Alert archive / Oklahoma / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Apr 3, 2015, 6:15 AM CDT for 11 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2015, 6:15 AM CDT (11:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2015, 12:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata 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), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 1838 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1146 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
302 WWUS74 KTSA 031115 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 615 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015 OKZ054>064-067-031800- /O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0003.150403T1115Z-150403T1800Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-WAGONER- 615 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA... CREEK...OTTAWA...WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES AND DELAWARE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL BE LIKELY THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
636 WWUS74 KTSA 031202 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 702 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015 OKZ054>064-067-031800- /O.CON.KTSA.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150403T1800Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-WAGONER- 702 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA... CREEK...OTTAWA...WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES AND DELAWARE. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL BE LIKELY THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS AND ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. * STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT: WEATHER.GOV/TULSA. && $$
061 WWUS74 KTSA 031750 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1250 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2015 OKZ054>064-067-031900- /O.CAN.KTSA.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150403T1800Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-WAGONER- 1250 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY... FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... * IN OKLAHOMA...PAWNEE...WASHINGTON...OSAGE...CRAIG...NOWATA... CREEK...OTTAWA...WAGONER...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES AND DELAWARE. * THE STRONGER WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 52 min |
| Apr 2, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Rogers | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 8:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa | 42 min |
| Apr 2, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Washington | 21 min |
| Apr 2, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 9:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 27 min |
| Apr 2, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Ottawa | 61 min |
| Apr 2, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 42 min |
| Apr 2, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 10:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Ottawa | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Ottawa | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 17 min |
| Apr 2, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 21 min |
| Apr 3, 2:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 2:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 17 min |
| Apr 3, 2:40 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh and 11 more | 18 hr |
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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.