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Wind Advisory 22, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Aug 31, 2012, 7:14 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 31, 2012, 7:14 AM CDT (12:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 26 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, Dyer County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:14 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 (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
755 WWUS74 KMEG 311214 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 714 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE MID SOUTH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .THE REMNANTS OF ISSAC WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN ARKANSAS TODAY. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM DYERSBURG TENNESSEE TO MEMPHIS TENNESSEE TO BATESVILLE MISSISSIPPI. WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001-019-048-049-088-312015- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0022.120831T1214Z-120831T2100Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAKE-DYER- 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...DYERSBURG...COVINGTON... BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 714 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 4 PM CDT. 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. && $$ SJM
3 follow-up statements
586 WWUS74 KMEG 311946 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 246 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE MID SOUTH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .THE REMNANTS OF ISSAC WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN ARKANSAS TODAY. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM DYERSBURG TENNESSEE TO MEMPHIS TENNESSEE TO BATESVILLE MISSISSIPPI. WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001-019-048-049-088-312100- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-120831T2100Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAKE-DYER- LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH... TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...DYERSBURG...COVINGTON... BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 246 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 4 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
233 WWUS74 KMEG 312023 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 323 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE MID SOUTH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON... .THE REMNANTS OF ISSAC WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM DYERSBURG TENNESSEE TO MEMPHIS TENNESSEE TO BATESVILLE MISSISSIPPI. WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001-019-048-049-088-312300- /O.EXT.KMEG.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-120831T2300Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAKE-DYER- 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...DYERSBURG...COVINGTON... BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 323 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM CDT. 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. && $$
693 WWUS74 KMEG 312310 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 610 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001-019-048-049-088-010015- /O.EXP.KMEG.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-120831T2300Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAKE-DYER- LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH... TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...DYERSBURG...COVINGTON... BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 610 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... SUSTAINED WINDS AND GUSTS WILL BE LESS THAN ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ SWC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 7:05 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MEG | Calhoun, Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 31, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 35 min |
| Aug 31, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Dunklin | 37 min |
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.