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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Norman, OK

April 17, 201127 counties in Oklahoma; Archer County, Clay County, Wichita County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this wind advisory at Apr 17, 2011, 11:57 AM CDT for 27 counties in Oklahoma; Archer County, Clay County, Wichita County, Texas. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 17, 2011, 11:57 AM CDT (16:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
All 30 counties

Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, McClain 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, Clay County, TX, Wichita County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:02 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 2011-04-17Temperature 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 2011-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 347 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
3374 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
347 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
364 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.

177 
WWUS74 KOUN 171657
NPWOUN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1157 AM CDT SUN APR 17 2011

OKZ007-008-012-013-016>020-022>030-035-037>040-044>046-050-TXZ086-
089-090-180100-
/O.NEW.KOUN.WI.Y.0008.110417T1657Z-110418T0100Z/
GRANT-KAY-GARFIELD-NOBLE-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-KIOWA-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-COTTON-
JEFFERSON-CARTER-LOVE-WICHITA-ARCHER-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...PONCA CITY...ENID...PERRY...
WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...
STILLWATER...CORDELL...ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...
OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...
SHAWNEE...HOBART...FREDERICK...LAWTON...DUNCAN...PAULS VALLEY...
WALTERS...WAURIKA...ARDMORE...MARIETTA...WICHITA FALLS...
ARCHER CITY...HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA
1157 AM CDT SUN APR 17 2011

...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. 


* TIMING: UNTIL EARLY EVENING.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS: SMALL UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND
  TRASH CANS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO
  CROSSWINDS. STRONG WINDS WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT ANY FIRE FIGHTING
  EFFORTS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
367 
WWUS74 KOUN 180100
NPWOUN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
800 PM CDT SUN APR 17 2011

OKZ007-008-012-013-016>020-022>030-035-037>040-044>046-050-TXZ086-
089-090-180200-
/O.EXP.KOUN.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110418T0100Z/
GRANT-KAY-GARFIELD-NOBLE-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-KIOWA-TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-COTTON-
JEFFERSON-CARTER-LOVE-WICHITA-ARCHER-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...PONCA CITY...ENID...PERRY...
WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...
STILLWATER...CORDELL...ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...
OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...
SHAWNEE...HOBART...FREDERICK...LAWTON...DUNCAN...PAULS VALLEY...
WALTERS...WAURIKA...ARDMORE...MARIETTA...WICHITA FALLS...
ARCHER CITY...HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA
800 PM CDT SUN APR 17 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

ALTHOUGH SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY OVERNIGHT...SPEEDS HAD
DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

BURKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 4:47 AM CDTRed Flag WarningOUNAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 36 more15 hr
Apr 17, 2:56 PM CDTFire Weather WatchOUNBeckham, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon and 4 more14 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Oklahoma, 2011Wind Advisories in Texas, 2011Every wind advisory in 2011

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.