Alert archive / Mississippi / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Jan 12, 2012, 3:42 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 2012, 3:42 AM CST (09:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2012, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 56 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, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha 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), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:41 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
746 WWUS74 KMEG 120942 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 342 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINDY AND MUCH COLDER TODAY... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH THIS MORNING. STRONG WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT TODAY AS A MUCH COLDER AIRMASS MOVES IN. ARZ028-036-048-049-058-MOZ115-MSZ001-002-007-008-010>013-020-021- TNZ001>003-019-020-048>051-088-089-122300- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.120112T1200Z-120112T2300Z/ MISSISSIPPI-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-MARSHALL-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE- TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-DYER-GIBSON-LAUDERDALE- TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-SHELBY-FAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLYTHEVILLE...WEST MEMPHIS... FORREST CITY...HELENA...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN... OLIVE BRANCH...TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...OXFORD... UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN... COVINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS... MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE 342 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * TIMING...WIND WILL INCREASE QUICKLY THIS MORNING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ ARZ008-009-017-018-026-027-035-MOZ113-122300- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.120112T0942Z-120112T2300Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-CROSS-DUNKLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...WYNNE...KENNETT 342 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST BETWEEN 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR OPERATORS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SOME SMALL TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MSZ003>006-009-014>017-022>024-TNZ004-021-052>055-090>092-122300- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.120112T1500Z-120112T2300Z/ BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-PRENTISS-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS- ITAWAMBA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-HENRY-CARROLL-MADISON-CHESTER- HENDERSON-DECATUR-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORINTH...IUKA...BOONEVILLE... NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN...PARIS...HUNTINGDON... JACKSON...LEXINGTON...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH 342 AM CST THU JAN 12 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...WEST BETWEEN 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * TIMING...WIND WILL INCREASE QUICKLY THIS MORNING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ BORGHOFF
1 follow-up statement
637 WWUS74 KMEG 122301 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 501 PM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-130015- /O.EXP.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120112T2300Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-TATE- PRENTISS-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS- ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-LAKE- OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD- CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-FAYETTE- HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH... CORINTH...IUKA...TUNICA...BOONEVILLE...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE... OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN...UNION CITY... MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN... HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...BARTLETT... GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE... BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH 501 PM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... STRONG WINDS BEHIND AN ARCTIC FRONT HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN OVERNIGHT. $$
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.