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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Norman, OK

December 16, 201626 counties in Oklahoma

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2016-12-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 12:00Z on 2016-12-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 624 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 15, 6:04 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryOUNAlfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Cleveland, Garfield, Grady and 11 more9 hr
Dec 16, 3:16 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryOUNAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 37 more42 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Oklahoma, 2016Every wind advisory in 2016

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.