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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Memphis, TN

April 15, 20074 states

NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2007, 7:45 AM CDT for 4 states. It took effect at Apr 15, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2007, 7:45 AM CDT (12:45 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 15, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 15, 2007, 5:52 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
All 45 counties

Crittenden County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Pemiscot County, MO, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha 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), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:48 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 2007-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 2007-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
953 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 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 151245
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
745 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2007

...WIND ADVISORY FOR MOST OF THE MIDSOUTH TODAY...


ARZ028-036-MOZ115-MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-
088>092-152045-
/O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0007.070415T1500Z-070415T2300Z/
MISSISSIPPI-CRITTENDEN-PEMISCOT-DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON(MS)-TIPPAH-
ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-TATE-PRENTISS-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-
LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE(MS)-ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-
CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-
CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-
HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLYTHEVILLE...WEST MEMPHIS...
CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...CORINTH...IUKA...
TUNICA...BOONEVILLE...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...OXFORD...
NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN...UNION CITY...MARTIN...
DRESDEN...PARIS...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...
COVINGTON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...
COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...
SAVANNAH
745 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY..BEHIND AN EXITING UPPER
LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. 

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED...OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS74 KMEG 152037
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
337 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2007


ARZ028-036-MOZ115-MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-
088>092-152300-
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070415T2300Z/
MISSISSIPPI-CRITTENDEN-PEMISCOT-DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON(MS)-TIPPAH-
ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-TATE-PRENTISS-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-
LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE(MS)-ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-
CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-
CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-
HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLYTHEVILLE...WEST MEMPHIS...
CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...CORINTH...IUKA...
TUNICA...BOONEVILLE...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...OXFORD...
NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN...UNION CITY...MARTIN...
DRESDEN...PARIS...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...
COVINGTON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...
COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...
SAVANNAH
337 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 6 PM CDT BEHIND AN
EXITING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED...OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
000 
WWUS74 KMEG 152252
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
552 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2007

...WINDS HAVE FALLEN TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING
AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE FURTHER OVERNIGHT...


ARZ028-036-MOZ115-MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-
088>092-160000-
/O.CAN.KMEG.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070415T2300Z/
MISSISSIPPI-CRITTENDEN-PEMISCOT-DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON(MS)-TIPPAH-
ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-TATE-PRENTISS-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-
LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE(MS)-ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-
CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-
CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-
HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLYTHEVILLE...WEST MEMPHIS...
CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...CORINTH...IUKA...
TUNICA...BOONEVILLE...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...OXFORD...
NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN...UNION CITY...MARTIN...
DRESDEN...PARIS...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...
COVINGTON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...
COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...
SAVANNAH
552 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

JLH

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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.