Alert archive / Oklahoma / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Mar 4, 2012, 3:58 AM CST for 4 counties in Arkansas; 22 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 4, 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
- Mar 4, 2012, 3:58 AM CST (09:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 4, 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 10:03 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, 10.0 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
- 2019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
333 WWUS84 KTSA 040958 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 358 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-057-058-060>076-041800- /O.UPG.KTSA.FW.A.0004.120304T1800Z-120305T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0006.120304T1700Z-120305T0100Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-CRAIG-OTTAWA-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK- OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 358 AM CST SUN MAR 4 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...CREEK...OKFUSKEE... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE... OTTAWA...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...CRAIG...PITTSBURG... SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD... BENTON... SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. * THIS WARNING REPLACES THE RED FLAG WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXTREMELY DRY AIR IN COMBINATION WITH WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AND TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WILDFIRE POTENTIAL TODAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT * WESTERLY WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. IMPACTS... * 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 AND FAVORS RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM 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. && $$ OKZ056-041800- /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0006.120304T1700Z-120305T0100Z/ NOWATA- 358 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...NOWATA. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXTREMELY DRY AIR IN COMBINATION WITH WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AND TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WILDFIRE POTENTIAL TODAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT * WESTERLY WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. IMPACTS... * ANY FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL AND ENDANGER LIVES AND PROPERTY. DEFINITION... * A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED AND FAVORS RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES PROPERLY AND AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START FIRES. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
2 follow-up statements
657 WWUS84 KTSA 041123 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 523 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 OKZ054-055-059-041930- /O.EXA.KTSA.FW.W.0006.120304T1700Z-120305T0100Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-PAWNEE- 523 AM CST SUN MAR 4 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...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON AND OSAGE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXTREMELY DRY AIR IN COMBINATION WITH WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AND TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WILDFIRE POTENTIAL TODAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT * WESTERLY WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 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 AND FAVORS RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM WEATHER. 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. && $$ ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-056>058-060>076-041930- /O.CON.KTSA.FW.W.0006.120304T1700Z-120305T0100Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE- MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 523 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...OKFUSKEE... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE... OTTAWA...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...CRAIG...NOWATA...PITTSBURG... SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD... BENTON... SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXTREMELY DRY AIR IN COMBINATION WITH WESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AND TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WILDFIRE POTENTIAL TODAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT * WESTERLY WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. IMPACTS... * ANY FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL AND ENDANGER LIVES AND PROPERTY. DEFINITION... * A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED AND FAVORS RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM WEATHER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES PROPERLY AND AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START FIRES. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
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WWUS84 KTSA 042135
RFWTSA
FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
335 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-050100-
/O.CON.KTSA.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120305T0100Z/
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-
335 PM CST SUN MAR 4 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...
* AN EXTREMELY WARM AND DRY AIR-MASS WITH GUSTING NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT.
* WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 35 MPH.
* THE FIRE DANGER THREAT WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS
EVENING AS WINDS START TO SUBSIDE WITH INCREASING RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES.
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
Red Flag Warnings in Oklahoma, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Arkansas, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
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.