Alert archive / Oklahoma / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this wind advisory at Feb 23, 2016, 3:41 AM CST for 31 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 23, 2016, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2016, 3:41 AM CST (09:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
All 39 counties
Atoka County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Knox County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:41 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 90 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
- 2580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
436 WWUS74 KOUN 230941 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 341 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016 OKZ021>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-231800- /O.NEW.KOUN.WI.Y.0003.160223T1800Z-160224T0000Z/ BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN- CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON- TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON- JEFFERSON-CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN- FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... BURNS FLAT...SENTINEL...ANADARKO...HINTON...YUKON...CONCHO... EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...STROUD...PRAGUE... MEEKER...DAVENPORT...WELLSTON...CHICKASHA...TUTTLE...PURCELL... NEWCASTLE...BLANCHARD...STELLA...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE...WEWOKA... HOLDENVILLE...WETUMKA...HOLLIS...MANGUM...GRANITE...HOBART... SNYDER...ALTUS...FREDERICK...LAWTON...DUNCAN...PAULS VALLEY... LINDSAY...WYNNEWOOD...SULPHUR...DAVIS...ADA...COALGATE... WALTERS...TEMPLE...WAURIKA...RINGLING...RYAN...ARDMORE... TISHOMINGO...ATOKA...MARIETTA...THACKERVILLE...MADILL... KINGSTON...DURANT...QUANAH...CROWELL...VERNON...SHEPPARD AFB... WICHITA FALLS...MUNDAY...KNOX CITY...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY... HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY...SCOTLAND...HENRIETTA 341 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING AND BECOME QUITE STRONG DURING THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH GUSTY THROUGH THE EVENING, STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED FROM NOON TO 6 PM. * WINDS...NORTHERLY 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS MAY GET TOSSED AROUND. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST AND WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTSIDE. && $$
2 follow-up statements
339 WWUS74 KOUN 231538 AAA NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 938 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016 OKZ021>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-240000- /O.CON.KOUN.WI.Y.0003.160223T1800Z-160224T0000Z/ BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN- CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON- TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON- JEFFERSON-CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN- FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... BURNS FLAT...SENTINEL...ANADARKO...HINTON...YUKON...CONCHO... EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...STROUD...PRAGUE... MEEKER...DAVENPORT...WELLSTON...CHICKASHA...TUTTLE...PURCELL... NEWCASTLE...BLANCHARD...STELLA...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE...WEWOKA... HOLDENVILLE...WETUMKA...HOLLIS...MANGUM...GRANITE...HOBART... SNYDER...ALTUS...FREDERICK...LAWTON...DUNCAN...PAULS VALLEY... LINDSAY...WYNNEWOOD...SULPHUR...DAVIS...ADA...COALGATE... WALTERS...TEMPLE...WAURIKA...RINGLING...RYAN...ARDMORE... TISHOMINGO...ATOKA...MARIETTA...THACKERVILLE...MADILL... KINGSTON...DURANT...QUANAH...CROWELL...VERNON...SHEPPARD AFB... WICHITA FALLS...MUNDAY...KNOX CITY...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY... HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY...SCOTLAND...HENRIETTA 938 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME QUITE STRONG DURING THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH GUSTY THROUGH THE EVENING...STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM NOON TO 6 PM. * WINDS...NORTHERLY 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS MAY GET TOSSED AROUND. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST AND WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTSIDE. && $$ MBS
875 WWUS74 KOUN 232107 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 307 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016 OKZ021>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-240000- /O.CON.KOUN.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160224T0000Z/ BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN- CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON- TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON- JEFFERSON-CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN- FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... BURNS FLAT...SENTINEL...ANADARKO...HINTON...YUKON...CONCHO... EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...STROUD...PRAGUE... MEEKER...DAVENPORT...WELLSTON...CHICKASHA...TUTTLE...PURCELL... NEWCASTLE...BLANCHARD...STELLA...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE...WEWOKA... HOLDENVILLE...WETUMKA...HOLLIS...MANGUM...GRANITE...HOBART... SNYDER...ALTUS...FREDERICK...LAWTON...DUNCAN...PAULS VALLEY... LINDSAY...WYNNEWOOD...SULPHUR...DAVIS...ADA...COALGATE... WALTERS...TEMPLE...WAURIKA...RINGLING...RYAN...ARDMORE... TISHOMINGO...ATOKA...MARIETTA...THACKERVILLE...MADILL... KINGSTON...DURANT...QUANAH...CROWELL...VERNON...SHEPPARD AFB... WICHITA FALLS...MUNDAY...KNOX CITY...SEYMOUR...ARCHER CITY... HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY...SCOTLAND...HENRIETTA 307 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHERLY 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY GET TOSSED AROUND. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST AND WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTSIDE. && $$
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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.