Alert archive / Oklahoma / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Tulsa, OK
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 6:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 6:55 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 9:19 PM CST | River Flood Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 15 hr |
| Feb 16, 9:21 PM CST | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 52 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:23 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TSA | Adair | 23 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:23 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 45 hr |
| Feb 16, 9:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton | 4 hr |
| Feb 17, 1:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 47 min |
| Feb 17, 2:13 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Washington | 47 min |
| Feb 17, 2:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison | 62 min |
| Feb 17, 3:18 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 42 min |
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.