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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

February 18, 201320 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2013-02-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2013-02-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 442 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 12:59 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee31 min
Feb 18, 1:00 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell30 min
Feb 18, 1:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah40 min
Feb 18, 1:27 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore33 min
Feb 18, 1:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee25 min
Feb 18, 1:38 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer37 min
Feb 18, 1:46 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Sequoyah59 min
Feb 18, 1:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah49 min
Feb 18, 1:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore46 min
Feb 18, 2:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah42 min
Feb 18, 12:32 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton58 min
Feb 18, 2:01 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford29 min
Feb 18, 2:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison, Washington51 min
Feb 18, 2:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll, Madison28 min
Feb 18, 2:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin33 min
Feb 18, 2:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Madison26 min

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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.