Alert archive / Oklahoma / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this wind advisory at Feb 23, 2012, 4:41 AM CST for 30 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Feb 23, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2012, 4:41 AM CST (10:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
All 30 counties
Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland 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, 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, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:44 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 3213 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
405 WWUS74 KOUN 231041 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 441 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 OKZ004>007-009>012-014>016-240000- /O.NEW.KOUN.WI.Y.0006.120223T1500Z-120224T0000Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...CHEYENNE...TALOGA... WEATHERFORD...CLINTON 441 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 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 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: AS A COLD FRONT SURGES SOUTHWARD...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND SUNSET. * WINDS: SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE LIKELY. * IMPACTS: WINDS MAY LOFT LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS THAT ARE NOT SECURED. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BECOME DIFFICULT LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING...PARTICULARLY ON EAST WEST ROADWAYS. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WHICH SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTSIDE. && $$
1 follow-up statement
770 WWUS74 KOUN 231713 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1113 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 OKZ008-013-017>030-033>035-240000- /O.EXA.KOUN.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120224T0000Z/ KAY-NOBLE-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO- CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE- HARMON-GREER-KIOWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PONCA CITY...PERRY...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER... CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...HOLLIS... MANGUM...HOBART 1113 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET. * WINDS: SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL BE LIKELY. * IMPACTS: WINDS MAY LOFT LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS THAT ARE NOT SECURED. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BECOME DIFFICULT LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING...PARTICULARLY ON EAST WEST ROADWAYS. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING ACROSS THE AREA... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WHICH SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTSIDE. && $$ OKZ004>007-009>012-014>016-240000- /O.CON.KOUN.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120224T0000Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...CHEYENNE...TALOGA... WEATHERFORD...CLINTON 1113 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING AROUND SUNSET. * WINDS: SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE LIKELY. * IMPACTS: WINDS MAY LOFT LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS THAT ARE NOT SECURED. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BECOME DIFFICULT LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING...PARTICULARLY ON EAST WEST ROADWAYS. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING ACROSS THE AREA... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WHICH SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTSIDE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 5:45 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 23 more | 10 hr |
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.