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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Memphis, TN

October 18, 200712 counties in Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri

NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Oct 18, 2007, 11:15 AM CDT for 12 counties in Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 18, 2007, 11:15 AM CDT (16:15 UTC)
Expired
Oct 18, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN

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

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 2007-10-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 263 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 2007-10-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 197 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
263 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

000 
WWUS74 KMEG 181615
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1115 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

.STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS AND
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL THIS AFTERNOON...

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-182300-
/O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0009.071018T1615Z-071018T2300Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...
HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...
HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE
1115 AM CDT THU OCT 18 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. 

WIND SPEEDS OF AROUND 25 MPH HAS ALREADY BEEN OBSERVED OVER
PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. EXPECT SPEEDS
TO INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS OVER THIS AREA THUS AN WIND
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI
BOOTHEEL FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

$$

KRM
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS74 KMEG 182243
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
543 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007


ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-182345-
/O.EXP.KMEG.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-071018T2300Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...
HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...
HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE
543 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 17, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, St. Francis29 min
Oct 18, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay, Lawrence, Randolph33 min
Oct 18, 3:06 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGCrittenden54 min
Oct 18, 3:50 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGMississippi39 min
Oct 18, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay31 min
Oct 18, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi38 min
Oct 18, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDunklin42 min
Oct 18, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPemiscot42 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.