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Red Flag Warning 18, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this red flag warning at Aug 8, 2023, 2:16 PM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Aug 9, 2023, 11:39 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 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
- Aug 8, 2023, 2:16 PM CDT (19:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 9, 2023, 11:39 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2023, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
Counties Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman 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), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 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 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 Aug 8, 12:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 12:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 8, 9:37 AM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 7, 11:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Woods | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 12:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Woods | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 12:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harper | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 12:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant, Kay | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Stephens | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Alfalfa | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 12:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Seminole | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 12:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 1:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harper | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 1:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Seminole | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 1:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grady | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Major | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 1:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Woodward | 44 min |
| Aug 8, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield | 40 min |
| Aug 8, 1:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Seminole | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Major, Woods, Woodward | 51 min |
| Aug 8, 1:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Hughes | 5 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Okfuskee | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Noble | 43 min |
| Aug 8, 2:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Hughes | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 2:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan, Noble, Payne | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 2:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Major, Roger Mills | 48 min |
| Aug 8, 2:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Logan, Payne | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Payne | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Oklahoma | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 3:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Blaine | 22 min |
| Aug 8, 3:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Okfuskee | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 3:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Grady | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 4:06 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | OUN | Jefferson, Love, Marshall | 16 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Pottawatomie | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 4:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 4:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cleveland | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 4:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Seminole | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain | 40 min |
| Aug 8, 5:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Pottawatomie | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 2:21 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Cotton, Garvin and 9 more | 31 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Baylor | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Wilbarger | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 12:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Wichita | 37 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.