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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Tulsa, OK

November 11, 201122 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Nov 11, 2011, 12:18 PM CST for 22 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Nov 12, 2011, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 2011, 12:18 PM CST (18:18 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 12, 2011, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 12, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
All 26 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer 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, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2011-11-11Temperature 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 2011-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 278 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
2032 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
278 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 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.

191 
WWUS74 KTSA 111818
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1218 PM CST FRI NOV 11 2011

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-120230-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0013.111112T1500Z-111113T0000Z/
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-
TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-
ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE-
1218 PM CST FRI NOV 11 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...
   WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA...
   PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...
   PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...LATIMER 
   AND HASKELL. 

   IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON...
   SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING
   SATURDAY IN RESPONSE TO A STRENGTHENING PRESSURE GRADIENT AHEAD
   OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES. WIND GUSTS
   TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST
   OKLAHOMA AND IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
   AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. 

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 AT LEAST 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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
243 
WWUS74 KTSA 112133
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
333 PM CST FRI NOV 11 2011

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-121030-
/O.CON.KTSA.WI.Y.0013.111112T1500Z-111113T0000Z/
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-
TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-
ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE-
333 PM CST FRI NOV 11 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...
   WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA...
   PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...
   PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...LATIMER 
   AND HASKELL. 

   IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON...
   SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING
   SATURDAY IN RESPONSE TO A STRENGTHENING PRESSURE GRADIENT AHEAD
   OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES. WIND GUSTS
   TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST
   OKLAHOMA AND IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
   AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. 

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.

&&

$$
032 
WWUS74 KTSA 120952
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
352 AM CST SAT NOV 12 2011

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-130000-
/O.CON.KTSA.WI.Y.0013.111112T1500Z-111113T0000Z/
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-
TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-
ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE-
352 AM CST SAT NOV 12 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...
   WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA...
   PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...
   PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...LATIMER 
   AND HASKELL. 

   IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON...
   SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS TO THE WEST WILL
   TIGHTEN THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
   NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TODAY. AS A RESULT...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE
   EXPECTED WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND
   AROUND 45 MPH ALONG THE RIDGE TOPS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
   NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE SOME DURING THE
   OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER THEY WILL REMAIN BREEZY IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH
   RANGE OVER MUCH OF THE REGION.

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. 

&&

$$

LACY
906 
WWUS74 KTSA 122126
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
326 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2011

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-130000-
/O.CON.KTSA.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-111113T0000Z/
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-
TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-
ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE-
326 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...
   WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA...
   PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...
   PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...LATIMER 
   AND HASKELL. 

   IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON...
   SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * STRONG SOUTH WINDS...WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL CONTINUE
   THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
   NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE SOME DURING THE
   OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER THEY WILL REMAIN BREEZY...WITH GUSTS IN THE
   25 TO 30 MPH RANGE OVER MUCH OF THE REGION.

IMPACTS...
 * WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

 * 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.

&&

$$
446 
WWUS74 KTSA 130002
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
602 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2011

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-130115-
/O.EXP.KTSA.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-111113T0000Z/
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-
TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-
ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE-
602 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2011

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...
   PUSHMATAHA...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PITTSBURG...
   SEQUOYAH...WAGONER...CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...
   NOWATA...PAWNEE...OTTAWA...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...
   LATIMER AND HASKELL. 

   IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON...
   SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. 

 * WIND SPEEDS HAVE GRADUALLY DECREASED THIS EVENING...WITH FURTHER
   WIND GUSTS REMAINING BELOW 40 MPH.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 11, 2:43 PM CSTRed Flag WarningTSACherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh and 10 more4 hr
Nov 11, 3:33 PM CSTFire Weather WatchTSACraig, Creek, Nowata, Ottawa, Pawnee, Rogers and 2 more12 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Oklahoma, 2011Wind Advisories in Arkansas, 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.