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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Mar 19, 2008, 12:44 PM CDT for Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri; 7 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2008, 12:44 PM CDT (17:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
Counties Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 311 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KMEG 191744 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1244 PM CDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER THIS EVENING... ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-200000- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0013.080319T1744Z-080320T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE 1244 PM CDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE AREA HAS CREATED A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH. THIS WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. 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. $$ JLH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KMEG 192357 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 657 PM CDT WED MAR 19 2008 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-200100- /O.EXP.KMEG.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080320T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE 657 PM CDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. $$ SJM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 41 min |
| Mar 18, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Pemiscot | 47 min |
| Mar 19, 8:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 4 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Pemiscot | 34 days |
| Mar 18, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 45 min |
| Mar 18, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi | 51 min |
| Mar 18, 10:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis | 9 hr |
| Mar 18, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 51 min |
| Mar 18, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 46 min |
| Mar 19, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi, Poinsett | 55 min |
| Mar 19, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 52 min |
| Mar 19, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, Phillips | 32 min |
| Mar 19, 10:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 36 days |
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.