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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Tulsa, OK
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 34 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.