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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Apr 26, 2011, 4:13 PM CDT for 4 states. It took effect at Apr 27, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2011, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 27, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 5:13 AM CDT
- In force
- 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 21:17 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, 9.2 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
- 112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -229 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
552 WWUS74 KMEG 262113 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 413 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD INTO THE MIDSOUTH WEDNESDAY EVENING...BEHIND A DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001>017-020>024- TNZ049-088>090-271100- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0017.110427T2300Z-110428T0500Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- 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-TIPTON-SHELBY- FAYETTE-HARDEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...CORINTH...IUKA...TUNICA... BOONEVILLE...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY... TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN...COVINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN... COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR 413 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS: 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * TIMING: WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS: UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BLOWN BY THE WIND...BOATERS MAY ENCOUNTER SIGNIFICANT CHOP ON AREA LAKES... DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY ENCOUNTER DIFFICULTY. 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. && $$ MOZ113-115-TNZ001>004-019>021-048-050>055-091-092-271100- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0017.110428T0200Z-110428T1100Z/ DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL- LAUDERDALE-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR- MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...UNION CITY... MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN... HUNTINGDON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...SAVANNAH 413 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CDT THURSDAY. * WINDS: 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING: LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY MORNING THURSDAY. * IMPACTS: UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY BLOWN BY THE WIND...BOATERS MAY ENCOUNTER SIGNIFICANT CHOP ON AREA LAKES... DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY ENCOUNTER DIFFICULTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ PWB
1 follow-up statement
687 WWUS74 KMEG 271013 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 513 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED... .BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH WIND ADVISORY LEVELS SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001>017-020>024- TNZ049-088>090-271115- /O.CAN.KMEG.WI.Y.0017.110427T2300Z-110428T0500Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- 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-TIPTON-SHELBY- FAYETTE-HARDEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...CORINTH...IUKA...TUNICA... BOONEVILLE...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY... TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN...COVINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN... COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR 513 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ MOZ113-115-TNZ001>004-019>021-048-050>055-091-092-271115- /O.CAN.KMEG.WI.Y.0017.110428T0200Z-110428T1100Z/ DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL- LAUDERDALE-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR- MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...UNION CITY... MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN... HUNTINGDON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...SAVANNAH 513 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 8:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lowndes, Monroe | 7 days |
| Apr 25, 9:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Tunica | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tunica | 55 min |
| Apr 25, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Tunica | 61 min |
| Apr 25, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tunica | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica | 57 min |
| Apr 25, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Tate, Tippah, Union | 62 min |
| Apr 25, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Union and 1 more | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Prentiss and 3 more | 76 min |
| Apr 26, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union and 1 more | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 12:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah, Tishomingo | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 12:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah, Union | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 12:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 12:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 12:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Union | 19 min |
| Apr 26, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc and 2 more | 64 min |
| Apr 26, 3:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 1:30 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 43 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 5:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Tunica | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica | 53 min |
| Apr 26, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tunica | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tunica | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 6:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 7:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 66 min |
| Apr 25, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 9:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 10:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 12:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 12 hr |
| Apr 26, 1:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 10 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 8 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 4:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 55 min |
| Apr 26, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, St. Francis | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 5:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 6:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pemiscot | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison, Shelby, Tipton | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, McNairy, Madison and 2 more | 50 min |
| Apr 25, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Henderson and 2 more | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Gibson, Hardin, Henderson and 1 more | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy and 1 more | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry, Weakley | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, McNairy | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 9:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Hardin | 14 days |
| Apr 26, 1:41 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Decatur, Perry | 26 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 47 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.