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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 6, 201615 counties in Oklahoma

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.

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, 9.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-03-06Temperature 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 2016-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 10:03 PM CSTFire Weather WatchTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington5 hr
Mar 6, 3:25 AM CSTRed Flag WarningTSACraig, Creek, Mayes, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 6 more16 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.