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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 25, 20118 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Oct 25, 2011, 8:05 AM CDT for 8 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Oct 25, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 25, 2011, 8:05 AM CDT (13:05 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 25, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 25, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

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

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 44 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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2011-10-25Temperature 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2011-10-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 359 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2338 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
359 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
355 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.

837 
WWUS74 KTSA 251305
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
805 AM CDT TUE OCT 25 2011

OKZ056>058-063-252115-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0011.111025T1500Z-111026T0000Z/
NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-DELAWARE-
805 AM CDT TUE OCT 25 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...OTTAWA...NOWATA...CRAIG AND DELAWARE. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER
   THIS MORNING ACROSS MOST OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AHEAD OF A
   STRONG COLD FRONT...WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS LIKELY CONFINED TO
   THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE
   SOMEWHAT BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

IMPACTS...
 * WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 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
015 
WWUS74 KTSA 251754
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1254 PM CDT TUE OCT 25 2011

OKZ054-055-059-061-062-260000-
/O.EXA.KTSA.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-111026T0000Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-PAWNEE-ROGERS-MAYES-
1254 PM CDT TUE OCT 25 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...OSAGE...PAWNEE...ROGERS AND MAYES. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED AND
   WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS AREAS OF NORTHEAST
   OKLAHOMA ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 412. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY
   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.

&&

$$

OKZ056>058-063-260000-
/O.CON.KTSA.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-111026T0000Z/
NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-DELAWARE-
1254 PM CDT TUE OCT 25 2011

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

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...CRAIG...NOWATA...OTTAWA AND DELAWARE. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED AND
   WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS AREAS OF NORTHEAST
   OKLAHOMA ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 412. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY
   EARLY EVENING.

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

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

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.

&&

$$

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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.