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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 20, 201111 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Jun 20, 2011, 8:36 AM CDT for 11 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2011, 8:36 AM CDT (13:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:39 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 2011-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1719 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2011-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 398 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
1719 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-561 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1347 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
398 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
420 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.

620 
WWUS74 KTSA 201336
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
836 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

OKZ054>064-067-201800-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0010.110620T1336Z-110620T1800Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-
DELAWARE-CREEK-WAGONER-
836 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...
   CREEK...OTTAWA...WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES AND DELAWARE. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
   REMAINDER OF THE MORNING HOURS ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

IMPACTS...
 * WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WILL BE 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
586 
WWUS74 KTSA 201803
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
103 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

OKZ054>064-067-201915-
/O.EXP.KTSA.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110620T1800Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-
DELAWARE-CREEK-WAGONER-
103 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...
   CREEK...OTTAWA...WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES AND DELAWARE. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
   AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT GUSTS WILL BE BELOW 40 MPH.

&&

$$

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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.