Alert archive / Tennessee / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 16, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Apr 22, 2011, 10:23 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2011, 10:23 AM CDT (15:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 36 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, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Carroll County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:26 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 607 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 442 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 341 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
445 WWUS74 KMEG 221523 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1023 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE TODAY. THESE WINDS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MORE TREE DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY THOSE WEAKENED BY THE RECENT SEVERE WEATHER. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 002-007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>052-088-089-230000- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0016.110422T1523Z-110423T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-MARSHALL-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE- LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON- HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-SHELBY-FAYETTE- 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...MARTIN... DRESDEN...PARIS...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON... COVINGTON...JACKSON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE... MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE 1023 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2011 ...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. * WINDS: SOUTH AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 OR 40 MPH. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG MAY RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY THOSE WEAKENED BY THE RECENT SEVERE WEATHER. THIS COULD RESULT IN MORE POWER OUTAGES. ALSO...LOOSE UNSECURED ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. 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. && $$ BORGHOFF
1 follow-up statement
007 WWUS74 KMEG 222311 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 611 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING... .GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING AS A STORM CONTINUES TO DEEPEN ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. THESE WINDS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MORE TREE DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY THOSE WEAKENED BY THE RECENT SEVERE WEATHER. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 002-007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>052-088-089-230200- /O.EXT.KMEG.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110423T0200Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-MARSHALL-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE- LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON- HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-SHELBY-FAYETTE- 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...MARTIN... DRESDEN...PARIS...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON... COVINGTON...JACKSON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE... MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE 611 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTH AROUND 20 OR 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 OR 40 MPH. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH MID EVENING. * IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG MAY RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY THOSE WEAKENED BY THE RECENT SEVERE WEATHER. THIS COULD RESULT IN MORE POWER OUTAGES. ALSO...LOOSE UNSECURED ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT. 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. && $$ JAB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 11:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Tunica | 38 days |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Tennessee, 2011Wind Advisories in Arkansas, 2011Wind Advisories in Mississippi, 2011Every wind advisory in 2011
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.