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Freeze Warning 8, NWS Norman, OK

April 15, 201832 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this freeze warning at Apr 15, 2018, 3:10 AM CDT for 32 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 16, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 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: Apr 15, 2018, 3:10 AM CDT (08:10 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 16, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 16, 2018, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

All 32 counties

Alfalfa County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady 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, Roger Mills County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 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 freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Apr 15, 2:57 AM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 2:57 AM CDT, 13 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
Apr 15, 3:15 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	OUN	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton and 14 more	13 hr
Apr 15, 4:33 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	OUN	Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Kiowa, Roger Mills and 3 more	11 hr
Apr 15, 4:33 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson	28 hr
Apr 15, 4:33 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton and 14 more	55 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.