Alert archive / Oklahoma / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 16, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Dec 31, 2011, 11:14 AM CST for 9 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 31, 2011, 11:14 AM CST (17:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 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, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:16 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2944 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
136 WWUS74 KTSA 311714 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1114 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 OKZ054>063-010000- /O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0016.111231T1714Z-120101T0000Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE- 1114 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...PAWNEE... OTTAWA...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES AND DELAWARE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST IN THE 40 TO 45 MPH RANGE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 412. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BUT GUST MAGNITUDES WILL DECREASE. IMPACTS... * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 3:39 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh and 9 more | 14 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.