Wind Advisory 7, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Mar 19, 2012, 12:34 PM CDT (17:34 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 19, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT

Expired

Mar 19, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Benton County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

022 
WWUS74 KTSA 191734
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1234 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

ARZ001-010-OKZ049-053-057-058-062-063-067>076-192100-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0007.120319T1800Z-120319T2100Z/
BENTON-WASHINGTON AR-PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-CRAIG-OTTAWA-MAYES-DELAWARE-
WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-
LATIMER-LE FLORE-
1234 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...PUSHMATAHA...MUSKOGEE...MAYES...CHOCTAW...
   DELAWARE...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PITTSBURG...
   SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...WAGONER...LE FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. 

   IN ARKANSAS...BENTON AND WASHINGTON. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID
   AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND PARTS OF EXTREME
   NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

IMPACTS...
 * WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
   OTTAWA AND CRAIG COUNTIES...AND IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS OF
   SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

 * 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.

&&

$$

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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.