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Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Norman, OK

April 8, 202230 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this red flag warning at Apr 8, 2022, 2:50 PM CDT for 30 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 9, 2022, 12:00 PM 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 8, 2022, 2:50 PM CDT (19:50 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 9, 2022, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 9, 2022, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

All 38 counties

Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton 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, 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), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Apr 7, 5:57 PM CDT, 20 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 5:57 PM CDT, 20 hours 53 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 8, 3:07 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Harper, Kay, Kingfisher and 7 more	29 hr
Apr 8, 3:14 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	OUN	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton and 14 more	12 hr
Apr 8, 3:14 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton and 14 more	17 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Oklahoma, 2022 Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2022 Every red flag warning in 2022

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.