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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 4, 20166 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Apr 4, 2016, 3:17 PM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Apr 5, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 4, 2016, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 5, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 5, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Creek County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2016-04-04Temperature 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2016-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2938 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

144 
WWUS74 KTSA 042017
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
317 PM CDT MON APR 4 2016


.SOUTHERLY WINDS RETURN TUESDAY AND BECOME GUSTY ACROSS EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT FORECAST TO
MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND
GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS WILL BECOME
POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. 

OKZ054>056-059>061-064-050900-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0008.160405T1600Z-160406T0100Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON-NOWATA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-CREEK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...
PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...SAPULPA
317 PM CDT MON APR 4 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA... 
  PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...AND CREEK COUNTIES.

* TIMING...LATE MORNING TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE.

* 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
873 
WWUS74 KTSA 050804
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
304 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2016

.GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT
IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45
MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA.

OKZ054>056-059>061-064-052200-
/O.CON.KTSA.WI.Y.0008.160405T1600Z-160406T0100Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON-NOWATA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-CREEK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...
PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...SAPULPA
304 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
   8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA... 
  PAWNEE...TULSA...ROGERS...AND CREEK COUNTIES. 

* TIMING...LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. 

* WINDS...WIND GUSTS OF 40 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.

&&

$$
963 
WWUS74 KTSA 060105
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
805 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016

...WINDS ARE SUBSIDING THIS EVENING...

.WIND GUSTS HAVE SUBSIDED THIS EVENING AS TURBULENT MIXING
DECREASES WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. THEREFORE...THE WIND
ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM.

OKZ054>056-059>061-064-060215-
/O.EXP.KTSA.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160406T0100Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON-NOWATA-PAWNEE-TULSA-ROGERS-CREEK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...
PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...SAPULPA
805 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WIND GUSTS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING.
THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM.

$$

LACY

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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.