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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Memphis, TN

January 6, 20087 counties in Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri

NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Jan 6, 2008, 1:13 PM CST for 7 counties in Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 6, 2008, 1:13 PM CST (19:13 UTC)
Expired
Jan 6, 2008, 7:00 PM CST
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 19:11 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 2008-01-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 2008-01-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 307 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
307 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
351 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 061913
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
113 PM CST SUN JAN 6 2008

...WINDY CONDITIONS OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI
BOOTHEEL... 

.SOUTH WINDS ARE BLOWING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT LOCATED FROM
NORTHERN MISSOURI INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA. AS A RESULT SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH ARE OCCURRING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST
ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL WITH WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40
MPH. 

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-070100-
/O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.080106T1913Z-080107T0100Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...
HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE
113 PM CST SUN JAN 6 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL.

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.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS74 KMEG 070107
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
707 PM CST SUN JAN 6 2008

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-070215-
/O.EXP.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080107T0100Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...
HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE
707 PM CST SUN JAN 6 2008

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA OVER NORTHEAST
ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL THIS EVENING. SOUTHERLY WINDS
BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF
TONIGHT,  

$$

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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.