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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 17, 20165 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Oct 17, 2016, 12:10 PM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 17, 2016, 12:10 PM CDT (17:10 UTC)
Expired
Oct 17, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Craig County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:08 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 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2016-10-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2016-10-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 413 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-708 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1120 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
413 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
415 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

176 
WWUS74 KTSA 171710
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1210 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016


OKZ054>059-180100-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0009.161017T1710Z-161018T0100Z/
OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...
VINITA...MIAMI...PAWNEE
1210 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA... 
  CRAIG...OTTAWA...AND PAWNEE COUNTIES.

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING

* WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DRIVERS OF VANS, CAMPERS, TRAILERS, AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE
VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE DANGER OF THESE HIGH WINDS,
ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ALONG ROADS ORIENTED EAST WEST,
AND ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

$$

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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.