Alert archive / Oklahoma / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Jan 19, 2014, 4:54 AM CST for 15 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Jan 19, 2014, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 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
- Jan 19, 2014, 4:54 AM CST (10:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 19, 2014, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 19, 2014, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Craig County, OK, Creek 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), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:55 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, 10.9 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
- 2589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
981 WWUS84 KTSA 191054 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 454 AM CST SUN JAN 19 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER LIKELY IN PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA TODAY... OKZ054>061-064>066-191900- /O.UPG.KTSA.FW.A.0002.140119T1600Z-140120T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0004.140119T1600Z-140120T0100Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-CREEK- OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE- 454 AM CST SUN JAN 19 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...ROGERS...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...CREEK... WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...OKFUSKEE...TULSA AND OKMULGEE. * THIS WARNING REPLACES THE RED FLAG WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS TODAY AS SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR WITH GUST TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE WIND IN COMBINATION WITH UNSEASONABLY MILD WEATHER AND VERY DRY AIR MEANS ANY FIRE THAT DOES START WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. THE MOST VULNERABLE AREA WILL BE LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 44 WHERE LITTLE RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AS LOW AS 15 TO 25 PERCENT * STRONG SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. IMPACTS... * 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... FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND WARM TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES PROPERLY AND AVOID ALL 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. && $$ OKZ062-067-070-071-073-191900- /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0004.140119T1600Z-140120T0100Z/ MAYES-WAGONER-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-PITTSBURG- 454 AM CST SUN JAN 19 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...WAGONER...PITTSBURG...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE AND MAYES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS TODAY AS SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR WITH GUST TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE WIND IN COMBINATION WITH UNSEASONABLY MILD WEATHER AND VERY DRY AIR MEANS ANY FIRE THAT DOES START WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT * STRONG SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR. IMPACTS... * FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL AND ENDANGER LIVES AND PROPERTY. DEFINITION... * A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED... FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND WARM TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES PROPERLY AND AVOID ALL ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START FIRES. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
1 follow-up statement
420 WWUS84 KTSA 192120 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 320 PM CST SUN JAN 19 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER LIKELY IN PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA TODAY... OKZ054>062-064>067-070-071-073-200100- /O.CON.KTSA.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140120T0100Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-PITTSBURG- 320 PM CST SUN JAN 19 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...ROGERS...WAGONER...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...CREEK... WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...PITTSBURG...OKFUSKEE... MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...TULSA...OKMULGEE AND MAYES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * ONGOING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH A GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT AFTER SUNSET. * LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 12 TO 20 PERCENT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. * SOUTHWEST WINDS CURRENTLY 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. 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. && $$
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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.