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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2012, 3:36 AM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Mar 7, 2012, 9:42 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2012, 3:36 AM CST (09:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2012, 9:42 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 24 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, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Lauderdale County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:35 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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 2226 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
828 WWUS74 KMEG 070936 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 336 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE MID-SOUTH... .GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL PREVAIL OVER MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY AHEAD OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM HAYTI MISSOURI TO RIPLEY TENNESSEE TO CHARLESTON MISSISSIPPI. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010>012-020-TNZ048-049-088-071745- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0012.120307T1600Z-120308T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAUDERDALE- TIPTON-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH... TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...COVINGTON...BARTLETT... GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 336 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LOOSE ITEMS WILL BE PRONE TO BLOW AROUND AND TRAVEL WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PERSONS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
004 WWUS74 KMEG 071542 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 942 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH... .GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL PREVAIL OVER MUCH OF THE MIDSOUTH TODAY AHEAD OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM HAYTI MISSOURI TO RIPLEY TENNESSEE TO CHARLESTON MISSISSIPPI. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010>012-020-TNZ048-049-088-080000- /O.EXT.KMEG.WI.Y.0012.120307T1542Z-120308T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAUDERDALE- TIPTON-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH... TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...COVINGTON...BARTLETT... GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 942 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...LOOSE ITEMS WILL BE PRONE TO BLOW AROUND AND TRAVEL WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PERSONS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JCL
337 WWUS74 KMEG 080024 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 624 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...STRONG WINDS ARE SLOWLY DIMINISHING ACROSS THE MID SOUTH... .WINDS HAVE WEAKENED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010>012-020-TNZ048-049-088-080130- /O.EXP.KMEG.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120308T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAUDERDALE- TIPTON-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH... TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...COVINGTON...BARTLETT... GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 624 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING. $$ JLH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 10:03 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 60 hr |
| Mar 7, 10:03 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 60 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.