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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 22, 201117 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Mar 22, 2011, 12:52 PM CDT for 17 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 22, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 22, 2011, 12:52 PM CDT (17:52 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 22, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 22, 2011, 4:20 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware 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, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:56 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2011-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2011-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 484 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-640 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1009 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
484 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
484 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.

033 
WWUS74 KTSA 221752
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1252 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011

OKZ054>068-070-071-073-230000-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0001.110322T1800Z-110323T0000Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-
DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-
PITTSBURG-
1252 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011

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

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

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...WASHINGTON...WAGONER...OTTAWA...ROGERS...PAWNEE...
   CREEK...CHEROKEE...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...PITTSBURG...
   OKFUSKEE...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...TULSA...OKMULGEE...MAYES AND 
   DELAWARE. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR WILL OCCASIONALLY GUST TO AROUND
   45 MILES AN HOUR AT SOME LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
   EVENING.

IMPACTS...
 * WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

 * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR 
   HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

DEFINITION...
 * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 * MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. BE ALERT TO 
   SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR 
   VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS AND ON 
   BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. 

 * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
   FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT.
   ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT:
   WEATHER.GOV/TULSA.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
020 
WWUS74 KTSA 222120
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
420 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011

OKZ054>068-070-071-073-222230-
/O.CAN.KTSA.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110323T0000Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-
DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-
PITTSBURG-
420 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND 
ADVISORY...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...MUSKOGEE...PITTSBURG...OKFUSKEE...MCINTOSH...
   CREEK...CHEROKEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...
   PAWNEE...OTTAWA...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES 
   AND DELAWARE. 

 * WIND GUSTS HAVE FALLEN BELOW 40 MILES AN HOUR AND THE WINDS
   WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 9:55 PM CDTFire Weather WatchTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington18 hr

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.