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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 2, 201615 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Mar 2, 2016, 3:37 AM CST for 15 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 2, 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
Mar 2, 2016, 3:37 AM CST (09:37 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 2, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Mar 2, 2016, 7:00 PM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Craig County, OK, Creek 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, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2016-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2016-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -42 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

705 
WWUS84 KTSA 020937
RFWTSA

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
337 AM CST WED MAR 2 2016

OKZ054>062-064>067-021745-
/O.UPG.KTSA.FW.A.0006.160302T1800Z-160303T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0008.160302T1800Z-160303T0100Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-
CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
337 AM CST WED MAR 2 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS
EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF EASTERN 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. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA... 
  CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...CREEK... 
  OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...AND WAGONER COUNTIES. 

* WIND...SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR WITH 
  GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR POSSIBLE.

* HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS FROM THE MID 60S TO AROUND 70 DEGREES.

* 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.

&&

$$

OKZ070-071-073-021745-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0008.160302T1800Z-160303T0100Z/
MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-PITTSBURG-
337 AM CST WED MAR 2 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS
EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR MUSKOGEE...MCINTOSH...AND 
PITTSBURG COUNTIES...

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. 

* WIND...SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR WITH 
  GUSTS TO 30 MILES AN HOUR POSSIBLE.

* HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGHS 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.

&&

$$

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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.