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Excessive Heat Warning 1, NWS Norman, OK

June 15, 201612 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this excessive heat warning at Jun 15, 2016, 12:20 PM CDT for 12 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Jun 15, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 55 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
Jun 15, 2016, 12:20 PM CDT (17:20 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 15, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 17, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
55 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK

Counties Alfalfa County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 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 excessive heat 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 excessive heat warning went out at Jun 15, 5:30 AM CDT, 6 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 5:30 AM CDT, 6 hours 50 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 8:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNFoard34 min
Jun 14, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Knox41 min
Jun 14, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Knox48 min
Jun 14, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox44 min
Jun 14, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox28 min

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Oklahoma, 2016Every excessive heat warning in 2016

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.