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Blowing Dust Advisory 2, NWS Norman, OK

December 19, 2012Harmon County, Oklahoma; Foard County, Hardeman County, Knox County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this blowing dust advisory at Dec 19, 2012, 2:22 PM CST for Harmon County, Oklahoma; Foard County, Hardeman County, Knox County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 19, 2012, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 19, 2012, 2:22 PM CST (20:22 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 19, 2012, 3:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 19, 2012, 10:08 PM CST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

Counties Harmon County, OK, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Knox County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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 blowing dust advisory 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 blowing dust advisory went out at Dec 19, 11:39 AM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 11:39 AM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 19, 2:20 PM CST, 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
220 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-201300-
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-
220 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012

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

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

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK... THERE REMAINS A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED STORM ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

DISCUSSION... A VERY STRONG SURFACE CONTINUES TO DEEPEN THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. A DRYLINE WILL SURGE INTO
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BY LATE AFTERNOON...WITH A COLD FRONT SURGING
ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
MAY DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE TODAY...BUT
SHOULD MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD AND OUT OF THE AREA BY MID EVENING. AS
COLD AIR MOVES INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA BEHIND THE FRONT...SOME SNOW
SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. NO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...BUT OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...INCLUDING
STRONG WINDS...ENHANCED WILDFIRE POTENTIAL...AND WINTER WEATHER WILL
IMPACT PARTS OF THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST THURSDAY DEC 20.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...20 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...LESS THAN 5 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER... VERY GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP
TODAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF TEXAS. BLOWING
DUST HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...AND WILL LIKELY
MOVE INTO PARTS OF THIS AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES MAY
BE REDUCED AS THIS DUST MOVES INTO THE AREA...AND A BLOWING DUST
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DANGEROUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAR SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS BECAUSE OF THE EXTREMELY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS
IN CONJUNCTION WITH VERY STRONG WINDS. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...AND ANY FIRES THAT GET OUT OF CONTROL WILL
BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTAIN.

THIS EVENING A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH OKLAHOMA. STRONG
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW. A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR MUCH OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 T0 45 MPH...WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA
THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN CAUSE
DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON AREA
ROADWAYS VERY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON
EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED ELSEWHERE
AND A WIND ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LIGHT SNOW
ACCUMULATION AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF FAR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.
RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM WEST
TO EAST ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. ANY HEAVIER SNOWBANDS IN THE MIDST
OF VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...MAY CREATE NEAR WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO AVOID TRAVEL ACROSS
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHERN KANSAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL ENTER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS EARLY NEXT WEEK.
AT THIS TIME...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES APPEAR LOW...BUT RAIN AND SOME
WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 5
AM THURSDAY...THOUGH FREQUENT UPDATES WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED
THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT.

AUSTIN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 19, 9:03 AM CST, 5 hours 19 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
Dec 19, 3:49 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Tillman	14 hr
Dec 19, 4:06 AM CST	Wind Advisory	OUN	Alfalfa, Atoka, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo and 42 more	30 hr
Dec 19, 10:13 AM CST	High Wind Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 22 more	16 hr
Dec 19, 10:32 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OUN	Alfalfa, Ellis, Harper, Woods, Woodward	15 hr

Nearby

Blowing Dust Advisories in Texas, 2012 Blowing Dust Advisories in Oklahoma, 2012 Every blowing dust advisory in 2012

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.