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Heat Advisory 21, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this heat advisory at Aug 2, 2016, 4:56 PM CDT for 16 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2016, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2016, 8:44 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 793 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
742 WWUS74 KTSA 022156 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 456 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016 OKZ054>067-070>072-074-030200- /O.NEW.KTSA.HT.Y.0021.160802T2200Z-160803T0200Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- SEQUOYAH-HASKELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA... VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...GROVE... JAY...SAPULPA...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...MUSKOGEE... CHECOTAH...SALLISAW...STIGLER 456 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA... CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE... CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH... SEQUOYAH...AND HASKELL COUNTIES. * TEMPERATURE...HEAT INDICES FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY HAS CREATED A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PERSONS THAT MUST BE OUTSIDE SHOULD LESSEN THEIR ACTIVITY, DRINK PLENTY OF LIQUIDS, PREFERABLY WATER. TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS AND WEAR LIGHT COLORED, LOOSE-FITTING CLOTHING. STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE REDUCED, ELIMINATED OR RESCHEDULED TO THE COOLEST TIME OF THE DAY. PROLONGED EXPOSURE COMBINED WITH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY CAN CAUSE HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. $$ 69
1 follow-up statement
523 WWUS74 KTSA 030144 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 844 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016 OKZ054>067-070>072-074-030245- /O.CAN.KTSA.HT.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-160803T0200Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- SEQUOYAH-HASKELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA... VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...GROVE... JAY...SAPULPA...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...MUSKOGEE... CHECOTAH...SALLISAW...STIGLER 844 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016 ...HEAT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE HEAT ADVISORY. HEAT INDEX VALUES HAVE FALLEN BELOW TRIPLE DIGITS...AND HENCE BELOW DANGEROUS LEVELS THIS EVENING. HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 105 DEGREES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AGAIN TOMORROW. $$ 69
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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.