Alert archive / Oklahoma / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 15, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Sep 25, 2012, 3:43 AM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Sep 25, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 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 25, 2012, 3:43 AM CDT (08:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 25, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Choctaw County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 464 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
422 WWUS84 KTSA 250843 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 343 AM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 OKZ054-055-059>061-064>067-070-071-250945- /O.CAN.KTSA.FW.A.0007.120925T1700Z-120926T0200Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE- WAGONER-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- 343 AM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...WAGONER...MUSKOGEE...ROGERS...MCINTOSH... CREEK...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...OKFUSKEE...PAWNEE...OKMULGEE AND TULSA. * THE RED FLAG WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED && $$ OKZ049-053-073>076-252100- /O.UPG.KTSA.FW.A.0007.120925T1700Z-120926T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0015.120925T1700Z-120926T0000Z/ PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 343 AM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHOCTAW...PITTSBURG...PUSHMATAHA...LE FLORE... LATIMER AND HASKELL. * THIS WARNING REPLACES THE RED FLAG WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD COULD OCCUR IN THIS AREA IF A FIRE GETS STARTED. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AS LOW AS 21.0 PERCENT * STRONG WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 32 MPH IMPACTS... * ANY FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL AND ENDANGER LIVES AND PROPERTY. DEFINITION... * A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS...FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOWER HUMIDITIES...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES PROPERLY AND AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START FIRES. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
1 follow-up statement
485 WWUS84 KTSA 252142 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 442 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 OKZ049-053-073>076-260000- /O.CON.KTSA.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120926T0000Z/ PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 442 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHOCTAW...PITTSBURG...PUSHMATAHA...LE FLORE... LATIMER AND HASKELL. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * HOT TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH TEMPERATURES SLOWLY COOLING TOWARD SUNSET. WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO DIMINISH...HOWEVER GUST SPEEDS WILL ALSO DIMINISH TOWARD SUNSET. * LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * STRONG WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. IMPACTS... * ANY FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL AND ENDANGER LIVES AND PROPERTY. 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.