Alert archive / Oklahoma / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 19, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Dec 30, 2016, 10:35 AM CST for 22 counties in Oklahoma; Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas. 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
- Dec 30, 2016, 10:35 AM CST (16:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
All 24 counties
Benton County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, 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), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:40 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 2601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
492 WWUS84 KTSA 301635 RFWTSA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1035 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA LATER TODAY... .STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND 20 TO 30 MPH ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. VERY DRY AIR IS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION AS WELL. THE STRONG WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS, COMBINED WITH THE ONGOING DROUGHT, WILL YIELD CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES. OKZ049-053>076-310000- /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0019.161230T1635Z-161231T0000Z/ PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE- TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER- CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL- LATIMER-LE FLORE- 1035 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...OSAGE... WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH... PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...AND LE FLORE COUNTIES. * WIND...30 TO 40 MPH WIND GUSTS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...20 TO 30 MPH ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON * TEMPERATURE...MID TO UPPER 50S * 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. && $$ LACY
2 follow-up statements
148 WWUS84 KTSA 301757 RFWTSA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1157 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATER TODAY... .STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON... WITH GUSTS IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... AND 20 TO 30 MPH ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. VERY DRY AIR IS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION AS WELL. THE STRONG WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS... COMBINED WITH THE ONGOING DROUGHT... WILL YIELD CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES. ARZ001-010-310000- /O.EXA.KTSA.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-161231T0000Z/ BENTON-WASHINGTON AR- 1157 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARKANSAS...BENTON...AND WASHINGTON AR COUNTIES. * WIND...20 TO 30 MPH * HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON * TEMPERATURE...MID 50S * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS... FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS... LOWER HUMIDITIES... AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. && $$ OKZ049-053>076-310000- /O.CON.KTSA.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-161231T0000Z/ PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE- TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER- CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL- LATIMER-LE FLORE- 1157 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...OSAGE... WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...SEQUOYAH... PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...AND LE FLORE COUNTIES. * WIND...30 TO 40 MPH WIND GUSTS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...20 TO 30 MPH ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON * TEMPERATURE...UPPER 50S * 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. && $$ LACY
005 WWUS84 KTSA 310000 RFWTSA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 600 PM CST FRI DEC 30 2016 ARZ001-010-OKZ049-053>076-310100- /O.EXP.KTSA.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-161231T0000Z/ BENTON-WASHINGTON AR-PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK- NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK- OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 600 PM CST FRI DEC 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS SLOWLY IMPROVING IN COMBINATION WITH DECREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS WILL ALLOW FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. $$
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.