Alert archive / Oklahoma / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Feb 10, 2016, 3:11 PM CST for Creek County, Okfuskee County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 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 10, 2016, 3:11 PM CST (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Creek County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Pawnee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 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
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 1681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 503 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 555 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
051 WWUS84 KTSA 102111 RFWTSA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 311 PM CST WED FEB 10 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON... .BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY DRY AIR IN PLACE OVER THE REGION IS COMBINING TO YIELD CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO THE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDFIRES. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE BY SUNSET. OKZ054-059-064-065-110000- /O.UPG.KTSA.FW.A.0003.000000T0000Z-160211T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0004.160210T2111Z-160211T0000Z/ OSAGE-PAWNEE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE- 311 PM CST WED FEB 10 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WEST OF HIGHWAY 75... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...PAWNEE... TULSA...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...AND OKMULGEE COUNTIES. * WIND...SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON HUMIDITY LEVELS AROUND 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 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. && $$ OKZ055-060-066-110000- /O.CON.KTSA.FW.A.0003.000000T0000Z-160211T0000Z/ WASHINGTON OK-TULSA-OKMULGEE- 311 PM CST WED FEB 10 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR LOCATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 75 IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...PAWNEE... TULSA...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...AND OKMULGEE COUNTIES. * WIND...SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON HUMIDITY LEVELS AROUND 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LATER FORECASTS SHOULD BE MONITORED FOR UPDATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. && $$ LACY
1 follow-up statement
265 WWUS84 KTSA 102353 RFWTSA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 553 PM CST WED FEB 10 2016 ...CONDITIONS IMPROVING AS SUNSET APPROACHES... .WINDS ACROSS THE REGION HAVE SUBSIDED AS VERTICAL MIXING CEASES WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ALSO BEGIN TO RECOVER THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES COOL. THE IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW FOR THE EXPIRATION OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. OKZ054-059-064-065-110100- /O.EXP.KTSA.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160211T0000Z/ OSAGE-PAWNEE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE- 553 PM CST WED FEB 10 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED AS SUNSET APPROACHES...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER AS TEMPERATURES COOL. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. $$ OKZ055-060-066-110100- /O.EXP.KTSA.FW.A.0003.000000T0000Z-160211T0000Z/ WASHINGTON OK-TULSA-OKMULGEE- 553 PM CST WED FEB 10 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED AS SUNSET APPROACHES...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER AS TEMPERATURES COOL. THEREFORE...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM. $$ LACY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 3:47 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington | 14 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.