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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Tulsa, OK
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.
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, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 11:39 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 4 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.