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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Norman, OK

April 10, 200615 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this wind advisory at Apr 10, 2006, 10:36 AM CDT for 15 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 10, 2006, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2006, 10:36 AM CDT (15:36 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 10, 2006, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 10, 2006, 7:44 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK

Counties Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:34 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2006-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2006-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 276 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS74 KOUN 101536
NPWOUN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1036 AM CDT MON APR 10 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...

.STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE ADVISORY AREA THIS
AFTERNOON DUE TO LARGE DIFFERENCES IN PRESSURE ACROSS THE REGION
AND TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 80S. THESE WINDS SHOULD PERSIST
THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING.


OKZ004>018-110500-
/O.NEW.KOUN.WI.Y.0013.060410T1700Z-060411T0500Z/
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-
NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD...
PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY...
CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...KINGFISHER
1036 AM CDT MON APR 10 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. 

SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA
THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. THE CORE OF STRONGEST WIND WILL SHIFT EASTWARD
TO NEAR INTERSTATE 35 LATER TODAY...AND REMAIN OVER THE ADVISORY
AREA THIS EVENING...BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
JAMES
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS74 KOUN 102057
NPWOUN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
357 PM CDT MON APR 10 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS
FROM WESTERN NEBRASKA TO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THIS COMBINED WITH
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MAINTAIN
GUSTY SOUTH WINDS IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...WITH THE STRONGEST
WINDS FOCUSED OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.

OKZ004>018-110500-
/O.CON.KOUN.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-060411T0500Z/
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-
NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD...
PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY...
CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...KINGFISHER
357 PM CDT MON APR 10 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. 

SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING OVER
NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. WIND GUSTS WILL OCCASIONALLY
REACH 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY EARLY THIS EVENING. SPEEDS WILL SLOWLY
DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING...BUT GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

BURKE
000 
WWUS74 KOUN 110044
NPWOUN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
744 PM CDT MON APR 10 2006


OKZ004>018-110145-
/O.CAN.KOUN.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-060411T0500Z/
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-
NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD...
PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY...
CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...KINGFISHER
744 PM CDT MON APR 10 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.

SOUTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING...WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHWESTERN THIRD
OF OKLAHOMA. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY STRONG AND GUSTY IN
MOST AREAS OVERNIGHT...SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO EXCEED
30 MPH. 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 4:35 AM CDTFire Weather WatchOUNAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 31 more24 hr
Apr 10, 4:35 AM CDTRed Flag WarningOUNAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 31 more15 hr
Apr 10, 3:37 PM CDTRed Flag WarningOUNAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 31 more26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.