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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 10, 201417 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Mar 10, 2014, 3:52 PM CDT for 17 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 11, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2014, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 11, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 12, 2014, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
All 21 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware 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, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2014-03-10Temperature 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 2014-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2123 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 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.

161 
WWUS74 KTSA 102052
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
352 PM CDT MON MAR 10 2014

OKZ054>062-064>067-070-071-110500-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0006.140312T0000Z-140312T0900Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-
CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-
352 PM CDT MON MAR 10 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TUESDAY TO 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE TUESDAY
   AFTERNOON...ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS FOR
   SEVERAL HOURS TUESDAY EVENING. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE
   POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 75. WINDS
   WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT WILL REMAIN IN THE 15 TO 30
   MPH RANGE MOST OF THE NIGHT.

 * 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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
517 
WWUS74 KTSA 111003
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
503 AM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014

OKZ054>062-064>067-070-071-111815-
/O.CON.KTSA.WI.Y.0006.140312T0000Z-140312T0900Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-
CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-
503 AM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM
CDT WEDNESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
   ARKANSAS THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MILES
   AN HOUR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 40 OR EVEN 50 MILES AN HOUR.

IMPACTS...
 * WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

 * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CREATE BLOWING OBJECTS AND 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.

&&

$$
016 
WWUS74 KTSA 111541
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1041 AM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014

ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ063-068-069-112200-
/O.EXA.KTSA.WI.Y.0006.140312T0000Z-140312T0900Z/
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-DELAWARE-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-
1041 AM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...CHEROKEE...ADAIR AND DELAWARE. 

   IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...BENTON AND CARROLL. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
   ARKANSAS THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MILES
   AN HOUR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MILES AN HOUR.

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>062-064>067-070-071-112200-
/O.CON.KTSA.WI.Y.0006.140312T0000Z-140312T0900Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-
CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-
1041 AM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM
CDT WEDNESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
   ARKANSAS THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MILES
   AN HOUR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 40 OR EVEN 50 MILES AN HOUR.

IMPACTS...
 * WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 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.

&&

$$
843 
WWUS74 KTSA 112056
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
356 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014

ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ054>071-120500-
/O.CON.KTSA.WI.Y.0006.140312T0000Z-140312T0900Z/
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-
CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-
OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-
356 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM
CDT WEDNESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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

   IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...BENTON AND CARROLL. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING
   AND THROUGH NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE
   BEHIND THE FRONT WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH LIKELY IN MANY
   AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS EVENING.
   WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT...HOWEVER GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL
   REMAIN LIKELY INTO THE MORNING.

IMPACTS...
 * WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 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.

&&

$$
065 
WWUS74 KTSA 120126
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
826 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014

ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ054>071-120900-
/O.CON.KTSA.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140312T0900Z/
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-
CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-
OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-
826 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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

   IN ARKANSAS...WASHINGTON...MADISON...BENTON AND CARROLL. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * STRONG WINDS CONTINUE TO GUST BEHIND A COLD FRONT MOVING
   THROUGH THE AREA. GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
   GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40...INCLUDING ALL OF NORTHEAST
   OKLAHOMA AND MOST OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. WIND ARE EXPECTED TO
   DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

IMPACTS...
 * WIND GUSTS TO 47 MPH OCCURRED AT TULSA INTERNATIONAL
   AIRPORT...WITH OTHER GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH IN THE AREA. THE
   PORTER MESONET SITE IN WAGONER COUNTY GUSTED VERY BRIEFLY TO
   58 MPH AT 720 PM. NO OTHER GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH HAVE BEEN
   REPORTED.

 * 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.