Alert archive / Oklahoma / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Feb 19, 2014, 8:33 PM CST for 4 counties in Arkansas; 22 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Feb 20, 2014, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 2014, 8:33 PM CST (02:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2014, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2014, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
All 26 counties
Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer 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, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 2141 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 494 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WWUS74 KTSA 200233 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 833 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014 OKZ054>075-201800- /O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0005.140220T1200Z-140220T2100Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE- MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER- 833 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST THURSDAY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA... WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH... MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN OKLAHOMA THURSDAY MORNING. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
166 WWUS74 KTSA 201020 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 420 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-076-202100- /O.EXA.KTSA.WI.Y.0005.140220T1200Z-140220T2100Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-LE FLORE- 420 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW AND LE FLORE. IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON... SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR ARE LIKELY. * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DEFINITION... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS AND ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$ OKZ054>075-202100- /O.CON.KTSA.WI.Y.0005.140220T1200Z-140220T2100Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE- MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER- 420 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA... WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH... MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. IMPACTS... * WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR 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. && $$
651 WWUS74 KTSA 202055 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 255 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-202200- /O.EXP.KTSA.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140220T2100Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE- TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE- ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 255 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...PAWNEE...OTTAWA... PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA... PITTSBURG...SEQUOYAH...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...LE FLORE...LATIMER AND HASKELL. IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...CRAWFORD...BENTON... SEBASTIAN...CARROLL AND FRANKLIN. * THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE DECREASED...BUT A FEW GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY EVENING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 11:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 31 min |
| Feb 20, 12:12 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 33 min |
| Feb 20, 12:37 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Rogers | 53 min |
| Feb 20, 1:16 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 29 min |
| Feb 20, 1:48 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 12 min |
| Feb 20, 3:47 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TSA | Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Okfuskee and 6 more | 12 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.