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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this red flag warning at Mar 9, 2026, 3:18 PM CDT for 12 counties in Oklahoma. 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
- Mar 9, 2026, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2026, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
Counties Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woodward County, OK
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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 Mar 9, 1:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 1:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 6:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Johnston | 37 min |
| Mar 9, 6:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston | 35 min |
| Mar 9, 6:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Bryan | 27 min |
| Mar 9, 7:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka | 33 min |
| Mar 9, 7:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka | 28 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Oklahoma, 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.