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Fire Weather Watch 2, NWS Norman, OK

February 19, 20127 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this fire weather watch at Feb 19, 2012, 2:46 PM CST for 7 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 20, 2012, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 19, 2012, 2:46 PM CST (20:46 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 20, 2012, 1:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 20, 2012, 3:22 AM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

Counties Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Tillman 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), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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 Feb 19, 2:39 PM CST, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 2:39 PM CST, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 19, 11:50 AM CST, 2 hours 56 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
Feb 19, 2:46 PM CST	Wind Advisory	OUN	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 36 more	28 hr

Nearby

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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.