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Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Norman, OK

February 17, 20138 counties in Oklahoma; 7 counties in Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this red flag warning at Feb 17, 2013, 4:26 AM CST for 8 counties in Oklahoma; 7 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 17, 2013, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 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: Feb 17, 2013, 4:26 AM CST (10:26 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 17, 2013, 1:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 17, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

Counties Beckham County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Knox County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Feb 17, 4:18 AM CST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 4:18 AM CST, 8 minutes before

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Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Oklahoma, 2013 Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2013 Every red flag warning in 2013

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.