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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

January 11, 201721 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Jan 11, 2017, 3:08 AM CST for 21 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Jan 11, 2017, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 11, 2017, 3:08 AM CST (09:08 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 11, 2017, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 11, 2017, 6:00 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
All 25 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:05 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2017-01-11Temperature 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2017-01-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
2465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
95 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

561 
WWUS74 KTSA 110908
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
308 AM CST WED JAN 11 2017

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-055>058-060>076-120000-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0002.170111T1500Z-170112T0000Z/
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-TULSA-ROGERS-
MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-CHEROKEE-ADAIR-
MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE...
EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...HUNTSVILLE...
VAN BUREN...OZARK...CHARLESTON...FORT SMITH...ANTLERS...CLAYTON...
HUGO...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI...TULSA...
CLAREMORE...PRYOR...GROVE...JAY...SAPULPA...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...
WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...CHECOTAH...SALLISAW...
MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU
308 AM CST WED JAN 11 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...IN ARKANSAS...BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON... 
  MADISON...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES. IN 
  OKLAHOMA...PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...
  CRAIG... OTTAWA...TULSA...ROGERS...MAYES...DELAWARE...CREEK...
  OKFUSKEE... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...CHEROKEE...ADAIR...MUSKOGEE...
  MCINTOSH... SEQUOYAH...PITTSBURG...HASKELL...LATIMER...AND LE 
  FLORE COUNTIES.

* TIMING...MID MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 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.


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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 11, 3:05 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchTSACraig, Creek, Nowata, Ottawa, Pawnee, Rogers and 2 more24 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Oklahoma, 2017Wind Advisories in Arkansas, 2017Every wind advisory in 2017

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.