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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2011, 12:06 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2011, 12:06 PM CST (18:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2011, 3:53 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 42 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, Benton County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica 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), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 1953 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
584 WWUS74 KMEG 281806 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1206 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS BEHIND COLD FRONT... .A STRONG COLD FRONT IS MOVING ACROSS THE MID SOUTH. GUSTY NORTH WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL IMPACT THE MID SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>003-007-008-010>012-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092- 282200- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0005.110228T1806Z-110228T2200Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-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... TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...UNION CITY...MARTIN... DRESDEN...PARIS...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON... COVINGTON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN... COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR... SAVANNAH 1206 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTH WINDS AT 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * TIMING: THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR A COUPLE HOURS AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH AND WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. A FEW SMALL TREE BRANCHES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. 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. && $$ SJM
1 follow-up statement
060 WWUS74 KMEG 282153 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 353 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>003-007-008-010>012-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092- 282300- /O.CAN.KMEG.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110228T2200Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAKE- OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD- CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-FAYETTE- HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH... TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...UNION CITY...MARTIN... DRESDEN...PARIS...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON... COVINGTON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN... COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR... SAVANNAH 353 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 10:47 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Shelby, Tipton | 7 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 6:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur, Henderson | 25 min |
| Feb 28, 6:53 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 7:08 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 22 min |
| Feb 28, 8:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson | 117 min |
| Feb 28, 1:46 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lawrence, Randolph | 29 min |
| Feb 28, 2:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Clay, Randolph | 43 min |
| Feb 28, 3:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 30 min |
| Feb 28, 3:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 46 min |
| Feb 28, 3:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | 30 min | |
| Feb 28, 3:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | 46 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.