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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Apr 5, 2009, 4:05 AM CDT for 4 states. It took effect at Apr 5, 2009, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2009, 4:05 AM CDT (09:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2009, 3:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2009, 3:52 AM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 56 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, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha 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), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 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 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1435 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 493 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 050905 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 405 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID SOUTH TODAY BRINGING WINDY CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. IN ADDITION UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT WHICH WILL LEAD TO LOWS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID SOUTH. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-051800- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0014.090405T2000Z-090406T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMEG.FZ.A.0001.090407T0500Z-090407T1400Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE 405 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY. A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AS COLD HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THIS UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS WILL LEAD TO TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. 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. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. && $$ ARZ035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021- 048>055-088>092-051800- /O.NEW.KMEG.FZ.A.0001.090407T0500Z-090407T1400Z/ CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DESOTO-MARSHALL- BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-TATE-PRENTISS-COAHOMA- QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA- TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-LAKE-OBION- WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD- CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-FAYETTE- HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...CORINTH...IUKA...TUNICA... BOONEVILLE...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY... TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN...UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN... PARIS...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON... JACKSON...LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE... MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH 405 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE...NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. && $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KMEG 051641 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1141 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING WINDY CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. IN ADDITION UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT WHICH WILL LEAD TO LOWS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID SOUTH. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-060045- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0014.090405T2000Z-090406T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMEG.FZ.A.0001.090407T0500Z-090407T1400Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE 1141 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AS COLD HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THIS UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS WILL LEAD TO TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. 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. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. && $$ ARZ035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021- 048>055-088>092-060045- /O.CON.KMEG.FZ.A.0001.090407T0500Z-090407T1400Z/ CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DESOTO-MARSHALL- BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-TATE-PRENTISS-COAHOMA- QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA- TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-LAKE-OBION- WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD- CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-FAYETTE- HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...CORINTH...IUKA...TUNICA... BOONEVILLE...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY... TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN...UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN... PARIS...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON... JACKSON...LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE... MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH 1141 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE...NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. && $$
000 WWUS74 KMEG 052034 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 334 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING WINDY CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. IN ADDITION UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT WHICH WILL LEAD TO LOWS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID SOUTH. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-060445- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090406T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMEG.FZ.A.0001.090407T0500Z-090407T1400Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE 334 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AS COLD HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THIS UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS WILL LEAD TO TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. 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. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. && $$ ARZ035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021- 048>055-088>092-060445- /O.CON.KMEG.FZ.A.0001.090407T0500Z-090407T1400Z/ CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DESOTO-MARSHALL- BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-TATE-PRENTISS-COAHOMA- QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA- TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-LAKE-OBION- WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD- CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-FAYETTE- HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...CORINTH...IUKA...TUNICA... BOONEVILLE...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY... TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN...UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN... PARIS...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON... JACKSON...LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE... MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH 334 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE...NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. && $$
000 WWUS74 KMEG 052156 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 456 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH THIS EVENING BRINGING WINDY CONDITIONS TO EAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...EXTREME WEST TENNESSEE...AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. IN ADDITION...UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT WHICH WILL LEAD TO LOWS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH. ARZ035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001-007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001-002-019- 048-049-088-060600- /O.EXA.KMEG.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090406T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMEG.FZ.A.0001.090407T0500Z-090407T1400Z/ CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE- COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAKE-OBION-DYER-LAUDERDALE- TIPTON-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...TUNICA...CLARKSDALE... BATESVILLE...UNION CITY...DYERSBURG...COVINGTON...BARTLETT... GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 456 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME WEST TENNESSEE BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE...NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND EAST ARKANSAS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. && $$ ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-060600- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090406T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMEG.FZ.A.0001.090407T0500Z-090407T1400Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE 456 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. THIS UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS WILL LEAD TO TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. && $$ MSZ002>006-009-013>017-021>024-TNZ003-004-020-021-050>055-089>092- 060600- /O.CON.KMEG.FZ.A.0001.090407T0500Z-090407T1400Z/ MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-PRENTISS-LAFAYETTE- UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE- WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-CARROLL-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER- HENDERSON-DECATUR-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORINTH...IUKA...BOONEVILLE...OXFORD... NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN...MARTIN...DRESDEN... PARIS...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON... SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH 456 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE... AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. && $$ KRM
