Alert archive / Oklahoma / High Wind Warnings in 2013
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this high wind warning at May 20, 2013, 8:21 PM CDT for McIntosh County, Muskogee County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 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
- May 20, 2013, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2013, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 1675 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1192 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
549 WWUS74 KTSA 210121 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 821 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 OKZ071-073-210400- /O.NEW.KTSA.HW.W.0001.130521T0121Z-130521T0400Z/ MCINTOSH-PITTSBURG- 821 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PITTSBURG AND MCINTOSH. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR A SHORT TIME ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. IMPACTS... * WIND GUSTS OF NEAR 60 MPH ARE OCCURRING IN THE WAKE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE MOVED THROUGH THE REGION. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. DEFINITION... * A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
354 WWUS74 KTSA 210215 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 915 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 OKZ070-210500- /O.EXB.KTSA.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130521T0500Z/ MUSKOGEE- 915 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...MUSKOGEE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A HEAT BURST IS OCCURRING ON THE NORTHERN FRINGE OF A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. WIND GUSTS MAY REACH 60 MPH AT TIMES FROM THE SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST. IMPACTS... * WIND GUST VALUES MAY REACH NEAR 60 MPH AT TIMES. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. DEFINITION... * A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS AND ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. * ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$ OKZ071-073-210500- /O.EXT.KTSA.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130521T0500Z/ MCINTOSH-PITTSBURG- 915 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ADJUSTED THE TIMING OF THE HIGH WIND WARNING AND IT IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PITTSBURG AND MCINTOSH. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A HEAT BURST IS OCCURRING ON THE NORTHERN FRINGE OF A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. WIND GUSTS MAY REACH 60 MPH AT TIMES FROM THE SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST. IMPACTS... * WIND GUST VALUES MAY REACH NEAR 60 MPH AT TIMES. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. 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. * ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
562 WWUS74 KTSA 210234 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 934 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 OKZ072-210500- /O.EXA.KTSA.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130521T0500Z/ SEQUOYAH- 934 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...SEQUOYAH. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A HEAT BURST IS OCCURRING ON THE NORTHERN FRINGE OF A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. WIND GUSTS MAY REACH 60 MPH AT TIMES FROM THE SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST. IMPACTS... * WIND GUST VALUES UP TO 65 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. DEFINITION... * A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS AND ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. * ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$ OKZ070-071-073-210500- /O.CON.KTSA.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130521T0500Z/ MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-PITTSBURG- 934 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PITTSBURG...MCINTOSH AND MUSKOGEE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A HEAT BURST IS OCCURRING ON THE NORTHERN FRINGE OF A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. WIND GUSTS MAY REACH 65 MPH AT TIMES FROM THE SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST. IMPACTS... * WIND GUST VALUES UP TO 65 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. 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. * ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
535 WWUS74 KTSA 210304 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1004 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 OKZ071-073-210415- /O.CAN.KTSA.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130521T0500Z/ MCINTOSH-PITTSBURG- 1004 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PITTSBURG AND MCINTOSH. * THE HIGH WIND CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED. && $$ OKZ070-072-210500- /O.CON.KTSA.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130521T0500Z/ MUSKOGEE-SEQUOYAH- 1004 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...SEQUOYAH AND MUSKOGEE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AN OCCASIONAL WIND GUST TO NEAR 60 MPH REMAINS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. IMPACTS... * WIND GUSTS MAY REACH NEAR 60 MPH AT TIMES. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. 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. * 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 41 min |
| May 20, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 67 min |
| May 20, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 44 min |
| May 20, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha, Sequoyah | 70 min |
| May 20, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 63 min |
| May 20, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 58 min |
| May 20, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 68 min |
| May 20, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 57 min |
| May 20, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 60 min |
| May 20, 8:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 61 hr |
| May 20, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 38 min |
| May 20, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 63 min |
| May 20, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 47 min |
| May 20, 10:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 35 min |
| May 20, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 35 min |
| May 20, 11:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 2 hr |
| May 20, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 45 min |
| May 20, 11:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 24 min |
| May 20, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 25 min |
| May 20, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 34 min |
| May 21, 12:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 31 min |
| May 21, 12:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 30 min |
| May 21, 1:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 33 min |
| May 21, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 37 min |
| May 21, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 43 min |
| May 21, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 40 min |
| May 21, 2:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Pittsburg | 2 hr |
| May 21, 2:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 28 min |
| May 21, 2:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 52 min |
| May 21, 2:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 45 min |
| May 21, 6:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 21, 8:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 4 hr |
| May 21, 9:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes, Muskogee, Rogers, Wagoner | 60 min |
| May 21, 10:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Sequoyah | 58 min |
| May 21, 10:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Sequoyah | 57 min |
| May 21, 12:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 21, 12:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 6 hr |
| May 21, 12:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 48 min |
| May 21, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg | 38 min |
| May 21, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 62 min |
| May 21, 2:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 40 hr |
| May 21, 2:30 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 43 hr |
| May 21, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 62 min |
| May 21, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 25 min |
| May 21, 5:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 2 more | 24 hr |
Nearby
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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.