Alert archive / Oklahoma / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 15, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Apr 3, 2016, 3:33 AM CDT for Nowata County, Pawnee County, Washington County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 3, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2016, 3:33 AM CDT (08:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Nowata County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 2895 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
871 WWUS84 KTSA 030833 RFWTSA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 333 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... .SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CONDITIONS THAT COULD BE CONDUCIVE TO AGGRESSIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AROUND SUNSET AS WINDS SLOWLY SUBSIDE AND HUMIDITY RECOVERS. OKZ054>056-059-031645- /O.UPG.KTSA.FW.A.0012.160403T1700Z-160404T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0015.160403T1700Z-160404T0000Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON-NOWATA-PAWNEE- 333 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON MINIMUM RH VALUES 15 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS...FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOWER HUMIDITIES...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. && $$
1 follow-up statement
933
WWUS84 KTSA 032043
RFWTSA
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
343 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016
...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
OKZ054>056-059-040000-
/O.CON.KTSA.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160404T0000Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON-NOWATA-PAWNEE-
343 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2016
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR NOWATA...WASHINGTON...
OSAGE...AND PAWNEE COUNTIES...
* WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH
AND SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
* HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON MINIMUM RH VALUES 15 TO 25 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURE...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80.
* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS...
FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY
WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOWER HUMIDITIES...AND
WARMER TEMPERATURES.
&&
$$Nearby
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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.