Alert archive / Oklahoma / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Feb 21, 2014, 3:51 AM CST for 12 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Feb 21, 2014, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 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 21, 2014, 3:51 AM CST (09:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 21, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 2820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 100 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
234 WWUS84 KTSA 210951 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 351 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... OKZ063-211100- /O.CAN.KTSA.FW.A.0005.140221T1800Z-140222T0000Z/ DELAWARE- 351 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...DELAWARE. * THE RED FLAG WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW RED FLAG CONDITIONS...A HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL PERSIST AS GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS COMBINE WITH LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE 15 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE. && $$ OKZ054>062-064>066-211800- /O.UPG.KTSA.FW.A.0005.140221T1800Z-140222T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0009.140221T1800Z-140222T0000Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE- 351 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG... NOWATA...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...TULSA...ROGERS AND MAYES. * THIS WARNING REPLACES THE RED FLAG WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A DRY AND MILD AIR-MASS WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 30 MPH TO CREATE A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 15 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE. IMPACTS... * ANY FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL AND ENDANGER LIVES AND PROPERTY. DEFINITION... * A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS...FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOWER HUMIDITIES...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES PROPERLY AND AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START FIRES. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$ OKZ067-211800- /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0009.140221T1800Z-140222T0000Z/ WAGONER- 351 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...WAGONER. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A DRY AND MILD AIR-MASS WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 30 MPH TO CREATE A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 15 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
417 WWUS84 KTSA 211816 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1216 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...EXTREME FIRE DANGER LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... OKZ054>062-064>067-220000- /O.CON.KTSA.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140222T0000Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER- 1216 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG... NOWATA...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TULSA... ROGERS AND MAYES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL COMBINE WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH TO CREATE AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 10 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE. IMPACTS... * ANY FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL AND ENDANGER LIVES AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES PROPERLY AND AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START FIRES. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
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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.