Alert archive / Oklahoma / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Mar 18, 2014, 4:30 AM CDT for 21 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 18, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 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
- Mar 18, 2014, 4:30 AM CDT (09:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
All 21 counties
Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw 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, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:31 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 2124 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
537 WWUS84 KTSA 180930 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 430 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... OKZ054>064-067-181730- /O.UPG.KTSA.FW.A.0006.140318T1800Z-140319T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0013.140318T1800Z-140319T0100Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-WAGONER- 430 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG... NOWATA...CREEK...WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES AND DELAWARE. * THIS WARNING REPLACES THE RED FLAG WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON AS A DRY LINE MOVES THROUGH EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THIS WILL CAUSE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO FALL SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE GRADUALLY THIS EVENING WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES...HOWEVER WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY MUCH OF TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT. * STRONG WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. IMPACTS... * ANY FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL AND ENDANGER LIVES AND PROPERTY. DEFINITION... * A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS...FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOWER HUMIDITIES...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES PROPERLY AND AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START FIRES. * 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. && $$ OKZ065-066-181730- /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0013.140318T1800Z-140319T0100Z/ OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE- 430 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...OKFUSKEE AND OKMULGEE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON AS A DRY LINE MOVES THROUGH EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THIS WILL CAUSE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO FALL SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE GRADUALLY THIS EVENING WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES...HOWEVER WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY MUCH OF TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. * STRONG WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. IMPACTS... * ANY FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL AND ENDANGER LIVES AND PROPERTY. DEFINITION... * A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS...FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOWER HUMIDITIES...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES PROPERLY AND AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START FIRES. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
3 follow-up statements
165 WWUS84 KTSA 182136 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 436 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ONGOING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... OKZ054>067-190100- /O.CON.KTSA.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140319T0100Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER- 436 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG... NOWATA...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES AND DELAWARE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE DAY MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE DROPPED BELOW 25 PERCENT AS A SUBTLE DRYLINE MIXES EAST ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE GRADUALLY THIS EVENING WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES...HOWEVER WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY MUCH OF TONIGHT OUT OF THE NORTHWEST BEHIND A PACIFIC COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. * LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. IMPACTS... * ANY FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL AND ENDANGER LIVES AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES PROPERLY AND AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START FIRES. * ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$ LACY
886 WWUS84 KTSA 182224 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 524 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ONGOING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... OKZ049-053-068-070-071-073>075-190100- /O.EXA.KTSA.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140319T0100Z/ PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-CHEROKEE-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL- LATIMER- 524 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...PITTSBURG... MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * DRY...GUSTY SOUTHWEST AND WESTERLY WINDS ARE MOVING INTO SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. GUSTS OVER 25 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR BELOW 25 PERCENT CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 8 PM OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA. * LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES * STRONG WINDS IMPACTS... * ANY FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL AND ENDANGER LIVES AND PROPERTY. DEFINITION... * A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS...FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOWER HUMIDITIES...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES PROPERLY AND AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START FIRES. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$ OKZ054>067-190100- /O.CON.KTSA.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140319T0100Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER- 524 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...TULSA...ROGERS... MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...WAGONER...WASHINGTON...OSAGE... CRAIG...NOWATA AND OTTAWA. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * DRY...GUSTY SOUTHWEST AND WESTERLY WINDS ARE MOVING INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA. GUSTS OVER 25 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT OR BELOW 25 PERCENT CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 8 PM OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS EVENING. * LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES * STRONG WINDS IMPACTS... * ANY FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL AND ENDANGER LIVES AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES PROPERLY AND AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START FIRES. * 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. && $$
049 WWUS84 KTSA 190125 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 825 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 OKZ049-053>068-070-071-073>075-190230- /O.EXP.KTSA.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140319T0100Z/ PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE- TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER- CHEROKEE-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER- 825 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... PUSHMATAHA...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PITTSBURG... WAGONER...CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA... PAWNEE...OTTAWA...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. * THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS EXPIRED HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TEMPERATURES ARE DROPPING AND HUMIDITY IS INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA SO THAT RED FLAG CRITERIA ARE NO LONGER MET. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH THE NIGHT...WHICH WILL KEEP THE WILD FIRE THREAT ELEVATED. && $$
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Oklahoma, 2014Every red flag warning in 2014
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.