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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 5, 201320 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Mar 5, 2013, 12:04 AM CST for 20 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 5, 2013, 12:04 AM CST (06:04 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 2013, 6:00 AM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware 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, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:04 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2013-03-05Temperature 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2013-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1743 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 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.

403 
WWUS74 KTSA 050604
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1204 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

OKZ049-053>068-070-071-073-075-051200-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0004.130305T0604Z-130305T1200Z/
PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-
TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-
MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-PITTSBURG-LATIMER-
1204 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...WASHINGTON...MUSKOGEE...OTTAWA...PUSHMATAHA...
   ROGERS...PAWNEE...CREEK...CHOCTAW...DELAWARE...CHEROKEE...
   OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...PITTSBURG...OKFUSKEE...MCINTOSH...
   WAGONER...TULSA...OKMULGEE...LATIMER AND MAYES. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BEHIND A STRONG COLD
   FRONT.  THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH SLOWLY AFTER SUNRISE.

IMPACTS...
 * WIND GUST VALUES OF 40 TO 45 MPH WILL BE LIKELY.

 * 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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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.