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Fire Weather Watch 13, NWS Norman, OK

October 16, 201211 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this fire weather watch at Oct 16, 2012, 3:16 PM CDT for 11 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Oct 17, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 16, 2012, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 17, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 17, 2012, 4:32 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK

Counties Alfalfa County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Kay County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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 fire weather watch 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 fire weather watch went out at Oct 16, 12:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 16, 12:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 16, 11:29 AM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1129 AM CDT TUE OCT 16 2012

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-171200-
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-
1129 AM CDT TUE OCT 16 2012

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...
DRY AND STABLE CONDITIONS WILL PREVENT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT WEDNESDAY OCT 17.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...0 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN LIMITED AND NO THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR BEHIND A COLD FRONT ON WEDNESDAY
WHICH MAY IMPACT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL USHER IN
MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR. THE STRONG WIND AND VERY DRY AIR WILL
INCREASE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ON WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN THURSDAY.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND
5 AM WEDNESDAY.

MBS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 16, 3:04 PM CDTWind AdvisoryOUNAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 27 more24 hr

Nearby

Fire Weather Watches in Oklahoma, 2012Every fire weather watch 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.