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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 28, 20205 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this wind advisory at Mar 28, 2020, 3:08 PM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 28, 2020, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 2020, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 5 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 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 857 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1192 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 321 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 239 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 8.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

605 
WWUS74 KTSA 282008
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
308 PM CDT Sat Mar 28 2020

OKZ054>059-290100-
/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0004.200328T2008Z-200329T0100Z/
Osage-Washington OK-Nowata-Craig-Ottawa-Pawnee-
Including the cities of Pawhuska, Bartlesville, Nowata, Vinita, 
Miami, and Pawnee
308 PM CDT Sat Mar 28 2020

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

* WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* WHERE...Osage, Washington OK, Nowata, Craig, Ottawa and Pawnee 
  Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Winds this strong can make driving difficult, 
  especially for high profile vehicles.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should exercise caution while driving.  Be alert to
sudden gusts of wind which may cause you to lose control of your
vehicle.  Extra attention should be given to cross winds and on
bridges and overpasses.

&&

$$

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1 follow-up statement

602 
WWUS74 KTSA 290047
NPWTSA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
747 PM CDT Sat Mar 28 2020

OKZ054>059-290200-
/O.EXP.KTSA.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-200329T0100Z/
Osage-Washington OK-Nowata-Craig-Ottawa-Pawnee-
Including the cities of Pawhuska, Bartlesville, Nowata, Vinita, 
Miami, and Pawnee
747 PM CDT Sat Mar 28 2020

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

Westerly winds will continue to gradually diminish this evening. A
few gusts near 35 mph will be possible across far northern 
Oklahoma through 10 pm, otherwise the wind advisory will be 
allowed to expire. 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 28, 4:01 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	TSA	Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa and 5 more	11 hr
Mar 28, 4:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	51 min
Mar 28, 5:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	52 min
Mar 28, 5:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	52 min
Mar 28, 5:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata, Washington	39 min
Mar 28, 6:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	17 min
Mar 28, 6:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	44 min
Mar 28, 6:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Ottawa	57 min
Mar 28, 6:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	25 min
Mar 28, 6:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	34 min
Mar 28, 7:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	36 min
Mar 28, 7:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	28 min
Mar 28, 7:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	32 min
Mar 28, 9:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	34 min

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.