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Extreme Cold Warning 2, NWS Norman, OK

February 17, 202548 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this extreme cold warning at Feb 17, 2025, 12:24 PM CST for 48 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 18, 2025, 8:05 AM CST. It was in force for 50 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 17, 2025, 12:24 PM CST (18:24 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 18, 2025, 8:05 AM CST
Expired: Feb 20, 2025, 9:51 AM CST
In force: 50 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

All 56 counties

Alfalfa County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, Major County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens 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 Norman radar (KTLX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 extreme cold 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 extreme cold warning went out at Feb 17, 11:21 AM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 11:21 AM CST, 1 hour 3 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
Feb 17, 9:14 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Major, Noble and 2 more	36 hr
Feb 17, 9:14 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OUN	Atoka, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian and 34 more	39 hr

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.