Alert archive / Oklahoma / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this wind advisory at Jan 12, 2012, 4:00 AM CST for 26 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Jan 12, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 2012, 4:00 AM CST (10:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2012, 1:42 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
All 26 counties
Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harper County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 829 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
583 WWUS74 KOUN 121000 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 400 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012 OKZ004>025-027-034-035-038-121800- /O.NEW.KOUN.WI.Y.0002.120112T1500Z-120112T2300Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-GRADY-GREER-KIOWA- COMANCHE- 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... CHICKASHA...MANGUM...HOBART...LAWTON 400 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN THIS MORNING WITH STRONG GUSTS MOST LIKELY LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS: CAUTION IS ADVISED FOR MOTORISTS IN HIGH-PROFILE AND LIGHT-WEIGHT VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTSIDE. && $$
1 follow-up statement
629 WWUS74 KOUN 121942 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 142 PM CST THU JAN 12 2012 OKZ004>025-027-034-035-038-122045- /O.CAN.KOUN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120112T2300Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-GRADY-GREER-KIOWA- COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY... CHICKASHA...MANGUM...HOBART...LAWTON 142 PM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL SLOWLY DECREASE DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON. A FEW WIND GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA. $$
Nearby
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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.