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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Tulsa, OK

February 17, 20146 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Feb 17, 2014, 4:37 AM CST for 6 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Feb 17, 2014, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 17, 2014, 4:37 AM CST (10:37 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 17, 2014, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 17, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Creek County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 2014-02-17Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2014-02-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 264 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
709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
523 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.

986 
WWUS74 KTSA 171037
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
437 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014

OKZ054-055-059-060-064>066-171800-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0004.140217T1200Z-140217T1800Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-PAWNEE-TULSA-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-
437 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...
   OKMULGEE AND TULSA. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 45 MPH BEHIND A COLD FRONT 
   THAT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE WINDS WILL 
   DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. 

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
385 
WWUS74 KTSA 171804
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1204 PM CST MON FEB 17 2014

OKZ054-055-059-060-064>066-171915-
/O.EXP.KTSA.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140217T1800Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-PAWNEE-TULSA-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-
1204 PM CST MON FEB 17 2014

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...
   OKMULGEE AND TULSA. 

 * WINDS HAVE DECREASED.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST IN THE 30 TO 35
   MPH RANGE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 17, 11:39 AM CSTRed Flag WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha4 hr

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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.