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Freeze Warning 5, NWS Norman, OK

November 2, 201121 counties in Oklahoma; Hardeman County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this freeze warning at Nov 2, 2011, 3:41 AM CDT for 21 counties in Oklahoma; Hardeman County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 3, 2011, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 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
Nov 2, 2011, 3:41 AM CDT (08:41 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 3, 2011, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired
Nov 3, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
All 22 counties

Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Hardeman County, TX

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:45 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 freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Nov 1, 6:39 PM CDT, 9 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 1, 6:39 PM CDT, 9 hours 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 2, 3:41 PM CDTFreeze WatchOUNAlfalfa, Atoka, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo and 42 more12 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Oklahoma, 2011Freeze Warnings in Texas, 2011Every freeze warning in 2011

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.