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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT for 17 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT (16:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2012, 5:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
Counties Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:57 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 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3168 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
393 WWUS74 KOUN 151600 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1100 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 OKZ004>007-009>012-014>017-021-022-033>035-152300- /O.NEW.KOUN.WI.Y.0014.120415T1600Z-120415T2300Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-BECKHAM-WASHITA-HARMON-GREER- KIOWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...CHEYENNE...TALOGA... WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... HOLLIS...MANGUM...HOBART 1100 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS: 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: WIND GUSTS ACROSS ROADWAYS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTSIDE. && $$
2 follow-up statements
715 WWUS74 KOUN 151936 AAA NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 236 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 OKZ004>007-009>012-014>017-021-022-033>035-152300- /O.CON.KOUN.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-120415T2300Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-BECKHAM-WASHITA-HARMON-GREER- KIOWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...CHEYENNE...TALOGA... WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... HOLLIS...MANGUM...HOBART 236 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING: WIND WILL SLOWLY DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS: WIND GUSTS ACROSS ROADWAYS MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTSIDE. && $$
369 WWUS74 KOUN 152218 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 518 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 OKZ004>007-009>012-014>017-021-022-033>035-152330- /O.CAN.KOUN.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-120415T2300Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-BECKHAM-WASHITA-HARMON-GREER- KIOWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...CHEYENNE...TALOGA... WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... HOLLIS...MANGUM...HOBART 518 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY SPEEDS...AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS EVENING.. $$ CMS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Woods | 54 min |
| Apr 14, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Major, Woods | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Woods | 40 min |
| Apr 14, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Woods, Woodward | 40 min |
| Apr 14, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Roger Mills, Woodward | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Woods, Woodward | 62 min |
| Apr 14, 11:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Alfalfa, Beckham, Dewey | 56 min |
| Apr 14, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 3 more | 64 min |
| Apr 14, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Roger Mills, Woodward | 37 min |
| Apr 15, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Woodward | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 12:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Beckham, Roger Mills | 27 min |
| Apr 15, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Ellis, Harper, Major, Woods, Woodward | 59 min |
| Apr 15, 12:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Woodward | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 12:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills | 42 min |
| Apr 15, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 5 more | 66 min |
| Apr 15, 12:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Harper, Woods, Woodward | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Dewey, Grant, Major, Woods, Woodward | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 1:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Kingfisher, Tillman | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Custer, Dewey and 3 more | 54 min |
| Apr 15, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Grady, Kingfisher and 3 more | 56 min |
| Apr 15, 2:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln, McClain, Payne, Pottawatomie | 68 min |
| Apr 15, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 3:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay, Noble | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 3:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grady, Kay, Logan, McClain, Noble, Oklahoma and 1 more | 54 min |
| Apr 15, 3:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jefferson, Stephens | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 4:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, Lincoln, Payne, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 55 min |
| Apr 15, 4:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray and 1 more | 53 min |
| Apr 15, 5:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole | 54 min |
| Apr 15, 6:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Hughes | 23 min |
| Apr 15, 7:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 8:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 9:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Bryan | 27 min |
| Apr 15, 9:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka | 26 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.