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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this wind advisory at Feb 25, 2012, 3:50 AM CST for 7 counties in Texas; 20 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Feb 25, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2012, 3:50 AM CST (09:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2012, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
All 27 counties
Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Knox County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.8 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
- 2493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
469 WWUS74 KOUN 250950 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 350 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 OKZ004>006-009>011-014>017-021>023-033>038-044-TXZ083>089-260200- /O.NEW.KOUN.WI.Y.0007.120225T1800Z-120226T0200Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY- CUSTER-BLAINE-BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON- TILLMAN-COMANCHE-COTTON-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX- BAYLOR-ARCHER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...ARNETT... WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON... WATONGA...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL...ANADARKO...HOLLIS... MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS...FREDERICK...LAWTON...WALTERS...QUANAH... CHILLICOTHE...CROWELL...VERNON...WICHITA FALLS...MUNDAY... KNOX CITY...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY...HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY 350 AM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG... GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL BE LIKELY. * IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADWAYS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SECURE OUTDOOR LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS AS THEY MAY BE BLOWN AROUND AND DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTSIDE. && $$
1 follow-up statement
203 WWUS74 KOUN 252101 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 301 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 OKZ004>006-009>011-014>017-021>023-033>038-044-TXZ083>089-260200- /O.CON.KOUN.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120226T0200Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY- CUSTER-BLAINE-BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON- TILLMAN-COMANCHE-COTTON-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX- BAYLOR-ARCHER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...ARNETT... WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON... WATONGA...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL...ANADARKO...HOLLIS... MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS...FREDERICK...LAWTON...WALTERS...QUANAH... CHILLICOTHE...CROWELL...VERNON...WICHITA FALLS...MUNDAY... KNOX CITY...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY...HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY 301 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG... GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL BE LIKELY. * IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADWAYS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SECURE OUTDOOR LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS AS THEY MAY BE BLOWN AROUND AND DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTSIDE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 3:50 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita and 1 more | 15 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.