Alert archive / Oklahoma / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Feb 27, 2016, 3:23 AM CST for Pawnee County, Washington County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Feb 27, 2016, 12:00 PM CST. 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
- Feb 27, 2016, 3:23 AM CST (09:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 27, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2016, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 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 09:27 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, 9.4 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
- 2431 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
887 WWUS84 KTSA 270923 RFWTSA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 323 AM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 OKZ054-055-059-271730- /O.UPG.KTSA.FW.A.0005.160227T1800Z-160228T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0007.160227T1800Z-160228T0100Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-PAWNEE- 323 AM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST 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 NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR PAWNEE...OSAGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 20 MPH WITH GUST TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE. * TEMPERATURE...HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
343 WWUS84 KTSA 272124 RFWTSA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 324 PM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 OKZ054-055-059-280100- /O.CON.KTSA.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160228T0100Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-PAWNEE- 324 PM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...AND PAWNEE COUNTIES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY...15 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE. * TEMPERATURE...HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS...FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOWER HUMIDITIES...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. && $$
057 WWUS84 KTSA 280048 RFWTSA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 648 PM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IMPROVING THIS EVENING... .WINDS ARE BACKING OFF AS MIXING IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER CEASES WITH THE SETTING SUN. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ALSO RECOVER AS TEMPERATURES COOL OFF. OKZ054-055-059-280200- /O.EXP.KTSA.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160228T0100Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-PAWNEE- 648 PM CST SAT FEB 27 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... WINDS AND HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGH THE EVENING. THEREFORE, THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM. $$ LACY
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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.