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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 8, 20088 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Jun 8, 2008, 10:28 AM CDT for 8 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2008, 10:28 AM CDT (15:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2008, 3:16 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2008-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1256 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2008-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 387 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
1256 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-181 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
929 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
387 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
439 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
WWUS74 KTSA 081528
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1028 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008

...STRONG WIND GUSTS TODAY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

.AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL
CREATE VERY GUSTY WINDS ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA TODAY...
GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 44. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35
MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. WIND
GUSTS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. 

OKZ054>061-064-082300-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0018.080608T1528Z-080608T2300Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-CREEK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...
VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...BRISTOW
1028 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN OKLAHOMA...
OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA...
ROGERS...CREEK.

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 082016
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
316 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008

OKZ054>061-064-082130-
/O.CAN.KTSA.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-080608T2300Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-CREEK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...
VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...BRISTOW
316 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN OKLAHOMA...
OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA...
ROGERS...CREEK.

GUSTY SOUTH WIND WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON...
HOWEVER WIND GUSTS WILL REMAIN BELOW 40 MPH.  WINDS SUSTAINED
AT 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 3:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchTSAAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more40 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.