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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Tulsa, OK

November 23, 201415 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Nov 23, 2014, 3:31 PM CST for 15 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 23, 2014, 3:31 PM CST (21:31 UTC)
Expired
Nov 23, 2014, 10:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware 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, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 186 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2014-11-23Temperature 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2014-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 305 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
326 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.

528 
WWUS74 KTSA 232131
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
331 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014

OKZ054>056-059-060-064-240300-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0015.141123T2131Z-141124T0300Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-PAWNEE-TULSA-CREEK-
331 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND A PACIFIC FRONT WILL BRING
   STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN
   AREAS AFFECTED WILL BE FROM THE TULSA AREA AND TO THE NORTH AND
   WEST FROM THERE.

IMPACTS...
 * WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH ARE LIKELY.

 * 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
1 follow-up statement
288 
WWUS74 KTSA 240154
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
754 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014

OKZ057-058-061>063-065>067-070-071-240400-
/O.EXB.KTSA.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-141124T0400Z/
CRAIG-OTTAWA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-
754 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...WAGONER...OTTAWA...ROGERS...CRAIG...OKFUSKEE...
   MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...OKMULGEE...MAYES AND DELAWARE. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND A PACIFIC FRONT WILL BRING
   STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS THIS EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST
   OKLAHOMA. 

IMPACTS...
 * WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ARE LIKELY.

 * 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.

&&

$$

OKZ054>056-059-060-064-240400-
/O.EXT.KTSA.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-141124T0400Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-PAWNEE-TULSA-CREEK-
754 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ADJUSTED THE TIMING OF 
THE WIND ADVISORY AND IT IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS 
EVENING...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND A PACIFIC FRONT WILL BRING
   STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS THIS EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST
   OKLAHOMA. 

IMPACTS...
 * WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ARE LIKELY.

 * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR 
   HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

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.

&&

$$

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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.