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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Tulsa, OK

December 25, 201413 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Dec 25, 2014, 3:30 AM CST for 13 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Dec 25, 2014, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 25, 2014, 3:30 AM CST (09:30 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 25, 2014, 11:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 25, 2014, 5:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, 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), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:29 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 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 00:00Z on 2014-12-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2014-12-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 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.

387 
WWUS74 KTSA 250930
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
330 AM CST THU DEC 25 2014

OKZ054>064-252300-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0016.141225T1700Z-141225T2300Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-
DELAWARE-CREEK-
330 AM CST THU DEC 25 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS 
AFTERNOON...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...
   CREEK...OTTAWA...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES AND DELAWARE. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF
   NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA TO THE NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 44 LATE THIS
   MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL
   DECREASE TOWARD SUNSET.

IMPACTS...
 * WIND GUSTS TO 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. 

 * 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
582 
WWUS74 KTSA 251000
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
400 AM CST THU DEC 25 2014

OKZ065>067-251800-
/O.EXA.KTSA.WI.Y.0016.141225T1700Z-141225T2300Z/
OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
400 AM CST THU DEC 25 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS 
AFTERNOON...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE AND WAGONER. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF
   NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE THIS MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH MID
   AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE TOWARD SUNSET.

IMPACTS...
 * WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 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. 

 * 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>064-251800-
/O.CON.KTSA.WI.Y.0016.141225T1700Z-141225T2300Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-
DELAWARE-CREEK-
400 AM CST THU DEC 25 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...
   NOWATA...CREEK...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES AND DELAWARE. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF
   NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA TO THE NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 44 LATE THIS
   MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL
   DECREASE TOWARD SUNSET.

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

 * 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.

&&

$$
656 
WWUS74 KTSA 251645
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1045 AM CST THU DEC 25 2014

OKZ054>067-252300-
/O.CON.KTSA.WI.Y.0016.141225T1700Z-141225T2300Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-
DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
1045 AM CST THU DEC 25 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF
   NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE THIS MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH MID
   AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE TOWARD SUNSET.

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

 * 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.