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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Aug 3, 2012, 4:40 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 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
- Aug 3, 2012, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -698 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
746 WWUS84 KTSA 032140 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 440 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA SATURDAY... .SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ON SATURDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM KANSAS. SUSTAINED WINDS MAY APPROACH 20 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. GUSTS WILL PROBABLY REACH 25 TO POSSIBLY 30 MPH. VERY HOT TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE FORECAST ALONG WITH THESE WINDS... YIELDING POTENTIALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. OKZ065-066-070-071-040545- /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0008.120803T2140Z-120804T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTSA.FW.A.0005.120804T1500Z-120805T0000Z/ OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- 440 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...OKFUSKEE...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE AND OKMULGEE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNSET. * LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 13 TO 18 PERCENT. * SOUTH WIND OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 28 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. 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. * LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ OKZ054>062-064-067-040545- /O.CON.KTSA.FW.A.0005.120804T1500Z-120805T0000Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- CREEK-WAGONER- 440 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...WAGONER...OTTAWA...ROGERS...PAWNEE... WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...CREEK...TULSA AND MAYES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ON SATURDAY ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT BY LATE AFTERNOON. * STRONG WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH DEVELOPING BY EARLY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * THE PURPOSE OF FIRE WEATHER WATCHES AND RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE TO ALERT LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES OF DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT...WHEN COMBINED WITH CRITICALLY DRY WILDLAND FUELS...COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS WILDFIRES. TIMELY AND ACCURATE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ENABLE FIRE FIGHTING AGENCIES TO MANAGE RESOURCES AND PREPARE APPROPRIATE SUPPRESSION RESPONSES FOR PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 8:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 10:37 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TSA | Craig, Creek, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata and 8 more | 15 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.