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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this wind advisory at Jan 19, 2008, 3:20 PM CST for 13 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Jan 20, 2008, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 19, 2008, 3:20 PM CST (21:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 20, 2008, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2008, 5:28 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
Counties Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Greer 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), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 1427 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -221 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -101 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 KOUN 192120 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 320 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2008 ...WINDY SUNDAY... .A STRONG PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES... AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES... WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON SUNDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE OVER WEST- CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. OKZ011-014>017-021>023-034-035-038-200530- /O.NEW.KOUN.WI.Y.0004.080120T1600Z-080121T0100Z/ MAJOR-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-GREER- KIOWA-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRVIEW...CHEYENNE...TALOGA... WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... ANADARKO...MANGUM...HOBART...LAWTON 320 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CST SUNDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE ABOUT 30 MPH... AND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE LIKELY FROM LATE MORNING... UNTIL EARLY EVENING. DRIVERS OF HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS... INCLUDING I-40. 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. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KOUN 201115 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 515 AM CST SUN JAN 20 2008 ...WINDY TODAY... .A STRONG PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES... AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES... WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE OVER WEST- CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. OKZ011-014>017-021>023-034-035-038-201915- /O.CON.KOUN.WI.Y.0004.080120T1600Z-080121T0100Z/ MAJOR-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-GREER- KIOWA-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRVIEW...CHEYENNE...TALOGA... WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... ANADARKO...MANGUM...HOBART...LAWTON 515 AM CST SUN JAN 20 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE ABOUT 30 MPH... AND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE LIKELY FROM LATE MORNING... UNTIL EARLY EVENING. DRIVERS OF HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS... INCLUDING I-40. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS74 KOUN 201629 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1029 AM CST SUN JAN 20 2008 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA TODAY... .THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...AND A TROUGH OVER THE ROCKIES...WILL RESULT IN STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OVER THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT MORE THAN 30 MPH OVER THE OPEN TERRAIN OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA. OKZ009-010-210030- /O.EXA.KOUN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080121T0100Z/ ELLIS-WOODWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARNETT...WOODWARD 1029 AM CST SUN JAN 20 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY EVENING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PEOPLE WORKING OUTDOORS OR PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD ALSO USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ OKZ011-014>017-021>023-034-035-038-210030- /O.CON.KOUN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080121T0100Z/ MAJOR-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-GREER- KIOWA-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRVIEW...CHEYENNE...TALOGA... WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... ANADARKO...MANGUM...HOBART...LAWTON 1029 AM CST SUN JAN 20 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY EVENING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 40. PEOPLE WORKING OUTDOORS OR PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD ALSO USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ BURKE
000 WWUS74 KOUN 202328 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 528 PM CST SUN JAN 20 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED... .ALTHOUGH SOUTH WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THEY WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. OKZ009>011-014>017-021>023-034-035-038-210030- /O.CAN.KOUN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080121T0100Z/ ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-BECKHAM- WASHITA-CADDO-GREER-KIOWA-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...ELK CITY... SAYRE...CORDELL...ANADARKO...MANGUM...HOBART...LAWTON 528 PM CST SUN JAN 20 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA HAVE DECREASED FROM EARLIER SPEEDS... THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOUTH WINDS WILL REMAIN BRISK OVERNIGHT AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Jan 19, 3:17 PM CST, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 3:17 PM CST, 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
317 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2008
.DISCUSSION...
TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN AN OVERALL UPWARD TREND OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS. WINDS WILL DO LIKEWISE. THIS WILL RESULT IN
ANOTHER NIGHT OF LOW WIND CHILLS TONIGHT... AND A VERY WINDY DAY
TOMORROW. WE WILL BE ISSUING A WIND ADVISORY FOR TOMORROW...
MAINLY FOR THE HIGH-RISK AREAS.
A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION ON MONDAY...
