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Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this red flag warning at Apr 16, 2026, 2:53 PM CDT for 9 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 17, 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 16, 2026, 2:53 PM CDT (19:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2026, 7:56 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
Counties Beckham County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Harper County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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 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 16, 2:20 PM CDT, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 2:20 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Coal, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Jefferson, Love | 39 min |
| Apr 15, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Pontotoc | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 7:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Marshall, Murray | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 7:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Marshall | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 8:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan, Johnston, Marshall | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 8:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Johnston, Love, Marshall | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Bryan | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Bryan | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 4:29 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Custer, Dewey and 5 more | 5 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.