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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 23, 20115 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Apr 23, 2011, 11:32 PM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 2011, 11:32 PM CDT (04:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2011, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Choctaw County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:34 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 191 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2011-04-24Temperature 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2011-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 244 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
1103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
345 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

886 
WWUS74 KTSA 240432
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1132 PM CDT SAT APR 23 2011

ARZ019-020-029-OKZ049-053-072>076-240900-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0006.110424T0432Z-110424T0900Z/
CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-
HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE-
1132 PM CDT SAT APR 23 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SUNDAY...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...LE 
   FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. 

   IN ARKANSAS...SEBASTIAN...CRAWFORD AND FRANKLIN. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING
   AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
   DECAYING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
   WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

IMPACTS...
 * WIND GUST VALUES TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. ONCE THE WINDS
   BEGIN TO GUST...THE STRONG GUSTS MAY CONTINUE FOR A HALF HOUR
   OR MORE.

 * 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
480 
WWUS74 KTSA 240857
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
357 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

ARZ019-020-029-OKZ049-053-072>076-241000-
/O.EXP.KTSA.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110424T0900Z/
CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-
HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE-
357 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...LE 
   FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. 

   IN ARKANSAS...SEBASTIAN...CRAWFORD AND FRANKLIN. 

 * THE STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVENING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
   DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO
   EXPIRE.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 8:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACherokee4 days
Apr 23, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg33 min
Apr 23, 9:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee42 min
Apr 23, 9:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh41 min
Apr 23, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee29 min
Apr 23, 9:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee46 min
Apr 23, 9:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek48 min
Apr 23, 10:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa47 min
Apr 23, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Tulsa38 min
Apr 23, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah39 min
Apr 23, 10:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee34 min
Apr 23, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa29 min
Apr 23, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware63 min
Apr 23, 11:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek53 min
Apr 23, 11:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner5 hr
Apr 24, 1:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek25 min
Apr 24, 2:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACherokee36 hr
Apr 24, 4:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg61 min
Apr 24, 5:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg41 min
Apr 24, 6:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore44 min
Apr 24, 9:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAAdair, Cherokee, Sequoyah93 min
Apr 24, 3:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh, Muskogee and 4 more6 hr
Apr 24, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg31 min
Apr 24, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee28 min
Apr 24, 5:16 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg44 min
Apr 24, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah44 min
Apr 24, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah32 min
Apr 24, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage47 min
Apr 24, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek, Tulsa46 min
Apr 24, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore55 min
Apr 24, 6:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer34 min
Apr 24, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Tulsa32 min
Apr 24, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah44 min
Apr 24, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg39 min
Apr 24, 6:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSALeFlore, Sequoyah61 min
Apr 24, 6:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers33 min
Apr 24, 6:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more6 hr
Apr 24, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah42 min
Apr 24, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa25 min
Apr 24, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore53 min
Apr 23, 7:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMadison50 min
Apr 23, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison43 min
Apr 23, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMadison19 min
Apr 23, 10:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSABenton, Carroll, Madison, Washington6 hr
Apr 23, 10:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACarroll64 hr
Apr 23, 10:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton, Carroll, Madison, Washington54 min
Apr 23, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll16 min
Apr 23, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington42 min
Apr 24, 12:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington44 min
Apr 24, 3:49 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSABenton, Carroll, Madison, Washington8 hr
Apr 24, 9:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSABenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington4 hr
Apr 24, 2:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSABenton, Carroll, Madison, Washington6 hr
Apr 24, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford36 min
Apr 24, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin35 min

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.