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Heat Advisory 22, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 3, 201620 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this heat advisory at Aug 3, 2016, 3:16 AM CDT for 20 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Aug 3, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 2016, 3:16 AM CDT (08:16 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 3, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 3, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Choctaw County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer 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, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2370 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2370 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.