Alert archive / Oklahoma / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Mar 16, 2015, 3:08 AM CDT for Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 16, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 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
- Mar 16, 2015, 3:08 AM CDT (08:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 16, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Pawnee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:09 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 1222 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
032 WWUS84 KTSA 160808 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 308 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2015 OKZ054-059-161700- /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0005.150316T1700Z-150317T0000Z/ OSAGE-PAWNEE- 308 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE AND OSAGE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 20 PERCENT TO CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT * STRONG WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
156 WWUS84 KTSA 161546 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1046 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2015 OKZ054-059-170000- /O.CON.KTSA.FW.W.0005.150316T1700Z-150317T0000Z/ OSAGE-PAWNEE- 1046 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE AND OSAGE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 20 PERCENT. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. * RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT * STRONG WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH IMPACTS... * ANY FIRES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL AND ENDANGER LIVES AND PROPERTY. DEFINITION... * A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS...FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOWER HUMIDITIES...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * DISPOSE OF CIGARETTES PROPERLY AND AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START FIRES. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. $$
597 WWUS84 KTSA 162035 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 335 PM CDT MON MAR 16 2015 OKZ054-059-170000- /O.CON.KTSA.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150317T0000Z/ OSAGE-PAWNEE- 335 PM CDT MON MAR 16 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE AND OSAGE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH...AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE ONGOING ACROSS WARNED AREA. * CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THIS EVENING WITH A SLOW RECOVERY IN HUMIDITY AND DECREASING WINDS. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS LATE TONIGHT SO ANY ONGOING FIRES WILL EXPERIENCE A WIND SHIFT BEFORE SUNRISE TUESDAY. 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. * 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. && $$
356 WWUS84 KTSA 170005 RFWTSA FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 705 PM CDT MON MAR 16 2015 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED... .RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS TEMPERATURES COOL. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. OKZ054-059-170115- /O.EXP.KTSA.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150317T0000Z/ OSAGE-PAWNEE- 705 PM CDT MON MAR 16 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE AND OSAGE. * THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS EXPIRED. && $$
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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.