BRINGING OUR TEMPERATURES BACK DOWN... AND SETTING THE STAGE FOR
SOME WINTRY PRECIPITATION AS VARIOUS WAVES PASS THROUGH THE UPPER-
AIR PATTERN. AT THIS TIME... IT STILL APPEARS THAT MOISTURE AND
FOCUSING WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT FOR A MAJOR WINTER STORM... BUT A
FEW PERIODS OF LIGHT ICING MAY STILL CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR PARTS OF
OKLAHOMA AND PERHAPS NORTH TEXAS.
OUR FORECAST TEMPERATURES... ESPECIALLY HIGHS... ARE MOSTLY BELOW
GUIDANCE FROM TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SINCE THE PATTERN IS NOT
REALLY CONDUCIVE TO AS MUCH OF A WARM-UP AS THE MODELS SHOW.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 23 48 34 45 / 0 0 20 30
HOBART OK 23 52 35 45 / 0 0 10 20
WICHITA FALLS TX 25 57 37 54 / 0 0 10 20
GAGE OK 24 52 27 33 / 0 0 10 20
PONCA CITY OK 22 47 33 38 / 0 0 20 30
DURANT OK 21 50 35 47 / 0 0 20 40
&&
.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CST SUNDAY FOR OKZ011-014>017-
021>023-034-035-038.
TX...NONE.
&&
22/23Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 19, 12:17 PM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1217 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2008
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-201300-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
1217 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2008
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
DISCUSSION...
A COLD...DRY...STABLE AIRMASS WILL PREVENT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH TONIGHT.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST SUNDAY JAN 20.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...0 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
TONIGHT...ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL MAINTAIN COLD TEMPERATURES
THROUGHOUT OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. MEANWHILE...LOW PRESSURE WILL
STRENGTHEN ALONG THE LEE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. A SHARP INCREASE IN
SOUTHERLY WIND SPEEDS WILL DRIVE WIND CHILL VALUES DOWN TO BETWEEN
10 AND 15 DEGREES FROM LATE EVENING THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT.
WHILE THESE CONDITIONS ARE NOT IMMEDIATELY DANGEROUS...PEOPLE
SPENDING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY.
HATS...GLOVES...AND SCARVES ARE RECOMMENDED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
SUNDAY...
LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN...RESULTING IN STRONG AND
GUSTY SOUTH WINDS. LOW WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE MORNING WILL SLOWLY
IMPROVE AS TEMPERATURES WARM. BY MIDDAY...A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE
NEEDED FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...AND PERHAPS
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
WILL LIKELY IMPACT OUTDOOR WORK OR ACTIVITIES...AND TRAVEL...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST ROADS.
THE WINDS WILL ALSO BRING AN INCREASE IN THE POTENTIAL FOR WILDFIRES
TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD...AT LEAST DURING THE WARMEST PART OF THE
AFTERNOON. RELATIVELY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE MAIN LIMITING
FACTOR FOR WILDFIRE POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS MONDAY AND
MONDAY NIGHT...AND TEMPERATURES WILL THEN REMAIN NEAR OR BELOW
NORMAL FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
GULF MOISTURE WILL INCREASE JUST BEFORE THE FRONT ARRIVES...
SUPPORTING A GOOD CHANCE FOR RAIN...THAT WILL THEN CHANGE TO A
MIXTURE OF ICE AND SNOW. THIS INITIAL ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION
IS EXPECTED TO PROGRESS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ON MONDAY AND MONDAY
NIGHT. HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS
OF ICE MAY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON TRAVEL...AT LEAST LOCALLY.
REST OF THE WEEK...
AT THE SAME TIME...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL DEVELOP AND REMAIN
ANCHORED OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. A PORTION OF THE STORM WILL
EMERGE OVER THE PLAINS FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...BRINGING
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR RAIN...ICE...AND SNOW. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR
MODERATE PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS. LIGHTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FARTHER NORTH.
DEPENDING ON SURFACE TEMPERATURES...SOME AREAS...AND ESPECIALLY
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE
OR SNOW WITH THIS STORM. THE EXACT TIMING AND IMPACT FROM THIS
WEATHER SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BECOME BETTER DEFINED EARLY NEXT WEEK.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
SUNDAY.
BURKENearby
Wind Advisories in Oklahoma, 2008Every wind advisory in 2008
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.