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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Norman, OK

January 5, 2026Beckham County, Harmon County, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma; Hardeman County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this red flag warning at Jan 5, 2026, 12:08 AM CST for Beckham County, Harmon County, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma; Hardeman County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 5, 2026, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 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
Jan 5, 2026, 12:08 AM CST (06:08 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 5, 2026, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 5, 2026, 5:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK

Counties Beckham County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Hardeman County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:12 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 Jan 5, 12:07 AM CST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 12:07 AM CST, 1 minute before
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Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Oklahoma, 2026Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2026Every red flag warning in 2026

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.