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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Apr 2, 2009, 3:05 PM CDT for 4 states. It took effect at Apr 2, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2009, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2009, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 48 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, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union 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), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KMEG 022005 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 305 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR OVER MUCH OF THE MID-SOUTH TONIGHT... .STRONG AND STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. THIS LOW WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS OVER THE MID-SOUTH. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>014-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-030415- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0013.090403T0000Z-090403T1000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-TATE- PRENTISS-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-LAKE-OBION- WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD- CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-FAYETTE- HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH... CORINTH...IUKA...TUNICA...BOONEVILLE...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE... OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS... DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON...JACKSON... LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS... MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH 305 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM CDT FRIDAY. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KMEG 030400 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1100 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE MID-SOUTH TONIGHT... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTHEAST OF THE REGION TONIGHT. A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THIS LOW AND HIGH PRESSURE IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS OVER THE MID-SOUTH. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>014-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-031000- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-090403T1000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-TATE- PRENTISS-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-LAKE-OBION- WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD- CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-FAYETTE- HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH... CORINTH...IUKA...TUNICA...BOONEVILLE...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE... OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS... DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON...JACKSON... LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS... MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH 1100 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FRIDAY. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
000 WWUS74 KMEG 030545 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1245 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>014-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-030645- /O.CAN.KMEG.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-090403T1000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-TATE- PRENTISS-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-LAKE-OBION- WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD- CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-FAYETTE- HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH... CORINTH...IUKA...TUNICA...BOONEVILLE...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE... OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS... DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON...JACKSON... LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS... MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH 1245 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT INITIALLY CAUSED THE WIND ADVISORY TO BE ISSUED HAS MOVED WELL NORTHEAST OF THE MIDSOUTH. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. THUS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 10:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 11:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Union | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 58 min |
| Apr 2, 1:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 31 min |
| Apr 2, 2:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 57 min |
| Apr 2, 12:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Decatur, Henderson | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 5:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Phillips | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi, Poinsett | 39 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.