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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 28, 2014Nowata County, Pawnee County, Washington County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Apr 28, 2014, 12:52 PM CDT for Nowata County, Pawnee County, Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 2014, 12:52 PM CDT (17:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Nowata County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 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 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 12:00Z on 2014-04-28Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2014-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -201 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-123 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.

489 
WWUS74 KTSA 281752
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1252 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

OKZ054>056-059-290000-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0011.140428T1752Z-140429T0000Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-PAWNEE-
1252 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE AND NOWATA. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL GUST OVER 40 MPH IN AREAS OF
   NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM PAWNEE
   TO NOWATA. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE QUICKLY DURING THE EARLY EVENING.

IMPACTS...
 * WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH.

 * 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
339 
WWUS74 KTSA 290017
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
717 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

OKZ054>056-059-290130-
/O.EXP.KTSA.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-140429T0000Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-PAWNEE-
717 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE AND NOWATA. 

 * THE STRONGER WINDS HAVE DECREASED EARLY THIS EVENING.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 8:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer42 min
Apr 27, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pushmataha41 min
Apr 27, 8:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah23 min
Apr 27, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah58 min
Apr 27, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha32 min
Apr 27, 9:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah40 min
Apr 27, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha38 min
Apr 27, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Sequoyah43 min
Apr 27, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah58 min
Apr 27, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore44 min
Apr 28, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek, Nowata, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers and 3 more65 min
Apr 28, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee62 min
Apr 28, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, Sequoyah59 min

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.