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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 11, 201410 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at May 11, 2014, 3:35 AM CDT for 10 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at May 11, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 2014, 3:35 AM CDT (08:35 UTC)
In effect from
May 11, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 11, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 00:00Z on 2014-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1026 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2014-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 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
1026 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

417 
WWUS74 KTSA 110835
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
335 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

OKZ054>057-059>061-064>067-120000-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0012.140511T1600Z-140512T0000Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-
OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
335 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS 
EVENING...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...
   CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TULSA AND ROGERS. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE IN PLACE OVER OKLAHOMA TO THE
   EAST OF A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH
   PLAINS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL LIKELY BE BROUGHT
   DOWN TO THE SURFACE WHICH WILL PRODUCE STRONG WIND
   GUSTS...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON DURING PEAK HEATING.

IMPACTS...
 * WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

 * 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. 

 * ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT:
   WEATHER.GOV/TULSA.

&&

$$

LACY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 3:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchTSAAdair, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha36 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.