Alert archive / Mississippi / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this wind advisory at Apr 14, 2012, 3:03 PM CDT for 12 counties in Mississippi; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas; 9 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Apr 15, 2012, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2012, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2012, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
All 23 counties
Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 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 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 1564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
721 WWUS74 KJAN 142003 NPWJAN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 303 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS DELTA SUNDAY... SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS UPWARDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS DELTA AND ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE DELTA REGION AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SHIFTS ACROSS THE MID/UPPER MS VALLEY. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DROP DOWN THROUGH EARLY EVENING SUNDAY. ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>027-034>036- 040>042-047-150415- /O.NEW.KJAN.WI.Y.0005.120415T1200Z-120416T0000Z/ ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR- SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES- ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP... OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI... TALLULAH...WINNSBORO...JONESVILLE...HARRISONBURG...NEWELLTON... ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF...VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY... CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA... VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON...CARROLLTON...GREENVILLE...BELZONI... ISOLA...DURANT...TCHULA...LEXINGTON...PICKENS...GOODMAN... MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA...YAZOO CITY...VICKSBURG 303 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 10AM - 5PM * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35-40 MPH * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...COULD RESULT ON EAST/WEST BOUND ROADWAYS. SMALL TREE BRANCHES OR OLD/DISEASED TREES MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE OF FALLING AND CAUSING ISOLATED DAMAGE. ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS WILL BE BLOWN DOWN POTENTIALLY BLOCKING ROADS AND ADDING TO THE DRIVING RISK. 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. && $$ ALLEN
4 follow-up statements
662 WWUS74 KJAN 150251 NPWJAN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 951 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS DELTA SUNDAY... SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS UPWARDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS DELTA AND ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE DELTA REGION AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SHIFTS ACROSS THE MID/UPPER MS VALLEY. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DROP DOWN THROUGH EARLY EVENING SUNDAY. ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>027-034>036- 040>042-047-151100- /O.CON.KJAN.WI.Y.0005.120415T1200Z-120416T0000Z/ ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR- SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES- ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP... OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI... TALLULAH...WINNSBORO...JONESVILLE...HARRISONBURG...NEWELLTON... ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF...VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY... CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA... VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON...CARROLLTON...GREENVILLE...BELZONI... ISOLA...DURANT...TCHULA...LEXINGTON...PICKENS...GOODMAN... MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA...YAZOO CITY...VICKSBURG 951 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 10 AM AND 5 PM * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35-40 MPH * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...COULD RESULT ON EAST/WEST BOUND ROADWAYS. SMALL TREE BRANCHES OR OLD/DISEASED TREES MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE OF FALLING AND CAUSING ISOLATED DAMAGE. ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS WILL BE BLOWN DOWN POTENTIALLY BLOCKING ROADS AND ADDING TO THE DRIVING RISK. 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. && $$ AEG
495 WWUS74 KJAN 150857 NPWJAN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 357 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS DELTA TODAY... SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS UPWARDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS DELTA AND ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE DELTA REGION AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SHIFTS ACROSS THE MID/UPPER MS VALLEY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING. ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>027-034>036- 040>042-047-151700- /O.CON.KJAN.WI.Y.0005.120415T1200Z-120416T0000Z/ ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR- SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES- ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP... OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI... TALLULAH...WINNSBORO...JONESVILLE...HARRISONBURG...NEWELLTON... ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF...VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY... CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA... VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON...CARROLLTON...GREENVILLE...BELZONI... ISOLA...DURANT...TCHULA...LEXINGTON...PICKENS...GOODMAN... MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA...YAZOO CITY...VICKSBURG 357 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 11 AM AND 6 PM * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35-40 MPH * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...COULD RESULT ON EAST/WEST BOUND ROADWAYS. SMALL TREE BRANCHES OR OLD/DISEASED TREES MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE OF FALLING AND CAUSING ISOLATED DAMAGE. ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS WILL BE BLOWN DOWN POTENTIALLY BLOCKING ROADS AND ADDING TO THE DRIVING RISK. 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. && $$
588 WWUS74 KJAN 151529 NPWJAN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1029 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS DELTA TODAY... SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS UPWARDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS DELTA AND ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE DELTA REGION AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SHIFTS ACROSS THE MID/UPPER MS VALLEY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING. ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>027-034>036- 040>042-047-152330- /O.CON.KJAN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120416T0000Z/ ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR- SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES- ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP... OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI... TALLULAH...WINNSBORO...JONESVILLE...HARRISONBURG...NEWELLTON... ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF...VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY... CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA... VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON...CARROLLTON...GREENVILLE...BELZONI... ISOLA...DURANT...TCHULA...LEXINGTON...PICKENS...GOODMAN... MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA...YAZOO CITY...VICKSBURG 1029 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 11 AM AND 6 PM * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35-40 MPH * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...COULD RESULT ON EAST/WEST BOUND ROADWAYS. SMALL TREE BRANCHES OR OLD/DISEASED TREES MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE OF FALLING AND CAUSING ISOLATED DAMAGE. ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS WILL BE BLOWN DOWN POTENTIALLY BLOCKING ROADS AND ADDING TO THE DRIVING RISK. 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. && $$ ALLEN
702 WWUS74 KJAN 152228 NPWJAN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 528 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS DELTA TODAY... SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UPWARDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH FROM THE SOUTH WILL CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS DELTA AND ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL EXIST ACROSS THE DELTA REGION AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SHIFTS ACROSS THE MID/UPPER MS VALLEY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING. ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>027-034>036- 040>042-047-160000- /O.CON.KJAN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120416T0000Z/ ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR- SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES- ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP... OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI... TALLULAH...WINNSBORO...JONESVILLE...HARRISONBURG...NEWELLTON... ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF...VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY... CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA... VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON...CARROLLTON...GREENVILLE...BELZONI... ISOLA...DURANT...TCHULA...LEXINGTON...PICKENS...GOODMAN... MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA...YAZOO CITY...VICKSBURG 528 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH 7 PM * WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35-40 MPH * IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...COULD RESULT ON EAST/WEST BOUND ROADWAYS. SMALL TREE BRANCHES OR OLD/DISEASED TREES MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE OF FALLING AND CAUSING ISOLATED DAMAGE. ANY LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS WILL BE BLOWN DOWN POTENTIALLY BLOCKING ROADS AND ADDING TO THE DRIVING RISK. 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. && $$
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.