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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this wind advisory at Dec 16, 2016, 11:31 AM CST for 26 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2016, 11:31 AM CST (17:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2016, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
All 26 counties
Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woodward County, OK
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:33 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 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 469 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 624 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 642 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
103 WWUS74 KOUN 161731 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1131 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 OKZ009>012-014>019-021>025-027>029-033>039-044-162300- /O.NEW.KOUN.WI.Y.0013.161216T1731Z-161216T2300Z/ ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE- KINGFISHER-LOGAN-BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-GRADY- MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-COMANCHE- STEPHENS-COTTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHATTUCK...ARNETT...GAGE...FARGO... WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...CHEYENNE...HAMMON...SEILING...VICI... TALOGA...LEEDEY...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA...GEARY... OKEENE...KINGFISHER...HENNESSEY...OKARCHE...GUTHRIE...ELK CITY... SAYRE...CORDELL...BURNS FLAT...SENTINEL...ANADARKO...HINTON... YUKON...CONCHO...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHICKASHA... TUTTLE...PURCELL...NEWCASTLE...BLANCHARD...NORMAN...MOORE... HOLLIS...MANGUM...GRANITE...HOBART...SNYDER...ALTUS...FREDERICK... LAWTON...DUNCAN...WALTERS...TEMPLE 1131 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH 5 PM CST. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH.| * IMPACTS...LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTSIDE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 6:04 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OUN | Alfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Cleveland, Garfield, Grady and 11 more | 9 hr |
| Dec 16, 3:16 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OUN | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 37 more | 42 hr |
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.