Alert archive / Oklahoma / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Feb 16, 2016, 1:22 PM CST for 4 counties in 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 16, 2016, 1:22 PM CST (19:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2016, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Choctaw County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 2527 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
120 WWUS84 KTSA 161922 RFWTSA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 122 PM CST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON... ARZ029-OKZ049-053-073-075-076-162200- /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0005.160216T1922Z-160216T2200Z/ SEBASTIAN-PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-PITTSBURG-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 122 PM CST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARKANSAS...SEBASTIAN COUNTY. IN OKLAHOMA... PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...PITTSBURG...LATIMER...AND LE FLORE COUNTIES. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH * HUMIDITY...AFTERNOON HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...LOWER TO MIDDLE 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
454 WWUS84 KTSA 162223 RFWTSA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 423 PM CST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED THIS AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION. AS A RESULT...THE RED FLAG WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 4 PM. ARZ029-OKZ049-053-073-075-076-162330- /O.EXP.KTSA.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160216T2200Z/ SEBASTIAN-PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-PITTSBURG-LATIMER-LE FLORE- 423 PM CST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED THIS AFTERNOON...THUS ALLOWING FOR THE RED FLAG WARNING TO EXPIRE ON TIME AT 4 PM. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 10:10 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 5 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Oklahoma, 2016Red Flag Warnings in Arkansas, 2016Every red flag warning in 2016
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.