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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 6, 200612 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Apr 6, 2006, 3:31 AM CDT for 12 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 6, 2006, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2006, 3:31 AM CDT (08:31 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 6, 2006, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 6, 2006, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 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 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 00:00Z on 2006-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1378 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2006-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
1378 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1532 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
269 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
WWUS74 KTSA 060831
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
331 AM CDT THU APR 6 2006


OKZ054>062-064>067-061600-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0004.060406T1600Z-060407T0100Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-
CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...
VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...BRISTOW...
OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...WAGONER
331 AM CDT THU APR 6 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN OKLAHOMA...
OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA...
ROGERS...MAYES...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...WAGONER.

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING HOURS...WITH SUSTAINED
WINDS AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH AND OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 40 MPH BY
THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE SOME BY THIS EVENING.

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.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS74 KTSA 070040
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
740 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006

OKZ054>062-064>067-070300-
/O.EXT.KTSA.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060407T0300Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-
CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...
VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...BRISTOW...
OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...WAGONER
740 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN OKLAHOMA...
OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA...
ROGERS...MAYES...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...WAGONER.

WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS BEHIND A DRY LINE THAT IS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN OKLAHOMA. 
BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO ACCOMPANU THESE GUSTY WINDS. THE WINDS 
ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING. 

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.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 3:31 AM CDTRed Flag WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more18 hr
Apr 6, 10:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer52 min
Apr 6, 11:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah53 min
Apr 6, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee55 min
Apr 6, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage46 min
Apr 6, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore38 min
Apr 6, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek52 min
Apr 6, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Washington30 min
Apr 6, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Washington35 min
Apr 6, 5:21 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Washington24 min
Apr 6, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WarningTSATulsa29 min
Apr 6, 5:46 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata, Rogers, Washington44 min
Apr 6, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee, Osage, Tulsa, Wagoner49 min
Apr 6, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner42 min
Apr 6, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee65 min
Apr 6, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg56 min
Apr 6, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers40 min
Apr 6, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMayes26 min
Apr 6, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.