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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Tulsa, OK

February 16, 20175 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this red flag warning at Feb 16, 2017, 3:45 AM CST for 5 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Feb 16, 2017, 11:00 AM 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
Feb 16, 2017, 3:45 AM CST (09:45 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 16, 2017, 11:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 16, 2017, 6:00 PM CST
In force
7 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 09:49 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, 9.8 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 00:00Z on 2017-02-16Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2017-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
2157 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

531 
WWUS84 KTSA 160945
RFWTSA

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
345 AM CST Thu Feb 16 2017

...Very high fire danger this afternoon across portions of NE OK...

OKZ054>059-170000-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FW.W.0005.170216T1700Z-170217T0000Z/
Osage-Washington OK-Nowata-Craig-Ottawa-Pawnee-
345 AM CST Thu Feb 16 2017

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR AREAS GENERALLY
NORTH OF I-44. 

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a Red Flag
Warning, which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 6 PM CST
this evening. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN Oklahoma, Osage, Washington, Nowata, Craig, 
  Ottawa, and Pawnee counties. 

* WIND...Gusty winds at 20 TO 30 MPH. 

* HUMIDITY...Around 25 percent.

* TEMPERATURE...Highs in the lower 70S. 

* IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. 
  Outdoor burning is not recommended.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

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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.