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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Norman, OK

April 13, 202028 counties in Oklahoma; 5 counties in Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this freeze warning at Apr 13, 2020, 2:27 PM CDT for 28 counties in Oklahoma; 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 14, 2020, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 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 13, 2020, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 14, 2020, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 14, 2020, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

All 33 counties

Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Baylor County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Knox County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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 12, 6:35 PM CDT, 19 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 6:35 PM CDT, 19 hours 52 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 12, 10:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton	10 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Oklahoma, 2020 Freeze Warnings in Texas, 2020 Every freeze warning in 2020

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.