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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Tulsa, OK

January 24, 20176 counties in Oklahoma

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2017-01-24Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2017-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 239 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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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.

$$

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.