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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 6, 20114 counties in Arkansas; 20 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Apr 6, 2011, 9:06 AM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas; 20 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2011, 9:06 AM CDT (14:06 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2011, 3:07 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
All 24 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee 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, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:11 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2011-04-06Temperature 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 2011-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 650 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
2884 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
650 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
638 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.

341 
WWUS74 KTSA 061406
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
906 AM CDT WED APR 6 2011

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ054>076-062215-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0003.110406T1406Z-110407T0000Z/
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
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-
906 AM CDT WED APR 6 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...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...
   WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA...
   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 CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF
   EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS MORNING AND INTO
   THE AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
   AND EVENING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AS A COLD FRONT SAGS INTO
   NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

IMPACTS...
 * WIND GUST VALUES NEAR 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF
   THE MORNING AND MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON.

 * 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
252 
WWUS74 KTSA 062007
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
307 PM CDT WED APR 6 2011

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ054>076-062115-
/O.CAN.KTSA.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110407T0000Z/
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
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-
307 PM CDT WED APR 6 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...
   WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PITTSBURG...
   SEQUOYAH...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 AFTERNOON...AND HAVE
   FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL
   CONTINUE TO GUST 20 TO 30 MPH INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 4:11 AM CDTRed Flag WarningTSABenton, Carroll, Madison, Washington15 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.