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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Memphis, TN

February 13, 20074 states

NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Feb 13, 2007, 11:52 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 13, 2007, 11:52 AM CST (17:52 UTC)
Expired
Feb 14, 2007, 12:00 AM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
All 37 counties

Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 89 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2007-02-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 157 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2007-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
157 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS74 KMEG 131752
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1152 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND COLDER TEMPERATURES TO ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON...

.WINDY AND COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH THIS
AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 15 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR WITH
SOME HIGHER GUSTS. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO FALL INTO THE 40S IN
MOST AREAS WITH 30S ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS.

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001-
007-010-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-140200-
/O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.070213T1752Z-070214T0600Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE(AR)-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-
DESOTO-TUNICA-COAHOMA-LAKE-OBION-DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...
HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...
HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...
TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...UNION CITY...DYERSBURG...COVINGTON...
BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON
1152 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

WINDS WILL PICK UP TO 15 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR THIS AFTERNOON WITH
SOME HIGHER GUSTS. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO TAKE A TUMBLE INTO THE
40S WITH 30S IN EASTERN ARKANSAS.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS74 KMEG 132138
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
338 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND COLDER TEMPERATURES FOR THE MIDSOUTH
THIS EVENING...

.WINDY AND COLDER AIR HAS ARRIVED ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH. FOR THE
EVENING HOURS LOOK FOR SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 15 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR
WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. NORTH OF A LINE FROM JONESBORO TO JACKSON
A FEW FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL.

TNZ003-004-020-021-050>055-089>092-140545-
/O.EXA.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/
WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-CARROLL-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-
HENDERSON-DECATUR-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...HUMBOLDT...
MILAN...HUNTINGDON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...
SAVANNAH
338 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

EXPECT WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR THIS EVENING WITH SOME
HIGHER GUSTS. 

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001-
007-010-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-140545-
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE(AR)-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-
DESOTO-TUNICA-COAHOMA-LAKE-OBION-DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...
HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...
HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...
TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...UNION CITY...DYERSBURG...COVINGTON...
BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON
338 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

EXPECT WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR THIS EVENING WITH SOME
HIGHER GUSTS. 

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.


$$
000 
WWUS74 KMEG 140558
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1158 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE 
MIDSOUTH OVERNIGHT...

.THE COMBINATION OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN AND LOW PRESSURE
MOVING EAST OF THE AREA WILL ALLOW WINDS TO WEAKEN FOR THE
REST OF TONIGHT.

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001-
007-010-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-140700-
/O.EXP.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070214T0600Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE(AR)-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-
DESOTO-TUNICA-COAHOMA-LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-
CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-
HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...
HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...
HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...
TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...
DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON...JACKSON...
LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...
MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH
1158 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE 
TO SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL STAY BELOW WIND
ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

MBS

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.