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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Feb 18, 2013, 9:55 AM CST for 20 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 18, 2013, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2013, 9:55 AM CST (15:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2013, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
All 24 counties
Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer 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), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:53 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1166 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 442 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 402 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
774 WWUS74 KTSA 181555 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 955 AM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ054>076-190000- /O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0002.130218T1600Z-130219T0000Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE- MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 955 AM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA... WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH... MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON... SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS OVER THE AREA TODAY. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR BOTH AHEAD AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT...THAT WILL SWEEP THROUGH MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY LATE AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
030 WWUS74 KTSA 182356 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 556 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ054>076-190100- /O.EXP.KTSA.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130219T0000Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE- MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 556 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA... WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH... MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON... SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. * THE STRONG WINDS HAVE DECREASED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * BREEZY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DECREASING OVERNIGHT. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 12:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 31 min |
| Feb 18, 1:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 30 min |
| Feb 18, 1:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 40 min |
| Feb 18, 1:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 33 min |
| Feb 18, 1:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 25 min |
| Feb 18, 1:38 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Latimer | 37 min |
| Feb 18, 1:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 59 min |
| Feb 18, 1:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 49 min |
| Feb 18, 1:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 46 min |
| Feb 18, 2:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 42 min |
| Feb 18, 12:32 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 58 min |
| Feb 18, 2:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 29 min |
| Feb 18, 2:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 51 min |
| Feb 18, 2:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 28 min |
| Feb 18, 2:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin | 33 min |
| Feb 18, 2:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison | 26 min |
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.