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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2012, 12:40 AM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2012, 12:40 AM CDT (05:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2012, 3:48 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Creek County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 2195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 863 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 335 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 436 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 5.9
- Supercell composite
- 19.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
434 WWUS74 KTSA 150540 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1240 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 OKZ054-055-059-060-064>066-150900- /O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0008.120415T0540Z-120415T0900Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-PAWNEE-TULSA-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE- 1240 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE... OKMULGEE AND TULSA. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * STRONG WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA...MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 75 IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THIS IS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 40 MPH DURING THE NIGHT. THE HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY MORNING. IMPACTS... * WIND GUSTS OCCASIONALLY BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
748 WWUS74 KTSA 150848 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 348 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 OKZ054-055-059-060-064>066-151000- /O.CAN.KTSA.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120415T0900Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-PAWNEE-TULSA-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE- 348 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...PAWNEE...OKFUSKEE... OKMULGEE AND TULSA. * THE STRONG WINDS HAVE DECREASED. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 4:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 5:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 55 min |
| Apr 15, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 5:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa | 58 min |
| Apr 15, 5:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 6:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers | 53 min |
| Apr 15, 6:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes, Okmulgee, Wagoner | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 6:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 7:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 7:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Wagoner | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 8:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 8:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha, Sequoyah | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 9:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 9:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 11:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 12:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 7 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.