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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 23, 200922 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Mar 23, 2009, 5:14 AM CDT for 22 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 23, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 2009, 5:14 AM CDT (10:14 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 23, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 23, 2009, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
All 26 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 2009-03-23Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2009-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
310 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 231014
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
514 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

...IT WILL BE WINDY TODAY IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...

.A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES THIS
MORNING WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT WINDS FOR MUCH OF THE PLAINS TODAY.

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-231815-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0007.090323T1500Z-090324T0300Z/
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-
TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-
LATIMER-LE FLORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE...
EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE...
VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...ANTLERS...CLAYTON...
HUGO...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI...
PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...
OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA...
SALLISAW...MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU
514 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM
CDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY...REACHING SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF
20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MILES
AN HOUR ARE LIKELY FROM LATE MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING. ISOLATED
WIND GUST COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 50 MILES AN HOUR. ELEVATED AND
OPEN LOCATIONS WILL BE MOST VULNERABLE TO THESE HIGH WINDS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS CAN BECOME AIRBORNE IN WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 40 MILES AN HOUR. OUTDOOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS MAY BE IMPACTED.

USE CAUTION.


&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS74 KTSA 232131
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
431 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009


ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-240300-
/O.CON.KTSA.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090324T0300Z/
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-
TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-
LATIMER-LE FLORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE...
EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE...
VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...ANTLERS...CLAYTON...
HUGO...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI...
PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...
OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA...
SALLISAW...MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU
431 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40
TO 45 MILES AN HOUR WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE
THEY SLOWLY DIMINISH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR OR
GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS CAN BECOME AIRBORNE IN WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR. OUTDOOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS MAY BE
IMPACTED.

USE CAUTION.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 6:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage38 min

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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.