Alert archive / Oklahoma / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this red flag warning at Mar 4, 2012, 4:20 AM CST for 23 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 4, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 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
- Mar 4, 2012, 4:20 AM CST (10:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2012, 6:06 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
All 23 counties
Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 75 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
741 WWUS84 KOUN 041020 RFWOUN URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 420 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 OKZ004>008-010>013-017>020-024>026-028>032-042-043-041830- /O.NEW.KOUN.FW.W.0008.120304T1700Z-120305T0100Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE- BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-MCCLAIN- CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-PONTOTOC-COAL- 420 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND WARM DRY AIR... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURE...HIGHS FROM THE MID 60S TO MID 70S. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON HUMIDITY 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FIRES MAY START EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. REPORT SMOKE OR FIRE TO YOUR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT. && $$
2 follow-up statements
625 WWUS84 KOUN 042050 RFWOUN URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 250 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 OKZ004-010-051000- /O.NEW.KOUN.FW.W.0009.120305T1800Z-120306T0100Z/ /O.CON.KOUN.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120305T0100Z/ HARPER-WOODWARD- 250 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS FOR NORTHERN... CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CST MONDAY FOR WINDY... DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS FOR WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CST MONDAY. * WIND...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON HUMIDITY 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...HIGHS FROM 70 TO 75 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FIRES MAY START EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. REPORT SMOKE OR FIRE TO YOUR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT. && $$ OKZ009-014>016-021-022-033>038-044-TXZ083>089-051000- /O.NEW.KOUN.FW.W.0009.120305T1800Z-120306T0100Z/ ELLIS-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BECKHAM-WASHITA-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA- JACKSON-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-COTTON-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA- KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER- 250 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CST MONDAY FOR WINDY... DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS FOR WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CST MONDAY. * WIND...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON HUMIDITY 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...HIGHS FROM 70 TO 80 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FIRES MAY START EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. REPORT SMOKE OR FIRE TO YOUR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT. && $$ OKZ005>008-011>013-017>020-024>026-028>032-042-043-050100- /O.CON.KOUN.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120305T0100Z/ WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-BLAINE-KINGFISHER- LOGAN-PAYNE-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND- POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-PONTOTOC-COAL- 250 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS FOR NORTHERN... CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURE...HIGHS FROM THE MID 60S TO MID 70S. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON HUMIDITY 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FIRES MAY START EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. REPORT SMOKE OR FIRE TO YOUR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT. && $$
112 WWUS84 KOUN 050006 AAA RFWOUN URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 606 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 OKZ004-010-050815- /O.CAN.KOUN.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120305T0100Z/ /O.CON.KOUN.FW.W.0009.120305T1800Z-120306T0100Z/ HARPER-WOODWARD- 606 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CST MONDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR EARLY THIS EVENING... RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE STILL EXPECTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON. * WIND...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON HUMIDITY 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...HIGHS FROM 70 TO 75 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FIRES MAY START EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. REPORT SMOKE OR FIRE TO YOUR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT. && $$ OKZ005>008-011>013-017>020-024>026-028>032-042-043-050115- /O.CAN.KOUN.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120305T0100Z/ WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-BLAINE-KINGFISHER- LOGAN-PAYNE-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND- POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-PONTOTOC-COAL- 606 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM. $$ OKZ009-014>016-021-022-033>038-044-TXZ083>089-050815- /O.CON.KOUN.FW.W.0009.120305T1800Z-120306T0100Z/ ELLIS-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BECKHAM-WASHITA-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA- JACKSON-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-COTTON-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA- KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER- 606 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM CST MONDAY... * WIND...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON HUMIDITY 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...HIGHS FROM 70 TO 80 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FIRES MAY START EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. REPORT SMOKE OR FIRE TO YOUR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 1:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo, Cleveland, Grady, Lincoln, McClain, Oklahoma | 60 min |
| Mar 4, 2:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cleveland, Grady, Lincoln, McClain, Oklahoma | 60 min |
| Mar 4, 2:50 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | OUN | Beckham, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 9 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.