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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Tulsa, OK

December 20, 201511 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Dec 20, 2015, 3:09 AM CST for 11 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Dec 20, 2015, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 20, 2015, 3:09 AM CST (09:09 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 20, 2015, 8:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 20, 2015, 3:20 PM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee 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 09:06 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 2015-12-20Temperature 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2015-12-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 245 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2042 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
418 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.

257 
WWUS74 KTSA 200909
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
309 AM CST SUN DEC 20 2015

OKZ054>057-059>062-064>067-210000-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0005.151220T1400Z-151221T0000Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-CREEK-
OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...
VINITA...PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...
OKMULGEE...WAGONER
309 AM CST SUN DEC 20 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 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 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA... 
  CRAIG...PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...CREEK...OKFUSKEE... 
  OKMULGEE...AND WAGONER COUNTIES.

* TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

* WINDS...GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS
  OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
  WHEN DRIVING ALONG WEST TO EAST ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

* DRIVERS OF VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS...AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE 
  VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE HIGH WINDS. 

* A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
549 
WWUS74 KTSA 202120
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
320 PM CST SUN DEC 20 2015

OKZ054>057-059>062-064>067-202230-
/O.CAN.KTSA.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-151221T0000Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-CREEK-
OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...
VINITA...PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...
OKMULGEE...WAGONER
320 PM CST SUN DEC 20 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. IT IS NO LONGER IN AFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA...IN
OKLAHOMA...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...PAWNEE...TULSA...
ROGERS...MAYES...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...AND WAGONER
COUNTIES.

BREEZY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS...HOWEVER WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS.

$$

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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.