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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Apr 25, 2012, 4:02 AM CDT for 4 states. It took effect at Apr 25, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2012, 4:02 AM CDT (09:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 25, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2012, 3:08 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 25 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, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 2182 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
251 WWUS74 KMEG 250902 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 402 AM CDT WED APR 25 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE OVER FLORIDA AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL BRING STRONG WINDS...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001-048-049-088-252100- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0018.120425T1600Z-120426T0200Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAKE- 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 402 AM CDT WED APR 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM. * 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. && $$ BORGHOFF
2 follow-up statements
885 WWUS74 KMEG 251713 AAA NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1213 PM CDT WED APR 25 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE OVER FLORIDA AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL BRING STRONG WINDS...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001-048-049-088-260000- /O.EXT.KMEG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120426T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAKE- LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH... TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...COVINGTON...BARTLETT... GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 1213 PM CDT WED APR 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST NEAR 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM. * IMPACTS...LOOSE ITEMS WILL BE PRONE TO BLOW AROUND AND TRAVEL WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PERSONS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
663 WWUS74 KMEG 252008 AAA NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 308 PM CDT WED APR 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED... .THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM CDT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST INTO EARLY EVENING... WIND SPEEDS WILL PREVAIL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001-048-049-088-252115- /O.CAN.KMEG.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120426T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAKE- 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 308 PM CDT WED APR 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM CDT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST INTO EARLY EVENING... WIND SPEEDS WILL PREVAIL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ PWB
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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.