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Geography & Weather Station
Heavy Wind Advisory for Oklahoma

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Jess

Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 3:07 pm

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All I can say is this is not good. Why? We are already in severe drought and under a red flag warning.

The Weather Channel wrote:

/O.NEW.KTSA.WI.Y.0001.060101T1800Z-060102T0000Z/ BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN- PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE- 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...PAWHUSKA...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...VINITA...MIAMI... PAWNEE...TULSA...CLAREMORE...PRYOR...JAY...BRISTOW...OKEMAH... OKMULGEE...WAGONER...TAHLEQUAH...STILWELL...MUSKOGEE...EUFAULA... SALLISAW...MCALESTER...STIGLER...WILBURTON...POTEAU 855 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2006
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...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE ADVISORY INCLUDES ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA... NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...PUSHING A DRY LINE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA BY EARLY THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH BY AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA...WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA BY MID AFTERNOON BEHIND THE DRY LINE.

AHEAD OF THE DRY LINE...SOUTH WINDS MAY GUST TO 40 MPH... ESPECIALLY OVER THE RIDGETOPS IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.