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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Norman, OK

March 11, 201133 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this wind advisory at Mar 11, 2011, 10:48 AM CST for 33 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 2011, 10:48 AM CST (16:48 UTC)
Expired
Mar 11, 2011, 7:00 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
All 41 counties

Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Knox County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 2011-03-11Temperature 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2011-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 240 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3198 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 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.

041 
WWUS74 KOUN 111648
NPWOUN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1048 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011

OKZ006>008-011>013-015>020-022>030-034>041-044>046-050-TXZ083>090-
120100-
/O.NEW.KOUN.WI.Y.0002.110311T1648Z-110312T0100Z/
ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-
KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-
GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-COTTON-JEFFERSON-CARTER-LOVE-
HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD...PONCA CITY...
FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...
WATONGA...KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...CORDELL...
ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...
CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...MANGUM...
HOBART...ALTUS...FREDERICK...LAWTON...DUNCAN...PAULS VALLEY...
SULPHUR...WALTERS...WAURIKA...ARDMORE...MARIETTA...QUANAH...
CHILLICOTHE...CROWELL...VERNON...WICHITA FALLS...MUNDAY...
KNOX CITY...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY...HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY...
HENRIETTA
1048 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AVERAGING 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
  MOSTLY 35 TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS: MOTORCYCLES AND HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE
  PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO THE STRONG WINDS... PRIMARILY ON EAST
  TO WEST ROADS. LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT ARE NOT SECURED
  MAY BE TOSSED AROUND OR MOVED BY THE WIND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING
OUTSIDE.

&&

$$

CMS
1 follow-up statement
761 
WWUS74 KOUN 120102
NPWOUN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
702 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011

OKZ006>008-011>013-015>020-022>030-034>041-044>046-050-TXZ083>090-
120215-
/O.EXP.KOUN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110312T0100Z/
ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-
KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-
GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-COTTON-JEFFERSON-CARTER-LOVE-
HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD...PONCA CITY...
FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...
WATONGA...KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...CORDELL...
ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...
CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...MANGUM...
HOBART...ALTUS...FREDERICK...LAWTON...DUNCAN...PAULS VALLEY...
SULPHUR...WALTERS...WAURIKA...ARDMORE...MARIETTA...QUANAH...
CHILLICOTHE...CROWELL...VERNON...WICHITA FALLS...MUNDAY...
KNOX CITY...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY...HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY...
HENRIETTA
702 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

 * GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DECREASED EARLY THIS EVENING
   THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.


$$

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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.