Alert archive / Oklahoma / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Mar 4, 2016, 3:29 AM CST for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 4, 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 4, 2016, 3:29 AM CST (09:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2016, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Creek County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 60 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 2633 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
625 WWUS84 KTSA 040929 RFWTSA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 329 AM CST FRI MAR 4 2016 OKZ054-059-050100- /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0009.160304T1800Z-160305T0100Z/ OSAGE-PAWNEE- 329 AM CST FRI MAR 4 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES IN 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. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...OSAGE...AND PAWNEE COUNTIES. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS NEAR 20 MPH GUSTING 25 TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...HIGHS IN THE LOW 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
189 WWUS84 KTSA 041855 RFWTSA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1255 PM CST FRI MAR 4 2016 OKZ055-060-064-050100- /O.EXA.KTSA.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160305T0100Z/ WASHINGTON OK-TULSA-CREEK- 1255 PM CST FRI MAR 4 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...OSAGE...AND PAWNEE COUNTIES. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS NEAR 20 MPH GUSTING 25 TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS...FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS...LOWER HUMIDITIES...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. && $$ OKZ054-059-050100- /O.CON.KTSA.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160305T0100Z/ OSAGE-PAWNEE- 1255 PM CST FRI MAR 4 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... * AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...OSAGE...AND PAWNEE COUNTIES. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS NEAR 20 MPH GUSTING 20 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 25 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURE...HIGHS IN THE LOW 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. && $$
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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.