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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Tulsa, OK

December 25, 201613 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Dec 25, 2016, 1:17 PM CST for 13 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 25, 2016, 1:17 PM CST (19:17 UTC)
Expired
Dec 25, 2016, 7:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes 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), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 12:00Z on 2016-12-25Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2016-12-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 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
593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

656 
WWUS74 KTSA 251917
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
117 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

OKZ054>067-260100-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0011.161225T1917Z-161226T0100Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-
DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...
VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...GROVE...
JAY...SAPULPA...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...WAGONER
117 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

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

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH 7PM.

* WINDS...WINDS WILL GUST BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH ACROSS PARTS OF
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO THE EARLY EVENING.  

* IMPACTS...WATERS ON AREA LAKES WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY CHOPPY.
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAYBE DIFFICULT TO HANDLE ON ELEVATED ROADS
LIKE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION.  BOATERS SHOULD MOVE TO PROTECTED
AREAS.


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 25, 2:37 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee53 min
Dec 25, 3:26 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage, Pawnee64 min
Dec 25, 4:05 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage55 min
Dec 25, 4:44 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington46 min
Dec 25, 5:30 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata45 min

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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.