Alert archive / Oklahoma / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Mar 6, 2012, 3:28 AM CST for 7 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 6, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 65 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
- Mar 6, 2012, 3:28 AM CST (09:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2012, 11:05 AM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Ottawa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 3845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 321 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 489 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
463 WWUS84 KTSA 060928 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 328 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ057-058-062-063-068-069-072-074- 076-062200- /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0007.120306T1600Z-120307T0100Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- CRAIG-OTTAWA-MAYES-DELAWARE-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-SEQUOYAH-HASKELL- LE FLORE- 328 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 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 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...DELAWARE...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CRAIG...OTTAWA... SEQUOYAH...LE FLORE...MAYES AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS... BENTON...SEBASTIAN...WASHINGTON...CARROLL... MADISON... CRAWFORD AND FRANKLIN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THE DAY BEFORE DECREASING AFTER SUNSET. FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN AS TEMPERATURES WARM...WITH FIRE BEHAVIOR BECOMING INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE LOW 20 PERCENT RANGE. * STRONG WINDS GUSTING 40 TO 50 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
338 WWUS84 KTSA 061705 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1105 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ057-058-062-063-068-069-072-074- 076-061815- /O.CAN.KTSA.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120307T0100Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- CRAIG-OTTAWA-MAYES-DELAWARE-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-SEQUOYAH-HASKELL- LE FLORE- 1105 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...HASKELL...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CRAIG... SEQUOYAH...OTTAWA...LE FLORE...MAYES AND DELAWARE. IN ARKANSAS...BENTON...SEBASTIAN...WASHINGTON...MADISON... CARROLL...CRAWFORD AND FRANKLIN. * HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS SO RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE MET. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 9:25 PM CST | Wind Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more | 22 hr |
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.