Alert archive / Oklahoma / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Apr 15, 2008, 3:57 AM CDT for 17 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 15, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2008, 3:57 AM CDT (08:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware 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, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 2466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS84 KTSA 150857 RFWTSA RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 357 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 OKZ054>068-070-071-073-151700- /O.UPG.KTSA.FW.A.0002.080415T1800Z-080416T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0002.080415T1800Z-080416T0000Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-MUSKOGEE- MCINTOSH-PITTSBURG- 357 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN OKLAHOMA... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...PITTSBURG. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA WITH GUSTS RANGING FROM 35 TO 40 MPH. THE GUSTY WINDS...COUPLED WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING TO AROUND 25 PERCENT WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS... FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOWER HUMIDITIES...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES PROPERLY AND AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START FIRES. ANY FIRES MAY QUICKLY SPREAD AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KTSA 151632 RFWTSA RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1132 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 OKZ054>068-070-071-073-160000- /O.CON.KTSA.FW.W.0002.080415T1800Z-080416T0000Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-MUSKOGEE- MCINTOSH-PITTSBURG- 1132 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN OKLAHOMA... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...PITTSBURG. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA WITH GUSTS RANGING FROM 35 TO 40 MPH. THE GUSTY WINDS... COUPLED WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING TO AROUND 25 PERCENT WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY INCREASES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS... FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOWER HUMIDITIES...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES PROPERLY AND AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START FIRES. ANY FIRES MAY QUICKLY SPREAD AND BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. $$
000 WWUS84 KTSA 152032 RFWTSA RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 332 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 OKZ054>068-070-071-073-160000- /O.CON.KTSA.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080416T0000Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-MUSKOGEE- MCINTOSH-PITTSBURG- 332 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN OKLAHOMA... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...AND PITTSBURG. FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS REMAIN NEAR RED FLAG CRITERIA THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE BY EARLY EVENING. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE MAINTAINED...HOWEVER HUMIDITY VALUES WILL GRADULLY RISE AS TEMPERATURES COOL. PRIOR TO SUNSET...ANY WILDFIRE WILL HAVE POTENTIAL FOR AGGRESSIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR. THIS RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNSET...FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOWER HUMIDITIES...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. $$
000 WWUS84 KTSA 160005 RFWTSA RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 705 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 OKZ054>068-070-071-073-160115- /O.EXP.KTSA.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080416T0000Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-MUSKOGEE- MCINTOSH-PITTSBURG- 705 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN OKLAHOMA... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...PITTSBURG. COOLING TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LESSEN THE WILDFIRE THREAT AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 3:50 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TSA | Pawnee | 15 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.