Alert archive / Oklahoma / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Feb 17, 2014, 11:39 AM CST for Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Feb 17, 2014, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 4 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
- Feb 17, 2014, 11:39 AM CST (17:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2014, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Choctaw County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 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 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 2022 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -331 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
362 WWUS84 KTSA 171739 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1139 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014 OKZ049-053-172200- /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0007.140217T1800Z-140217T2200Z/ PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW- 1139 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHOCTAW AND PUSHMATAHA. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID AFTERNOON ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA IN THE WAKE OF A FRONTAL PASSAGE. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE DRAMATICALLY BY LATE AFTERNOON AS WIND SPEEDS SUBSIDE. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT. * STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 30 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 4:37 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington | 7 hr |
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.