000 WWUS74 KMEG 052320 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 620 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH THIS EVENING BRINGING WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. IN ADDITION...UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT WHICH WILL LEAD TO LOWS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH. MSZ002>006-009-013>017-021>024-TNZ003-004-020-021-050>055-089>092- 060730- /O.EXA.KMEG.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090406T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMEG.FZ.A.0001.090407T0500Z-090407T1400Z/ MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-PRENTISS-LAFAYETTE- UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE- WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-CARROLL-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER- HENDERSON-DECATUR-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORINTH...IUKA...BOONEVILLE...OXFORD... NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN...MARTIN...DRESDEN... PARIS...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON... SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH 620 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE... AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. && $$ ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-060730- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090406T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMEG.FZ.A.0001.090407T0500Z-090407T1400Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAKE-OBION- DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH... TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...UNION CITY...DYERSBURG... COVINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS... MILLINGTON 620 PM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...EXTREME WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. THIS UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS WILL LEAD TO TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. 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. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. && $$ KRM
000 WWUS74 KMEG 060547 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1247 AM CDT MON APR 6 2009 ...WINDY CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... .WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. IN ADDITION...UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT WHICH WILL LEAD TO LOWS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-061000- /O.EXT.KMEG.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090406T1000Z/ /O.CON.KMEG.FZ.A.0001.090407T0500Z-090407T1400Z/ 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-PONTOTOC-LEE MS- ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-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...TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN...UNION CITY... MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN... HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...BARTLETT... GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE... BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH 1247 AM CDT MON APR 6 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. IN ADDITION...THIS UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS WILL LEAD TO TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. 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. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. && $$
000 WWUS74 KMEG 060852 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 352 AM CDT MON APR 6 2009 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING... .UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO SETTLE INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL PRODUCE LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID SOUTH. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-061800- /O.CAN.KMEG.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090406T1000Z/ /O.UPG.KMEG.FZ.A.0001.090407T0500Z-090407T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KMEG.FZ.W.0001.090407T0500Z-090407T1400Z/ 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-PONTOTOC-LEE MS- ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-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...TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN...UNION CITY... MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN... HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...BARTLETT... GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE... BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH 352 AM CDT MON APR 6 2009 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS WILL PRODUCE BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR SEVERAL HOURS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID SOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. MAKE PREPARATIONS NOW TO PROTECT SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Apr 5, 3:47 AM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 3:47 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
347 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009
.DISCUSSION...
...FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...
SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED EARLY THIS MORNING OVER
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. INITIATION AND ONGOING
ACTIVITY BEING DRIVEN BY THE COMBINATION OF THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF
AND THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF A 300MB JET. TRACK OF THIS JET
COUPLET AND CURRENT RADAR TRENDS MAKES US FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THE
NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.
MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE IS CURRENTLY IN A SLIGHT RISK AREA WHICH IS
DIFFICULT TO ARGUE WITH. IF STORMS CAN DEVELOP IN THIS AREA THEN
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. TIMING OF
THE FRONT IS A MAJOR CHALLENGE AND WILL GREATLY INFLUENCE THE RAIN
CHANCES EAST OF THE RIVER. CURRENTLY AREAS WEST OF THE RIVER
SHOULD SEE SOME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BEFORE 1 PM. WHEREAS AREAS
EAST OF THE RIVER SHOULD EXPERIENCE THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1 PM.
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO HINGE ON FRONTAL POSITION AND AMOUNT OF
CLOUD COVER.
IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT...STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR ESPECIALLY
ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. WINDS SUSTAINED
AT 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS. BELIEVE
THAT OTHER AREAS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA SO WILL LET
FOLLOWING SHIFT EXAMINE THE POSSIBILITY.
MUCH COLDER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION. WRAP AROUND MOISTURE IN
THE FORM OF RAIN OR SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY OVER PARTS OF W
TN. SOUNDINGS INDICATE PRECIP WILL FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW HOWEVER
IF THE CURRENT MODEL DATA IS CORRECT...ABOVE FREEZING TEMPS WILL BE
AROUND 1500 FEET. SNOW SHOULD MELT AS IT FALLS THROUGH THE WARMER
LAYER BUT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY IT MAY NOT...THUS THE MENTION OF
LIGHT RAIN OR LIGHT SNOW. TEMPERATURES MONDAY ARE OPTIMISTIC IN THE
MID AND UPPER 40S. IT COULD BE A FEW DEGREES COLDER.
ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL DIG THE TROUGH EVEN DEEPER OVER THE MIDSOUTH
ON MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES TO OCCUR
OVER THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH FOR SEVERAL HOURS. SOME LIGHT RAIN OR LIGHT
SNOW COULD OCCUR AGAIN OVER PARTS OF W TN AND PERHAPS NE MS. WORTH
MENTIONING AGAIN...PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN NOW TO PREPARE COLD
SENSITIVE VEGETATION FOR THIS UPCOMING KILLING FREEZE. A FREEZE
WATCH WILL ALSO BE ISSUED THIS MORNING.
CLOUDS WILL LIKELY HANG ON ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE
MIDSOUTH UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING. DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH WARM ADVECTION
TAKES PLACE OVER THE FORECAST AREA ON TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT
WILL GREATLY INFLUENCE LOW TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN
ADDITIONAL FREEZE MAY OCCUR FOR MANY LOCATIONS EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
AC
LONG RANGE...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
00Z ECMWF/GFS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH OVERALL SYNOPTIC PATTERN
ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH THE LONG RANGE FORECAST. THE
00Z GFS HAS TRENDED ON THE QUICKER SIDE OF CONSENSUS AND THE 00Z
ECMWF ABOUT 12 HRS SLOWER THAN THE 00Z GFS. AS A RESULT...USED A
BLEND OF THE ECMWF/GFS ENSEMBLE FOR THE LONG RANGE FORECAST. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY WITH
BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARMING. A WARM FRONT WILL
BEGIN TO PUSH NORTH ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THURSDAY
WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. OVERALL NOT TOO MANY CHANGES WITH POPS OTHER
THAN TO REMOVE POPS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND RAISE CHANCE POPS TO
LIKELY THURSDAY NIGHT.
CJC
&&
.AVIATION...
06Z TAF CYCLE
LOW PRESSURE OVER KANSAS WILL MOVE EAST TOWARD THE MID MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE FRONT
WILL BE NEAR KJBR BY 16Z-18Z SUN. VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MOST OF TONIGHT. MVFR CIGS WILL MOVE INTO THE MID SOUTH FROM
THE SOUTHWEST AFTER 11Z-13Z. THERE IS AT LEAST SOME POSSIBILITY THAT
THESE CIGS COULD BE IFR BUT NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO MENTION IN TAF
ATTM. THE FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MID SOUTH SUN AFTERNOON WITH
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ATTM LOOKS LIKE
KJBR AND KMKL STAND THE BEST CHANCE OF HAVING A SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM. WILL MENTION VCTS AT ALL TAF SITES INVOF FRONTAL
PASSAGE. AFTER FRONT MOVES THROUGH VFR CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY
RETURN AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE WEST...INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY.
WRAPAROUND MVFR CIGS WILL MOVE BACK INTO AT LEAST KJBR...KMKL AND
KMEM FROM 03Z-06Z AS SURFACE WINDS SHIFT TO THE NW AND REMAIN GUSTY.
SJM
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MEM 70 39 46 30 / 50 20 10 10
MKL 73 38 45 26 / 50 20 30 10
JBR 66 35 46 26 / 60 20 10 10
TUP 74 42 49 28 / 30 20 20 10
&&
.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR
CLAY-CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROSS-GREENE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-
MISSISSIPPI-PHILLIPS-POINSETT-RANDOLPH-ST. FRANCIS.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY FOR
CLAY-CRAIGHEAD-GREENE-LAWRENCE-MISSISSIPPI-POINSETT-
RANDOLPH.
MO...FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR
DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY FOR
DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT.
MS...FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR
ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-COAHOMA-DESOTO-ITAWAMBA-
LAFAYETTE-LEE MS-MARSHALL-MONROE-PANOLA-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-
QUITMAN-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION-
YALOBUSHA.
TN...FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR
CARROLL-CHESTER-CROCKETT-DECATUR-DYER-FAYETTE-GIBSON-
HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-
MADISON-MCNAIRY-OBION-SHELBY-TIPTON-WEAKLEY.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 4:06 AM CDT, 23 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 406 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-051115- ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY- ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA- UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- 406 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR ON MONDAY IN THE WAKE OF A POWERFUL COLD FRONT. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NECESSARY FOR MONDAY. A LATE SEASON FREEZE WILL OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AS COLD HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE MIDSOUTH. FREEZE WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 4:05 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 5, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 19 min |
| Apr 5, 8:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lowndes, Monroe | 25 hr |
| Apr 5, 10:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 38 min |
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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.