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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Norman, OK

August 23, 200722 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this wind advisory at Aug 23, 2007, 3:36 AM CDT for 22 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Aug 23, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 23, 2007, 3:36 AM CDT (08:36 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 23, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 23, 2007, 3:41 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
All 22 counties

Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 147 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2007-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1096 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2007-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1096 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1305 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000 
WWUS74 KOUN 231322
NPWOUN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...RETRANSMISSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
336 AM CDT THU AUG 23 2007

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA TODAY...

.A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER WESTERN KANSAS
AND EASTERN COLORADO TODAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS
WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA TODAY IN RESPONSE TO THIS AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE.

OKZ004>012-014>018-021>024-033>036-231645-
/O.NEW.KOUN.WI.Y.0013.070823T1700Z-070824T0000Z/
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-
CANADIAN-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD...
PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...CHEYENNE...
TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...KINGFISHER...
ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL...ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...
MUSTANG...HOLLIS...MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS
336 AM CDT THU AUG 23 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH
GUSTS OVER 40 TO 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OVER 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS74 KOUN 231350
NPWOUN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
850 AM CDT THU AUG 23 2007

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA TODAY...

.A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER WESTERN
KANSAS AND EASTERN COLORADO TODAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE
ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA TODAY IN RESPONSE TO THIS
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE.

OKZ004>012-014>018-021>024-033>036-232200-
/O.CON.KOUN.WI.Y.0013.070823T1700Z-070824T0000Z/
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-
CANADIAN-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD...
PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...CHEYENNE...
TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...KINGFISHER...
ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL...ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...
MUSTANG...HOLLIS...MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS
850 AM CDT THU AUG 23 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH
GUSTS OVER 40 TO 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OVER 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
000 
WWUS74 KOUN 232041
NPWOUN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
341 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007

...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED...

OKZ004>012-014>018-021>024-033>036-232145-
/O.CAN.KOUN.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-070824T0000Z/
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-
CANADIAN-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD...
PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...CHEYENNE...
TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...KINGFISHER...
ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL...ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...
MUSTANG...HOLLIS...MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS
341 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

ALTHOUGH WIND SPEEDS WILL STILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH INTO THE
EVENING HOURS...WIND ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.
LATER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...THE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DECREASE AS
A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM KANSAS.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 3:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNPottawatomie29 hr

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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.