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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Tulsa, OK

February 11, 200910 counties in Oklahoma; Benton County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Feb 11, 2009, 6:24 AM CST for 10 counties in Oklahoma; Benton County, Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 11, 2009, 7:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 11, 2009, 6:24 AM CST (12:24 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 11, 2009, 7:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 11, 2009, 1:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Benton County, AR, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:25 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 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2009-02-11Temperature 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2009-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -78 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
94 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 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 KTSA 111224
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
624 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009

...HIGH WINDS WILL AFFECT THE AREA THIS MORNING...


ARZ001-OKZ054>064-111900-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0004.090211T1300Z-090211T1900Z/
BENTON-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-
ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...PAWHUSKA...
BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...TULSA...
CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW
624 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN ARKANSAS...
BENTON.

IN OKLAHOMA...
OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA...
ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...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.

STRONG WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF A DEPARTING UPPER
LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SWEEP ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 40
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE UPPER LOW CENTER TRAVERSES THE REGION.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 6:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee, Washington57 min
Feb 10, 6:25 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSANowata, Washington2 hr
Feb 10, 6:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Washington47 min
Feb 10, 6:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Creek, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Rogers and 2 more78 min
Feb 10, 6:52 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSANowata, Washington4 hr
Feb 10, 7:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee64 min
Feb 10, 7:37 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, Tulsa53 min
Feb 10, 8:55 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee and 1 more80 min
Feb 10, 9:22 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware38 min
Feb 10, 9:46 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair74 min
Feb 10, 9:49 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw, Haskell, Latimer, Pushmataha, Sequoyah71 min
Feb 10, 10:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha57 min
Feb 10, 11:00 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw, LeFlore, Pushmataha, Sequoyah75 min
Feb 10, 11:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha62 min
Feb 10, 11:35 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSALeFlore, Sequoyah115 min
Feb 11, 8:13 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACraig, Mayes, Rogers2 hr
Feb 10, 11:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Sebastian51 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.