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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Tulsa, OK

February 17, 200816 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Feb 17, 2008, 4:06 AM CST for 16 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 17, 2008, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 17, 2008, 4:06 AM CST (10:06 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 17, 2008, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 17, 2008, 3:33 PM CST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Muskogee 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), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:10 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 00:00Z on 2008-02-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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 00:00Z on 2008-02-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
486 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.0

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The text

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

000 
WWUS74 KTSA 171006
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
406 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008


ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ054>070-171815-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0005.080217T1200Z-080217T2200Z/
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-
CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-
OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE...
EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE...
PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...
TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...
WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE
406 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN ARKANSAS...
BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON.

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

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS AFFECTING THE AREA THIS
MORNING...AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AS THIS SYSTEM
CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST. WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MILES
PER HOUR WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE REGION...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
40 MILES PER HOUR POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. THESE WIND
GUSTS MAY CAUSE DAMAGED TREE LIMBS TO FALL.

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 172133
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
333 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008


ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ054>070-172245-
/O.CAN.KTSA.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080217T2200Z/
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-
CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-
OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE...
EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE...
PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...
TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...
WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE
333 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

IN ARKANSAS...
BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON.

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



$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 6:28 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAPushmataha4 hr
Feb 16, 6:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore4 hr
Feb 16, 9:19 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSAPushmataha15 hr
Feb 16, 9:21 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore52 hr
Feb 17, 8:23 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSAAdair23 hr
Feb 17, 8:23 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee45 hr
Feb 16, 9:13 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSABenton4 hr
Feb 17, 1:43 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford, Sebastian47 min
Feb 17, 2:13 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford, Franklin, Washington47 min
Feb 17, 2:43 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton, Carroll, Madison62 min
Feb 17, 3:18 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll42 min

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Oklahoma, 2008Wind Advisories in Arkansas, 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.