Alert archive / Oklahoma / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 16, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this wind advisory at May 23, 2012, 4:06 AM CDT for 37 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 23, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2012, 4:06 AM CDT (09:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 23, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 23, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
All 45 counties
Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Knox County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 339 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
737 WWUS74 KOUN 230906 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 406 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 OKZ004>030-033>040-044-045-TXZ083>090-231715- /O.NEW.KOUN.WI.Y.0016.120523T1600Z-120524T0200Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN- CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN- COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-COTTON-JEFFERSON-HARDEMAN-FOARD- WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER... CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...HOLLIS... MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS...FREDERICK...LAWTON...DUNCAN... PAULS VALLEY...WALTERS...WAURIKA...QUANAH...CHILLICOTHE... CROWELL...VERNON...WICHITA FALLS...MUNDAY...KNOX CITY...SEYMOUR... ARCHER CITY...HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA 406 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING THEN DIMINISH SLOWLY AFTER 8 PM CDT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 2 AND 8 PM CDT. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS: THESE STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW AROUND LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. 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. && $$ MBS
1 follow-up statement
653 WWUS74 KOUN 231636 AAA NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1136 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 OKZ045-TXZ084-087>090-231745- /O.CAN.KOUN.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120524T0200Z/ JEFFERSON-FOARD-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAURIKA...CROWELL...MUNDAY... KNOX CITY...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY...HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY... HENRIETTA 1136 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH IT WILL STILL BE A WINDY DAY ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED SOUTH OF WICHITA FALLS...VERNON...OR QUANAH. $$ OKZ004>030-033>040-044-TXZ083-085-086-240045- /O.CON.KOUN.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120524T0200Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN- CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN- COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-COTTON-HARDEMAN-WILBARGER-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER... CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...HOLLIS... MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS...FREDERICK...LAWTON...DUNCAN... PAULS VALLEY...WALTERS...QUANAH...CHILLICOTHE...VERNON... WICHITA FALLS 1136 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THEN DIMINISH SLOWLY AFTER 8 PM. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 2 AND 8 PM. * WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS: THESE STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW AROUND LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. 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. && $$
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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.