Alert archive / Oklahoma / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this wind advisory at Mar 6, 2016, 3:31 AM CST for 29 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 6, 2016, 10:50 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 2016, 3:31 AM CST (09:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2016, 10:50 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2016, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
All 29 counties
Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 2635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
400 WWUS74 KOUN 060931 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 331 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 OKZ004>032-070100- /O.NEW.KOUN.WI.Y.0004.160306T1800Z-160307T0100Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN- CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...LAVERNE...ALVA...CHEROKEE... HELENA...CARMEN...MEDFORD...POND CREEK...LAMONT...WAKITA... PONCA CITY...BLACKWELL...SHATTUCK...ARNETT...GAGE...FARGO... WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY...CHEYENNE...HAMMON... SEILING...VICI...TALOGA...LEEDEY...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON... WATONGA...GEARY...OKEENE...KINGFISHER...HENNESSEY...OKARCHE... GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...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...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE...WEWOKA... HOLDENVILLE...WETUMKA 331 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVNEING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADWAYS. RESIDENTS SHOULD ENSURE LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS ARE SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTSIDE. && $$
1 follow-up statement
020 WWUS74 KOUN 061650 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1050 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 OKZ004>032-070100- /O.EXT.KOUN.WI.Y.0004.160306T1650Z-160307T0100Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN- CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...LAVERNE...ALVA...CHEROKEE... HELENA...CARMEN...MEDFORD...POND CREEK...LAMONT...WAKITA... PONCA CITY...BLACKWELL...SHATTUCK...ARNETT...GAGE...FARGO... WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY...CHEYENNE...HAMMON... SEILING...VICI...TALOGA...LEEDEY...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON... WATONGA...GEARY...OKEENE...KINGFISHER...HENNESSEY...OKARCHE... GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL...BURNS FLAT... SENTINEL...ANADARKO...HINTON...YUKON...CONCHO...EL RENO... MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...STROUD...PRAGUE...MEEKER... DAVENPORT...WELLSTON...CHICKASHA...TUTTLE...PURCELL...NEWCASTLE... BLANCHARD...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE...WEWOKA... HOLDENVILLE...WETUMKA 1050 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADWAYS. RESIDENTS SHOULD ENSURE LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS ARE SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTSIDE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2:32 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woodward | 13 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.