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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Jackson, MS

November 11, 2012Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas; Morehouse Parish, Louisiana; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this wind advisory at Nov 11, 2012, 3:41 AM CST for Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas; Morehouse Parish, Louisiana; 5 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Nov 11, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 2012, 3:41 AM CST (09:41 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 11, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 11, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Morehouse Parish, LA, Bolivar County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2012-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2012-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1402 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

041 
WWUS74 KJAN 110941
NPWJAN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
341 AM CST SUN NOV 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE DELTA REGION...

ARZ074-075-LAZ007-MSZ018-019-025-026-034-111745-
/O.NEW.KJAN.WI.Y.0010.121111T1700Z-121112T0000Z/
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-
WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG...
WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP...
CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA...
GREENVILLE
341 AM CST SUN NOV 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

.A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE EASTERN
SEABOARD AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN WINDY
CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TODAY.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING. 


* TIMING: SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY THIS MORNING
  AND BECOME LIGHTER THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35
  MPH.

* IMPACTS: DRIVING WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY ON EAST TO
  WEST ORIENTED ROUTES. HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL EXIST FOR SMALL
  CRAFT ON OPEN WATER. LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN
  FURNITURE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
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1 follow-up statement
933 
WWUS74 KJAN 111717
NPWJAN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1117 AM CST SUN NOV 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE DELTA
REGION...

ARZ074-075-LAZ007-MSZ018-019-025-026-034-120000-
/O.CON.KJAN.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121112T0000Z/
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-
WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG...
WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP...
CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA...
GREENVILLE
1117 AM CST SUN NOV 11 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING.

* TIMING: SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY THIS 
  MORNING AND BECOME LIGHTER THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS: DRIVING WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY ON EAST 
  TO WEST ORIENTED ROUTES. HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL EXIST FOR 
  SMALL CRAFT ON OPEN WATER. LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS 
  AND LAWN FURNITURE MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

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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.