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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Jan 11, 2012, 12:16 PM CST for 17 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Jan 11, 2012, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 11, 2012, 12:16 PM CST (18:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 11, 2012, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2012, 2:41 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware 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, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 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
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 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
- 1876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
797 WWUS74 KTSA 111816 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1216 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012 OKZ054>068-070-071-073-120230- /O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0002.120111T2100Z-120112T1000Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- PITTSBURG- 1216 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST THURSDAY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...WASHINGTON...WAGONER...OTTAWA...ROGERS...PAWNEE... CREEK...CHEROKEE...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...PITTSBURG... OKFUSKEE...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...TULSA...OKMULGEE...MAYES AND DELAWARE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS ENTERED NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL SWEEP SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH THE EVENING. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AS THE FRONT PASSES...AND WILL REMAIN STRONG INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. IMPACTS... * WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON. * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DEFINITION... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS AND ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
956 WWUS74 KTSA 120249 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 849 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012 OKZ054>068-070-071-073-121000- /O.CON.KTSA.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120112T1000Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- PITTSBURG- 849 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...WASHINGTON...WAGONER...OTTAWA...ROGERS...PAWNEE... CREEK...CHEROKEE...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...PITTSBURG... OKFUSKEE...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...TULSA...OKMULGEE...MAYES AND DELAWARE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN GUSTY INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. IMPACTS... * WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON. * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS AND ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
233 WWUS74 KTSA 120841 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 241 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012 OKZ054>068-070-071-073-120945- /O.CAN.KTSA.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120112T1000Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- PITTSBURG- 241 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...WASHINGTON...WAGONER...OTTAWA...ROGERS...PAWNEE... CREEK...CHEROKEE...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...PITTSBURG... OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...MUSKOGEE...TULSA...MCINTOSH...MAYES AND DELAWARE. * WIND GUSTS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA HAVE BEGUN TO SLOWLY DECREASE EARLY THIS MORNING...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE SUBSIDING THIS AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS SHOULD STILL USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING THIS MORNING DUE TO THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 6:24 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:20 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Nowata, Ottawa, Washington | 11 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.