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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

February 1, 20157 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Feb 1, 2015, 3:43 AM CST for 7 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Feb 1, 2015, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 1, 2015, 3:43 AM CST (09:43 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 1, 2015, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 1, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:44 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2015-02-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2015-02-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 402 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
402 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
452 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.

475 
WWUS74 KTSA 010943
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
343 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015

OKZ054>057-059>061-064-020000-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0002.150201T1500Z-150202T0000Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-CREEK-
343 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS 
EVENING...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...
   CREEK...TULSA AND ROGERS. 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY ACROSS NORTHEAST
   OKLAHOMA FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
989 
WWUS74 KTSA 020004
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
604 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015

OKZ054>057-059>061-064-020115-
/O.EXP.KTSA.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150202T0000Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-CREEK-
604 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

 * IN OKLAHOMA...CREEK...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA...
   PAWNEE...TULSA AND ROGERS. 

 * THE STRONG WINDS HAVE DECREASED.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * ALTHOUGH THE WINDS HAVE SLOWLY BEGUN TO SUBSIDE...GUSTY NORTHWEST 
   WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID TO LATE EVENING. 

&&

$$

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.