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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Jackson, MS

April 25, 2012East Carroll Parish, Morehouse Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana; 7 counties in Mississippi; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this wind advisory at Apr 25, 2012, 2:52 AM CDT for East Carroll Parish, Morehouse Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana; 7 counties in Mississippi; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Apr 25, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 2012, 2:52 AM CDT (07:52 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 25, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 25, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, East Carroll Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Bolivar County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:56 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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2012-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 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.

133 
WWUS74 KJAN 250752
NPWJAN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
252 AM CDT WED APR 25 2012


ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-MSZ018-019-025-034-035-040-041-251600-
/O.NEW.KJAN.WI.Y.0006.120425T1700Z-120426T0000Z/
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG...
WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP...
OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...
RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GREENVILLE...BELZONI...ISOLA...
MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA
252 AM CDT WED APR 25 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING: NOON UNTIL 7 PM

* WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES. 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.

&&

$$

CME
2 follow-up statements
881 
WWUS74 KJAN 251916
NPWJAN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
216 PM CDT WED APR 25 2012

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-MSZ018-019-025-034-035-040-041-260000-
/O.CON.KJAN.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120426T0000Z/
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG...
WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP...
OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...
RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GREENVILLE...BELZONI...ISOLA...
MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA
216 PM CDT WED APR 25 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: NOON UNTIL 7 PM

* WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 
  MPH.

* IMPACTS: DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES. 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.

&&

$$

50
793 
WWUS74 KJAN 260016
NPWJAN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
716 PM CDT WED APR 25 2012

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-MSZ018-019-025-034-035-040-041-260130-
/O.EXP.KJAN.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120426T0000Z/
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG...
WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP...
OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...
RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GREENVILLE...BELZONI...ISOLA...
MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA
716 PM CDT WED APR 25 2012

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

$$

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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.