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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Memphis, TN

March 19, 2008Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri; 7 counties in Arkansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2008-03-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2008-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -125 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 7:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDunklin, Pemiscot41 min
Mar 18, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGPemiscot47 min
Mar 19, 8:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGDunklin, Pemiscot4 hr
Mar 19, 10:44 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGPemiscot34 days
Mar 18, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi45 min
Mar 18, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCraighead, Mississippi51 min
Mar 18, 10:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCrittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis9 hr
Mar 18, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis51 min
Mar 18, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis46 min
Mar 19, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi, Poinsett55 min
Mar 19, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPhillips52 min
Mar 19, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Lee, Phillips32 min
Mar 19, 10:44 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGCrittenden, Mississippi36 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.