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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Tulsa, OK

February 2, 201617 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Feb 2, 2016, 3:55 AM CST for 17 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 2, 2016, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 2, 2016, 3:55 AM CST (09:55 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 2, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 2, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
All 21 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware 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, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:57 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-02-02Temperature 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-02-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 143 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2120 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
259 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

998 
WWUS74 KTSA 020955
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
355 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ054>071-021800-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0001.160202T1800Z-160203T0000Z/
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-
CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-
OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE...
EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE...
PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...
TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...
WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA
355 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN ARKANSAS...BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON... 
  AND MADISON COUNTIES. IN OKLAHOMA...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...
  NOWATA... CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...
  DELAWARE... CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...
  ADAIR... MUSKOGEE...AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES. 

* TIMING...NOON TO 6 PM.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS GUSTING 40 TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... 
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THESE WINDS MAY ALSO 
  CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

* A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
466 
WWUS74 KTSA 030008
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
608 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ054>071-030115-
/O.EXP.KTSA.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-
CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-
OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE...
EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE...
PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...
TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...
WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA
608 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

...WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EARLY THIS EVENING.  WIND SPEEDS...HOWEVER...WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY 
DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 1, 11:40 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek35 min
Feb 1, 11:56 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee34 min
Feb 2, 12:17 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee43 min
Feb 2, 12:41 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWagoner34 min
Feb 2, 12:57 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee, Wagoner33 min
Feb 2, 3:59 AM CSTRed Flag WarningTSAAdair, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha14 hr

Nearby

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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.