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Heat Advisory 1, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 18, 20114 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this heat advisory at Jun 18, 2011, 8:09 AM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Jun 18, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2011, 8:09 AM CDT (13:09 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 18, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 18, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Creek County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2011-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2233 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2011-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 467 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
2233 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-458 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1688 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
467 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
489 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heat advisory went out at Jun 18, 6:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 6:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage61 min

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Oklahoma, 2011Every heat 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.