Alert archive / Oklahoma / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Feb 23, 2012, 4:16 AM CST for 22 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 23, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. 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
- Feb 23, 2012, 4:16 AM CST (10:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2012, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
All 26 counties
Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:22 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 2469 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
130 WWUS84 KTSA 231016 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 416 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-058-062-063-065>076- 240100- /O.UPG.KTSA.FW.A.0002.120223T1800Z-120224T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0003.120223T1700Z-120224T0100Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OTTAWA-MAYES-DELAWARE-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE- WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG- HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 416 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...MAYES...DELAWARE...OTTAWA...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW... PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE... LATIMER AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON... CRAWFORD...BENTON... SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. * THIS WARNING REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WARM TEMPERATURES...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS BEING MET LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * STRONG NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR WILL BE COMMON LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ OKZ054>057-059>061-064-240100- /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0003.120223T1700Z-120224T0100Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-CREEK- 416 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...TULSA...ROGERS...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON... OSAGE...CRAIG AND NOWATA. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WARM TEMPERATURES...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS BEING MET LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * STRONG NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR WILL BE COMMON LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ANY FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL AND ENDANGER LIVES AND PROPERTY. DEFINITION... * A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS...FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOWER HUMIDITIES...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES PROPERLY AND AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START FIRES. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
1 follow-up statement
212
WWUS84 KTSA 232102
RFWTSA
FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
302 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-240100-
/O.CON.KTSA.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120224T0100Z/
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-
TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-
LATIMER-LE FLORE-
302 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT...
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
* IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...
OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...
PAWNEE...OTTAWA...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...
CRAIG...NOWATA...PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...
MUSKOGEE... LE FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS...
WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON... SEBASTIAN...
CARROLL AND FRANKLIN.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND
LOW HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE RESULTED IN VERY POOR FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SOME BY EARLY
EVENING AS TEMPERATURES COOL.
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.
&&
$$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.