Alert archive / Oklahoma / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Oct 17, 2012, 3:37 AM CDT for Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Oct 17, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 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
- Oct 17, 2012, 3:37 AM CDT (08:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 17, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2012, 3:53 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 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 08:35 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 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -481 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
654 WWUS84 KTSA 170837 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 337 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 OKZ055-060-064-170945- /O.CAN.KTSA.FW.A.0008.121017T1500Z-121018T0100Z/ WASHINGTON OK-TULSA-CREEK- 337 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...TULSA AND WASHINGTON. * THE RED FLAG WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. && $$ OKZ054-059-171645- /O.UPG.KTSA.FW.A.0008.121017T1500Z-121018T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0016.121017T1700Z-121018T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.A.0009.121018T1700Z-121019T0000Z/ OSAGE-PAWNEE- 337 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY 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 AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE AND OSAGE. * THIS WARNING REPLACES THE RED FLAG WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONALLY...HUMIDITIES WILL FALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. THE FIRE DANGER THREAT WILL CONTINUE TO WORSEN ON THURSDAY AS VERY STRONG WINDS REMAIN WITH POTENTIALLY LOWER AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THAN TODAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * STRONG WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ANY FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL AND ENDANGER LIVES AND PROPERTY. * THE PURPOSE OF FIRE WEATHER WATCHES AND RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE TO ALERT LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES OF DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT...WHEN COMBINED WITH CRITICALLY DRY WILDLAND FUELS...COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS WILDFIRES. TIMELY AND ACCURATE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ENABLE FIRE FIGHTING AGENCIES TO MANAGE RESOURCES AND PREPARE APPROPRIATE SUPPRESSION RESPONSES FOR PROTECTING LIFE 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. * A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. 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. * LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
203 WWUS84 KTSA 171724 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1224 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 OKZ054-059-180300- /O.CON.KTSA.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-121018T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTSA.FW.A.0009.121018T1700Z-121019T0000Z/ OSAGE-PAWNEE- 1224 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON...AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE AND OSAGE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH DECREASING HUMIDITY LEVELS. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY WITH STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS...AND LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS. * LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 18 TO 25 PERCENT. * STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. IMPACTS... * ANY FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL AND ENDANGER LIVES AND PROPERTY. * THE PURPOSE OF FIRE WEATHER WATCHES AND RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE TO ALERT LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES OF DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT...WHEN COMBINED WITH CRITICALLY DRY WILDLAND FUELS...COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS WILDFIRES. TIMELY AND ACCURATE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ENABLE FIRE FIGHTING AGENCIES TO MANAGE RESOURCES AND PREPARE APPROPRIATE SUPPRESSION RESPONSES FOR PROTECTING LIFE 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. * LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
729 WWUS84 KTSA 172053 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 353 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 OKZ054-059-180500- /O.CAN.KTSA.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-121018T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTSA.FW.A.0009.121018T1700Z-121019T0000Z/ OSAGE-PAWNEE- 353 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WEDNESDAY... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE AND OSAGE. * LOWER DEWPOINTS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION HAVE NOT REACHED INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA YET MID AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY AND WIND SPEEDS HAVE REMAINED BELOW WIND ADVISORY. THUS... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE REMAINED ABOVE RED FLAG CRITERIA. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * GUSTY WINDS AND LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY THURSDAY CREATING RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 20 PERCENT VERY HIGH FIRE SPREAD POTENTIAL. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AS LOW AS 15.0 PERCENT * STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. IMPACTS... * THE PURPOSE OF FIRE WEATHER WATCHES AND RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE TO ALERT LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES OF DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT...WHEN COMBINED WITH CRITICALLY DRY WILDLAND FUELS...COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS WILDFIRES. TIMELY AND ACCURATE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ENABLE FIRE FIGHTING AGENCIES TO MANAGE RESOURCES AND PREPARE APPROPRIATE SUPPRESSION RESPONSES FOR PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES PROPERLY AND AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START FIRES. * LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 3:37 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TSA | Pawnee | 24 hr |
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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.