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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Norman, OK

April 1, 200926 counties in Oklahoma; Archer County, Clay County, Wichita County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this wind advisory at Apr 1, 2009, 10:52 AM CDT for 26 counties in Oklahoma; Archer County, Clay County, Wichita County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 1, 2009, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 1, 2009, 10:52 AM CDT (15:52 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 1, 2009, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 1, 2009, 7:17 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
All 29 counties

Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Archer County, TX, Clay County, TX, Wichita County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:55 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 23 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2009-04-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2009-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 721 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2365 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
721 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
863 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WWUS74 KOUN 011552
NPWOUN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1052 AM CDT WED APR 1 2009


...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL APPROACH THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STRONG GUSTY SOUTH
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM.


OKZ007-008-012-013-017>020-023>031-038>042-044>046-050-TXZ086-089-
090-020000-
/O.NEW.KOUN.WI.Y.0013.090401T1600Z-090402T0100Z/
GRANT-KAY-GARFIELD-NOBLE-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-CADDO-
CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-
SEMINOLE-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COTTON-
JEFFERSON-CARTER-LOVE-WICHITA-ARCHER-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...PONCA CITY...ENID...PERRY...
WATONGA...KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ANADARKO...YUKON...
EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...CHICKASHA...
PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE...LAWTON...DUNCAN...
PAULS VALLEY...SULPHUR...ADA...WALTERS...WAURIKA...ARDMORE...
MARIETTA...WICHITA FALLS...ARCHER CITY...HOLLIDAY...
LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA
1052 AM CDT WED APR 1 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON WITH FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH. THE WIND GUSTS WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OVER 30 MPH... OR
FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 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 KOUN 020017
NPWOUN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
717 PM CDT WED APR 1 2009

...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED...


OKZ007-008-012-013-017>020-023>031-038>042-044>046-050-TXZ086-089-
090-020130-
/O.CAN.KOUN.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-090402T0100Z/
GRANT-KAY-GARFIELD-NOBLE-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-CADDO-
CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-
SEMINOLE-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COTTON-
JEFFERSON-CARTER-LOVE-WICHITA-ARCHER-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...PONCA CITY...ENID...PERRY...
WATONGA...KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ANADARKO...YUKON...
EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...CHICKASHA...
PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE...LAWTON...DUNCAN...
PAULS VALLEY...SULPHUR...ADA...WALTERS...WAURIKA...ARDMORE...
MARIETTA...WICHITA FALLS...ARCHER CITY...HOLLIDAY...
LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA
717 PM CDT WED APR 1 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WIND SPEEDS IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA HAVE DIMINISHED. AS A RESULT THE
WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 4:27 AM CDTRed Flag WarningOUNBeckham, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Roger Mills and 1 more15 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Oklahoma, 2009Wind Advisories in Texas, 2009Every wind advisory in 2009

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.