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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Tulsa, OK

November 19, 20114 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Nov 19, 2011, 8:38 AM CST for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 19, 2011, 8:38 AM CST (14:38 UTC)
Expired
Nov 19, 2011, 3:25 PM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Craig County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:38 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2011-11-19Temperature 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 2011-11-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 651 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
651 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
603 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.

481 
WWUS74 KTSA 191438
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
838 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2011

OKZ054>058-192200-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0015.111119T1438Z-111119T2200Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-
838 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...OTTAWA...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG AND NOWATA. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY GUST TO 40 MILES AN HOUR OR
   HIGHER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

IMPACTS...
 * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR 
   HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS.

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. 


&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
636 
WWUS74 KTSA 192125
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
325 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2011

OKZ054>058-192230-
/O.CAN.KTSA.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-111119T2200Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-
325 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...OTTAWA...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG AND NOWATA. 

 * THE STRONGER WINDS HAVE DECREASED...HOWEVER GUSTY SOUTH WINDS 
   AT 25 TO 30 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF 
   THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 

&&

$$

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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.