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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Feb 16, 2016, 10:10 AM CST for 17 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2016, 10:10 AM CST (16:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2016, 2:58 PM CST
- In force
- 5 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 16:08 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, 4.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1362 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 557 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
226 WWUS74 KTSA 161610 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1010 AM CST TUE FEB 16 2016 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-OKZ054>071-162200- /O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0003.160216T1610Z-160216T2200Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-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... VAN BUREN...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI... PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA 1010 AM CST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...IN ARKANSAS...BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON... MADISON...AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES. IN OKLAHOMA...OSAGE... WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA... ROGERS... MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... WAGONER... CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES. * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AR EXPECTED INTO THE AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND 30 TO 40 MPH ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AND ESPECIALLY AFTER SUNSET. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. ADDITIONALLY...THESE WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR THE RAPID SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. QUICKLY REPORT SMOKE OR FIRE TO YOUR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT. * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. && $$
1 follow-up statement
149 WWUS74 KTSA 162058 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 258 PM CST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...WINDS ARE SUBSIDING SOME THIS AFTERNOON... .A FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CONTINUES TO MOVE FARTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. AS A RESULT...THE WINDS ALOFT ARE DECREASING...AND THIS HAS BROUGHT ABOUT A REDUCTION IN WIND GUSTS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE CANCELLED. ARZ001-002-010-011-019-OKZ054>071-162200- /O.CAN.KTSA.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160216T2200Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK- NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK- OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE... VAN BUREN...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI... PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA 258 PM CST TUE FEB 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. IT IS NO LONGER IN AFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA...IN ARKANSAS...BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON...AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES. IN OKLAHOMA...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG... OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK... OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES. WIND GUSTS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE CANCELLED. $$ LACY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 1:22 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 3 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Oklahoma, 2016Wind Advisories in Arkansas, 2016Every wind advisory in 2016
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.