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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 16, 20114 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Jun 16, 2011, 10:23 AM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2011, 10:23 AM CDT (15:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:24 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 2011-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2011-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 209 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
26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-387 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
327 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

882 
WWUS74 KTSA 161523
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1023 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-161900-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0009.110616T1523Z-110616T1900Z/
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-
1023 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN ARKANSAS...BENTON...WASHINGTON...CARROLL...MADISON...
   CRAWFORD AND FRANKLIN. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED
   WITH A WEAKENING THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX.

IMPACTS...
 * WIND GUST OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

 * 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
371 
WWUS74 KTSA 161850
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
150 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-162000-
/O.EXP.KTSA.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110616T1900Z/
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-
150 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN ARKANSAS...BENTON...WASHINGTON...CARROLL...MADISON...
   CRAWFORD AND FRANKLIN. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * THE OUTFLOW WINDS FROM THE MORNING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
   WEAKENED.  ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
   LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ASSOCIATED WITH 
   A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington49 min
Jun 16, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton30 min
Jun 16, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton32 min
Jun 16, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton34 min

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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.