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Red Flag Warning 30, NWS Norman, OK

July 26, 202222 counties in Oklahoma; 5 counties in Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this red flag warning at Jul 26, 2022, 3:54 AM CDT for 22 counties in Oklahoma; 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jul 26, 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
Jul 26, 2022, 3:54 AM CDT (08:54 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 26, 2022, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 26, 2022, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
All 27 counties

Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine 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, Baylor County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Knox County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2022-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 746 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2022-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
746 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2609 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 25, 6:07 PM CDT, 9 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 6:07 PM CDT, 9 hours 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 12:30 PM CDT, 15 hours 24 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Norman OK
1230 PM CDT Mon Jul 25 2022

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-261730-
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-
1230 PM CDT Mon Jul 25 2022

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of northern...
western...central...and southern Oklahoma...and western north
Texas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight...

.Excessive Heat...
Triple digit temperatures with heat indices near and in excess of
105 are expected again today. Across north-central down into
portions of central Oklahoma, heat indices are expected to
approach 110.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday...

.Excessive Heat...
Triple digit temperatures with heat indices near and in excess of
105 are expected Tuesday and Wednesday. Some areas across southern
Oklahoma and western north Texas could see these excessive heat
indices on Thursday as well.

.Thunderstorms...
Thunderstorm chances will be seen across northern Oklahoma Tuesday
and Wednesday. As as strong cold front arrives late Wednesday
into Thursday, storms will become more numerous and spread
southward across the region. Periods of widespread storms appear
possible Thursday night into the weekend, especially across the
northern and central portions of Oklahoma. Some storms will
likely produce strong wind gusts and heavy rainfall.

.Fire Weather...
Elevated fire weather conditions are expected Tuesday due to
very hot and dry conditions combined with breezy southwest winds.

Get graphics and more details at weather.gov/norman...and follow
our weather forecast office on Twitter and Facebook.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 4:07 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningOUNGarfield, Grant, Hughes, Kay, Kingfisher, Lincoln and 5 more16 hr
Jul 26, 2:02 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningOUNAtoka, Coal, Hughes, Lincoln, Payne, Pottawatomie and 1 more30 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Oklahoma, 2022Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2022Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.