Alert archive / Tennessee / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Jan 2, 2012, 3:16 AM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Jan 2, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 2, 2012, 3:16 AM CST (09:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 2, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2012, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 39 counties
Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo 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), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:14 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 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 2541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
737 WWUS74 KMEG 020916 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 316 AM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TODAY... ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>006-009- TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-021815- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0001.120102T1500Z-120102T2300Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-DESOTO-MARSHALL- BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-PRENTISS-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... KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...CORINTH... IUKA...BOONEVILLE...UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS... DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON...JACKSON... LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS... MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH 316 AM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...9 AM CST UNTIL 5 PM CST TODAY. * IMPACTS...UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR OPERATORS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SOME SMALL TREE LIMBS 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. && $$ SJM
1 follow-up statement
444 WWUS74 KMEG 021547 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 947 AM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TODAY... ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>006-009- TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-022300- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120102T2300Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-DESOTO-MARSHALL- BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-PRENTISS-LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY- HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT- MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY- HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...CORINTH... IUKA...BOONEVILLE...UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS... DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON...JACKSON... LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS... MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH 947 AM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 5 PM CST TODAY. * IMPACTS...UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR OPERATORS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SOME SMALL TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 6:13 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Hardin | 62 hr |
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.