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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Norman, OK

February 1, 201426 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this winter storm warning at Feb 1, 2014, 1:26 PM CST for 26 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 1, 2014, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 19 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 1, 2014, 1:26 PM CST (19:26 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 1, 2014, 9:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 2, 2014, 3:52 PM CST
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

All 34 counties

Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens 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), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 1, 1:22 PM CST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 1:22 PM CST, 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 1, 12:01 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 1, 10:50 AM CST, 2 hours 36 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 1, 4:18 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Comanche, Cotton and 11 more	9 hr
Feb 1, 5:07 PM CST	Ice Storm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	18 hr
Feb 1, 5:07 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OUN	Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Custer and 13 more	20 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2014 Winter Storm Warnings in Texas, 2014 Every winter storm warning in 2014

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.