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Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this red flag warning at Feb 14, 2022, 2:45 PM CST for 25 counties in Oklahoma; Foard County, Hardeman County, Wilbarger County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 15, 2022, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 7 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 14, 2022, 2:45 PM CST (20:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 15, 2022, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2022, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
All 28 counties
Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Comanche 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, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 260 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2893 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Feb 14, 2:23 PM CST, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 2:23 PM CST, 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 14, 1:40 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...CORRECTED National Weather Service Norman OK 140 PM CST Mon Feb 14 2022 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-151100- Harper-Woods-Alfalfa-Grant-Kay-Ellis-Woodward-Major-Garfield- Noble-Roger Mills-Dewey-Custer-Blaine-Kingfisher-Logan-Payne- Beckham-Washita-Caddo-Canadian-Oklahoma-Lincoln-Grady-McClain- Cleveland-Pottawatomie-Seminole-Hughes-Harmon-Greer-Kiowa-Jackson- Tillman-Comanche-Stephens-Garvin-Murray-Pontotoc-Coal-Cotton- Jefferson-Carter-Johnston-Atoka-Love-Marshall-Bryan-Hardeman- Foard-Wilbarger-Wichita-Knox-Baylor-Archer-Clay- 140 PM CST Mon Feb 14 2022 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of northern... western...central...and southern Oklahoma...and western north Texas. .DAY ONE...Through Tonight... No hazardous weather is expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday... .Fire Weather... Warm, dry and windy conditions are expected Tuesday afternoon which will combine with the ongoing drought and lead to elevated to critical conditions, especially in western sections of Oklahoma and north Texas. Dry and breezy conditions may result in an area of elevated fire weather conditions Wednesday afternoon across northwest Oklahoma. .Winds... Strong, gusty south winds will develop across the area on Tuesday with gusts over 40 mph possible, especially across western Oklahoma. .Thunderstorms... Chances for showers and thunderstorms will increase across much of Oklahoma and western north Texas on Wednesday evening. Storms are expected to remain mostly elevated and will pose a risk of large hail across portions of central and southern Oklahoma, and western north Texas. A low threat of wind damage will also exist mainly across southeastern Oklahoma overnight. .Winter Weather... There is a chance of snow across parts of Oklahoma and western north Texas late Wednesday night and Thursday. Snow accumulations are possible, mainly across the northern half of Oklahoma. Get graphics and more details at weather.gov/norman...and follow our weather forecast office on Twitter and Facebook.
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.