Alert archive / Oklahoma / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Jan 28, 2015, 3:19 AM CST for 8 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Jan 28, 2015, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 2015, 3:19 AM CST (09:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 28, 2015, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Creek County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:21 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 2908 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
537 WWUS84 KTSA 280919 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 319 AM CST WED JAN 28 2015 OKZ054>056-059>061-064>066-281800- /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0002.150128T1800Z-150129T0000Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-CREEK-OKFUSKEE- OKMULGEE- 319 AM CST WED JAN 28 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...NOWATA...CREEK... OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...TULSA AND ROGERS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH TO PRODUCE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT WILL SUPPORT AGGRESSIVE WILDFIRE BEHAVIOR. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * STRONG WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 31.0 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ANY FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL AND ENDANGER LIVES AND PROPERTY. DEFINITION... * A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS...FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOWER HUMIDITIES...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES PROPERLY AND AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START FIRES. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
174 WWUS84 KTSA 281627 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1027 AM CST WED JAN 28 2015 OKZ054>056-059>061-064>066-290000- /O.CON.KTSA.FW.W.0002.150128T1800Z-150129T0000Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-CREEK-OKFUSKEE- OKMULGEE- 1027 AM CST WED JAN 28 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...NOWATA...CREEK... OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...TULSA AND ROGERS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A VERY WARM...DRY AND WINDY DAY IS FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WHERE THE WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST AND THE AIR WILL BE THE DRIEST. THE AREA WITH GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF A NOWATA TO CLAREMORE TO OKEMAH LINE...AND THE TIME WINDOW OF GREATEST THREAT WILL BE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT * STRONG WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH IMPACTS... * ANY FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL AND ENDANGER LIVES AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES PROPERLY AND AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START FIRES. * ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$ LACY
730 WWUS84 KTSA 290001 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 601 PM CST WED JAN 28 2015 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED... .WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE RISEN. OKZ054>056-059>061-064>066-290115- /O.EXP.KTSA.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150129T0000Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-CREEK-OKFUSKEE- OKMULGEE- 601 PM CST WED JAN 28 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...NOWATA...CREEK... OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...TULSA AND ROGERS. * THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS EXPIRED HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * THE FIRE THREAT HAS DIMINISHED THIS EVENING AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE RISEN AND WINDS HAVE DROPPED OFF. && $$
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.