Alert archive / Oklahoma / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Jan 24, 2017, 3:10 AM CST for 6 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Jan 24, 2017, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2017, 3:10 AM CST (09:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 24, 2017, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2017, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Creek County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:07 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
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 2103 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 275 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
042 WWUS84 KTSA 240910 RFWTSA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 310 AM CST TUE JAN 24 2017 OKZ054-055-059-060-064>066-250100- /O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0001.170124T1800Z-170125T0100Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-PAWNEE-TULSA-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE- 310 AM CST TUE JAN 24 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 75 ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...IN OKLAHOMA, OSAGE, WASHINGTON, PAWNEE, TULSA, CREEK, OKFUSKEE, AND OKMULGEE COUNTIES. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AROUND 20 PERCENT FROM MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURE...HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REPORT ANY FIRES IMMEDIATELY TO LOCAL OFFICIALS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION IS EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS, FAVORING RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER FACTORS INCLUDE STRONGER WINDS, LOWER HUMIDITIES, AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. && $$
1 follow-up statement
387 WWUS84 KTSA 250102 RFWTSA URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 702 PM CST TUE JAN 24 2017 OKZ054-055-059-060-064>066-250215- /O.EXP.KTSA.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170125T0100Z/ OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-PAWNEE-TULSA-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE- 702 PM CST TUE JAN 24 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... FIRE SPREAD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THIS EVENING AS WINDS DIMINISH...TEMPERATURES COOL AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES RISE. $$
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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.