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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at May 24, 2012, 2:32 AM CDT for 12 counties in Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri; Coahoma County, Tunica County, Mississippi. It took effect at May 24, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2012, 2:32 AM CDT (07:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 24, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 24, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
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, Tunica County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:38 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
971 WWUS74 KMEG 240732 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 232 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH TODAY... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AS DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE TRACKS FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO THE MIDWEST. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ007- 010-241545- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0019.120524T1500Z-120524T2300Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- TUNICA-COAHOMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...TUNICA...CLARKSDALE 232 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT 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 CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS AT 25 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE PRONED TO BLOW AROUND...WHILE WORKING ON ELEVATED SURFACES MAY BECOME UNSAFE AT TIMES. DRIVING MAY ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY WHILE TRAVELING ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS. 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. && JAB $$
2 follow-up statements
443 WWUS74 KMEG 240821 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 321 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH TODAY... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AS DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE TRACKS FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO THE MIDWEST. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ007- 010-242300- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0019.120524T1500Z-120524T2300Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- TUNICA-COAHOMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...TUNICA...CLARKSDALE 321 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS AT 25 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE PRONED TO BLOW AROUND... WHILE WORKING ON ELEVATED SURFACES MAY BECOME UNSAFE AT TIMES. DRIVING MAY ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY WHILE TRAVELING ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && JAB $$
596 WWUS74 KMEG 240834 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 334 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH TODAY... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AS DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE TRACKS FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO THE MIDWEST. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ007- 010-242300- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0019.120524T1500Z-120524T2300Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- TUNICA-COAHOMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...TUNICA...CLARKSDALE 334 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS AT 25 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE PRONED TO BLOW AROUND... WHILE WORKING ON ELEVATED SURFACES MAY BECOME UNSAFE AT TIMES. DRIVING MAY ALSO BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY WHILE TRAVELING ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS. 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. && $$ JAB
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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.