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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 30, 201115 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at May 30, 2011, 3:05 AM CDT for 15 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at May 30, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2011, 3:05 AM CDT (08:05 UTC)
In effect from
May 30, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 30, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware 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, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:02 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2011-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2406 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2011-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2406 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-374 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 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.

594 
WWUS74 KTSA 300805
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
305 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

OKZ054>067-070-071-301615-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0008.110530T1200Z-110531T0000Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-
DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-
305 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS 
EVENING...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...WAGONER...OTTAWA...ROGERS...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...
   OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...MCINTOSH...
   MUSKOGEE...TULSA...OKMULGEE...MAYES AND DELAWARE. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH A
   DEVELOPED SURFACE LOW IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES...AND HIGH
   PRESSURE TO THE EAST. THE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL PERSIST
   THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

IMPACTS...
 * WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

 * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
   HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
 
 * PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN RECREATIONAL LAKE ACTIVITIES TODAY
   SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS.

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
576 
WWUS74 KTSA 301521
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1021 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

OKZ054>067-070-071-310000-
/O.CON.KTSA.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110531T0000Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-
DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-
1021 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...WAGONER...OTTAWA...ROGERS...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...
   OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...MCINTOSH...
   MUSKOGEE...TULSA...OKMULGEE...MAYES AND DELAWARE. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS
   SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DEVELOP OVER THE LEE OF THE 
   ROCKIES. THE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. 

IMPACTS...
 * WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

 * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR 
   HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

 * AREA LAKES WILL BE VERY CHOPPY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN WATERS.

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. 

 * PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN RECREATIONAL LAKE ACTIVITIES TODAY
   SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS. HIGH WAVES MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER 
   CRAFT.  FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY...AVOID THE OPEN WATERS UNTIL 
   THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

 * 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.

&&

$$

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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.