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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK

September 11, 2012Pawnee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Sep 11, 2012, 3:24 AM CDT for Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Sep 11, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 11, 2012, 3:24 AM CDT (08:24 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 11, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 11, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

County Pawnee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:23 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 78 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2012-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2012-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

523 
WWUS84 KTSA 110824
RFWTSA

FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
324 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST 
   OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON...

OKZ054-059-120100-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0013.120911T1700Z-120912T0100Z/
OSAGE-PAWNEE-
324 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG 
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS 
EVENING...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE AND OSAGE. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH
   UNSEASONABLY HOT...DRY CONDITIONS. THE FIRE DANGER THREAT WILL
   BE THE HIGHEST OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...GENERALLY WEST OF
   HIGHWAY 75.

 * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES 20 TO 25 PERCENT.

 * STRONG WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH.

IMPACTS...
 * ANY FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL AND ENDANGER 
   LIVES AND PROPERTY. 

DEFINITION...
 * A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF 
   WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN 24 
   HOURS...FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. 
   THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOWER 
   HUMIDITIES...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 * DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES PROPERLY AND AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT 
   COULD START FIRES. 

 * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR 
   TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER 
   EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: 
   WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. 

&&

$$

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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.