Alert archive / Oklahoma / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Feb 2, 2016, 3:59 AM CST for 6 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 2, 2016, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 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
- Feb 2, 2016, 3:59 AM CST (09:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 2, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 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 00:00Z, 10.0 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
- 2120 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
173 WWUS84 KTSA 020959 RFWTSA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 359 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ARZ019-020-029-OKZ049-053-072>076-021800- /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0002.160202T1800Z-160203T0000Z/ CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG- HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 359 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARKANSAS...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES. IN OKLAHOMA...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW... SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...AND LE FLORE COUNTIES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RH OF 20 TO 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...MID TO UPPER 60S. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
934 WWUS84 KTSA 022002 RFWTSA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 202 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ069-030000- /O.EXA.KTSA.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-ADAIR- 202 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARKANSAS...BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON... AND MADISON COUNTIES. IN OKLAHOMA...ADAIR COUNTY. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RH OF 20 TO 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...MID 60S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS...FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOWER HUMIDITIES...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. && $$ ARZ019-020-029-OKZ049-053-072>076-030000- /O.CON.KTSA.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/ CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG- HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 202 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS... * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARKANSAS...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES. IN OKLAHOMA...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW... SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...AND LE FLORE COUNTIES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RH OF 20 TO 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...MID TO UPPER 60S. * 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. && $$
813 WWUS84 KTSA 030005 RFWTSA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 605 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-069-072>076-030115- /O.EXP.KTSA.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-ADAIR-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER- LE FLORE- 605 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... ALTHOUGH THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT HAS DECREASED BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS EARLY THIS EVENING...A LIMITED FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE AS GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS PERSIST WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 30 TO 40 PERCENT. FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS RH VALUES RECOVER AND AS WINDS SLOWLY DECREASE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 11:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 35 min |
| Feb 1, 11:56 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 34 min |
| Feb 2, 12:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 43 min |
| Feb 2, 12:41 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Wagoner | 34 min |
| Feb 2, 12:57 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee, Wagoner | 33 min |
| Feb 2, 3:55 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh and 11 more | 14 hr |
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.