, 2009, 6:00 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 10:18 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 Jan 17, 5:16 PM CST, 11 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 5:16 PM CST, 11 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 17, 11:45 AM CST, 16 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1145 AM CST SAT JAN 17 2009

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-181300-
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-
1145 AM CST SAT JAN 17 2009

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

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

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

DISCUSSION...
AN ALREADY STABLE AIRMASS WILL BECOME EVEN MORE STABLE TODAY AS A
WEAK COLD FRONT USHERS IN DRIER AIR.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST SUNDAY JAN 18.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...ZERO.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
GUSTY WINDS BOTH AHEAD OF AND BEHIND A WEAK COLD FRONT...COMBINED
WITH DRY AIR...WILL ELEVATE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ACROSS WESTERN
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
OCCASIONALLY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY DRY AIR
AND WARM TEMPERATURES TO RAISE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ACROSS WESTERN
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS WEEK...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY
AND MONDAY.

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

CMS

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.