Alert archive / Oklahoma / Wind Advisories in 2005
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Nov 3, 2005, 6:20 AM CST for 22 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Nov 3, 2005, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 3, 2005, 6:20 AM CST (12:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 3, 2005, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 3, 2005, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
All 26 counties
Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KTSA 031220 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 620 AM CST THU NOV 3 2005 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-032030- /O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0001.051103T1500Z-051104T0000Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE- TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER- CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL- LATIMER-LE FLORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE... VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...ANTLERS...CLAYTON... HUGO...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI... PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA... SALLISAW...MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU 620 AM CST THU NOV 3 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR MOST OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE REGION TODAY. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS IN THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY AROUND FORT SMITH ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOMEWHAT LESS WITH GUSTS IN THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE. FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE LIKELY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING TODAY. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ROADS...AND ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THESE WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE OPEN WATERS OF LAKES VERY ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND WILL RESULT IN HIGH WAVES WHICH WILL LIKELY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...AVOID THE OPEN WATERS UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. $$
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.