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Red Flag Warning 20, NWS Norman, OK

April 14, 20266 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this red flag warning at Apr 14, 2026, 2:40 AM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 14, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 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: Apr 14, 2026, 2:40 AM CDT (07:40 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 14, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 14, 2026, 7:51 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

Counties Beckham County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Harper County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

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 Apr 14, 2:32 AM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 2:32 AM CDT, 8 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
Apr 14, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Tillman	32 min
Apr 14, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Cotton, Tillman	48 min
Apr 14, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton	33 min
Apr 14, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham	47 min
Apr 14, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon	39 min
Apr 14, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens	49 min
Apr 14, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Greer, Washita	47 min
Apr 14, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jackson	28 min
Apr 14, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Jackson	48 min
Apr 14, 6:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Beckham, Washita	3 hr
Apr 14, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Grady, Stephens	41 min
Apr 14, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Washita	41 min
Apr 14, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa	20 min
Apr 14, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	32 min
Apr 13, 8:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Knox	27 min
Apr 14, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Knox	25 min
Apr 14, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Foard, Knox, Wilbarger	47 min
Apr 14, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Wichita, Wilbarger	48 min
Apr 14, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard	25 min
Apr 14, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Knox	49 min
Apr 14, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wilbarger	43 min
Apr 14, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard	28 min
Apr 14, 5:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wilbarger	3 hr
Apr 14, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Wilbarger	50 min
Apr 14, 6:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Foard, Knox, Wilbarger	3 hr
Apr 14, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Knox	50 min
Apr 14, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wilbarger	50 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.