Alert archive / Oklahoma / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Apr 5, 2016, 3:10 AM CDT for Pawnee County, Washington County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 5, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 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 5, 2016, 3:10 AM CDT (08:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Pawnee County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:11 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 3181 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
579 WWUS84 KTSA 050810 RFWTSA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 310 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 OKZ054-059-052200- /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0016.160405T1600Z-160406T0100Z/ OSAGE-PAWNEE- 310 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...OSAGE...AND PAWNEE COUNTIES. * WIND...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
833 WWUS84 KTSA 051944 RFWTSA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 244 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 OKZ054-059-061000- /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.A.0013.160406T1600Z-160407T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTSA.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160406T0100Z/ OSAGE-PAWNEE- 244 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CONTINUED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 25 PERCENT AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS HAVE RESULTED IN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES COOL AND HUMIDITY VALUES RISE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...OSAGE...AND PAWNEE COUNTIES. * WIND...NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 70S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS...FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOWER HUMIDITIES...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. * A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. && $$ OKZ055>057-060>062-064>067-070-071-061000- /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.A.0013.160406T1600Z-160407T0100Z/ WASHINGTON-NOWATA-CRAIG-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-CREEK-OKFUSKEE- OKMULGEE-WAGONER-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- 244 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG... TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...MUSKOGEE...AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES. * WIND...NORTHWEST WIND GUST UP TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. && $$
132 WWUS84 KTSA 052201 RFWTSA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 501 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ONGOING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NE OK THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG SOUTH WINDS...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH...ARE OCCURRING TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF TULSA THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BECOME VERY LOW...CREATING CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE FOR AGGRESSIVE WILDFIRE BEHAVIOR. OKZ055-060115- /O.EXA.KTSA.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160406T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTSA.FW.A.0013.160406T1600Z-160407T0100Z/ WASHINGTON- 501 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY OKLAHOMA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...WASHINGTON COUNTY. * WIND...SOUTH WIND GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 15 AND 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS OCCURRING OR EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS...FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOWER HUMIDITIES...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. * A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. && $$ OKZ054-059-060115- /O.CON.KTSA.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160406T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTSA.FW.A.0013.160406T1600Z-160407T0100Z/ OSAGE-PAWNEE- 501 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CONTINUED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...OSAGE...AND PAWNEE COUNTIES. * WIND...SOUTH WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES 15 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. * 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 OCCURRING OR EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS...FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOWER HUMIDITIES...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. * A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. && $$ OKZ056-057-060>062-064>067-070-071-060115- /O.CON.KTSA.FW.A.0013.160406T1600Z-160407T0100Z/ NOWATA-CRAIG-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER- MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- 501 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...NOWATA...CRAIG... TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...MUSKOGEE...AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES. * WIND...NORTHWEST WIND GUST UP TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. && $$ LACY
185 WWUS84 KTSA 060116 RFWTSA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 816 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED THIS EVENING... ...NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY... .WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. ALSO...HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE RECOVERING FROM THEIR MINIMUMS DURING THE WARMEST PART OF THE DAY. SINCE CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER MEETING CRITERIA...THE RED FLAG WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. OKZ054-055-059-060945- /O.EXP.KTSA.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160406T0100Z/ /O.CON.KTSA.FW.A.0013.160406T1600Z-160407T0100Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON-PAWNEE- 816 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR OSAGE...WASHINGTON AND PAWNEE COUNTIES... * AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...OSAGE...WASHINGTON AND PAWNEE COUNTIES. * WIND...NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 70S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. && $$ OKZ056-057-060>062-064>067-070-071-060945- /O.CON.KTSA.FW.A.0013.160406T1600Z-160407T0100Z/ NOWATA-CRAIG-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER- MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- 816 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...NOWATA...CRAIG... TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER... MUSKOGEE...AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES. * WIND...NORTHWEST WIND GUST UP TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. && $$ LACY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2:44 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TSA | Craig, Creek, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata and 7 more | 12 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.