Alert archive / Oklahoma / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 18, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Dec 15, 2012, 3:31 AM CST for 12 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Dec 15, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 15, 2012, 3:31 AM CST (09:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2012, 12:35 PM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Choctaw County, OK, Creek County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:35 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
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 538 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 516 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
334 WWUS84 KTSA 150931 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 331 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2012 OKZ049-053-060-064>067-070-071-073>075-151745- /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0018.121215T1800Z-121216T0000Z/ PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-TULSA-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-MUSKOGEE- MCINTOSH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER- 331 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PUSHMATAHA...MUSKOGEE...CREEK...CHOCTAW... PITTSBURG...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TULSA... MCINTOSH...LATIMER AND HASKELL. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA TO THE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 412 AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 69 AS A RESULT OF GUSTY WINDS...UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...A DRY AIRMASS...AND ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
925 WWUS84 KTSA 151615 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1015 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2012 OKZ049-053-060-064>067-070-071-073>075-160000- /O.CON.KTSA.FW.W.0018.121215T1800Z-121216T0000Z/ PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-TULSA-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-MUSKOGEE- MCINTOSH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER- 1015 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PUSHMATAHA...MUSKOGEE...CREEK...CHOCTAW... PITTSBURG...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TULSA... MCINTOSH...LATIMER AND HASKELL. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA TO THE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 412 AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 69 AS A RESULT OF GUSTY WINDS...UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...A DRY AIRMASS...AND ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT * STRONG WIND GUSTS AROUND 3O MPH IMPACTS... * ANY FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL AND ENDANGER LIVES AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES PROPERLY AND AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START FIRES. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
056 WWUS84 KTSA 151835 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1235 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2012 OKZ049-053-060-064>067-070-071-073>075-151945- /O.CAN.KTSA.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-121216T0000Z/ PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-TULSA-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-MUSKOGEE- MCINTOSH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER- 1235 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PUSHMATAHA...MUSKOGEE...CREEK...CHOCTAW... PITTSBURG...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TULSA... MCINTOSH...LATIMER AND HASKELL. * CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO MEET RED FLAG CRITERIA ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. && $$
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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.