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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

January 18, 20149 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Jan 18, 2014, 11:01 AM CST for 9 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Jan 18, 2014, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 2014, 11:01 AM CST (17:01 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 18, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 18, 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, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 2014-01-18Temperature 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 2014-01-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 663 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2097 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
663 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
709 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.

331 
WWUS74 KTSA 181701
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1101 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2014

OKZ054>062-064-190000-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0002.140118T1800Z-140119T0000Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-
CREEK-
1101 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH
   OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS ALONG AND NORTHWEST
   OF INTERSTATE 44 AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA.
   SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS THIS
   EVENING.

IMPACTS...
 * WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 18, 10:35 AM CSTRed Flag WarningTSACreek, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee and 5 more7 hr
Jan 18, 3:06 PM CSTFire Weather WatchTSACraig, Creek, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Ottawa and 4 more14 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.