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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Mar 6, 2016, 3:24 AM CST for 15 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 6, 2016, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 2016, 3:24 AM CST (09:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2016, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties 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), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 2797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
561 WWUS74 KTSA 060924 NPWTSA URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 324 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 OKZ054>067-070-071-070100- /O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0006.160306T1800Z-160307T0100Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES- DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA... VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY... BRISTOW...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA 324 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA... CRAIG...OTTAWA...PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE... CREEK...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...WAGONER...MUSKOGEE...AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 10:03 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington | 5 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:25 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TSA | Craig, Creek, Mayes, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 6 more | 16 hr |
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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.