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Red Flag Warning 30, NWS Norman, OK
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.
- 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
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 4:07 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Hughes, Kay, Kingfisher, Lincoln and 5 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:02 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Lincoln, Payne, Pottawatomie and 1 more | 30 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.