Alert archive / Oklahoma / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this wind advisory at Jan 27, 2012, 2:37 AM CST for 12 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Jan 27, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2012, 2:37 AM CST (08:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 27, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 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, Harper 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), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:39 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, 8.6 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
- 2680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
531 WWUS74 KOUN 270837 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 237 AM CST FRI JAN 27 2012 OKZ004>006-009>011-014>017-021-022-271645- /O.NEW.KOUN.WI.Y.0004.120127T1700Z-120128T0000Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY- CUSTER-BLAINE-BECKHAM-WASHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...ARNETT... WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON... WATONGA...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL 237 AM CST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
996 WWUS74 KOUN 271724 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1124 AM CST FRI JAN 27 2012 OKZ004>006-009>011-014>017-021-022-280000- /O.CON.KOUN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120128T0000Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY- CUSTER-BLAINE-BECKHAM-WASHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...ARNETT... WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON... WATONGA...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL 1124 AM CST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS: NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTSIDE. && $$ BURKE
815 WWUS74 KOUN 280003 AAA NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 603 PM CST FRI JAN 27 2012 OKZ004>006-009>011-014>017-021-022-280115- /O.EXP.KOUN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120128T0000Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY- CUSTER-BLAINE-BECKHAM-WASHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...ARNETT... WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON... WATONGA...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL 603 PM CST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ALTHOUGH NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH FOR A FEW MORE HOURS...THEY WILL CONTINUE A WEAKENING TREND THROUGH THE EVENING. $$
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.