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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this wind advisory at Oct 16, 2012, 3:04 PM CDT for 33 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Oct 17, 2012, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 16, 2012, 3:04 PM CDT (20:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 17, 2012, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2012, 3:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
All 33 counties
Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland 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, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson 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, Seminole County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 2149 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
682 WWUS74 KOUN 162004 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 304 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 2012 OKZ004>029-035-038-170415- /O.NEW.KOUN.WI.Y.0021.121017T1400Z-121017T2300Z/ 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-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...CHANDLER... CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...HOBART...LAWTON 304 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN... CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA. * TIMING: WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW OBJECTS AROUND AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTSIDE. && $$
4 follow-up statements
603 WWUS74 KOUN 170134 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 834 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 2012 OKZ004>029-035-038-171030- /O.CON.KOUN.WI.Y.0021.121017T1400Z-121017T2300Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN- CLEVELAND-KIOWA-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER... CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...HOBART...LAWTON 834 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN... CENTRAL... AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA. * TIMING: WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW OBJECTS AROUND AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTSIDE. && $$
464 WWUS74 KOUN 170935 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 435 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 OKZ030-031-033-034-036-171745- /O.EXB.KOUN.WI.Y.0021.121017T1200Z-121017T2300Z/ POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HARMON-GREER-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE...HOLLIS...MANGUM... ALTUS 435 AM CDT WED OCT 17 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: WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL SPREAD OVER THE REGION. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS AROUND AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTSIDE. && $$ OKZ004>029-035-038-171745- /O.EXT.KOUN.WI.Y.0021.121017T1200Z-121017T2300Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN- CLEVELAND-KIOWA-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER... CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...HOBART...LAWTON 435 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL SPREAD OVER THE REGION. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS AROUND AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTSIDE. && $$
594 WWUS74 KOUN 171554 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1054 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 OKZ004>031-033>036-038-172300- /O.CON.KOUN.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-121017T2300Z/ 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-SEMINOLE-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON- 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...CHANDLER... CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE... HOLLIS...MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS...LAWTON 1054 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS: NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL SPREAD OVER THE REGION. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS AROUND AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTSIDE. && $$
986 WWUS74 KOUN 172020 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 320 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 OKZ004>031-033>036-038-172130- /O.CAN.KOUN.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-121017T2300Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN- CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON- COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER... CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE... HOLLIS...MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS...LAWTON 320 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH SOME GUSTY NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON... WIND GUSTS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 40 MPH. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 3:16 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Alfalfa, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Grant, Harper and 5 more | 13 hr |
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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.