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Wind Advisory 23, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Oct 14, 2012, 3:36 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 14, 2012, 3:36 AM CDT (08:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2012, 5:13 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 33 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, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:37 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1039 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
134 WWUS74 KMEG 140836 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 336 AM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE MIDSOUTH... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST TODAY. AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTHWESTWARD FROM THIS LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE MIDSOUTH. STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THE FRONT ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...AND PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 002-007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001>003-019-020-048>051-088-089-141700- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0023.121014T0836Z-121014T2300Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-MARSHALL-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE- LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-DYER-GIBSON-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT- SHELBY-FAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH... TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...UNION CITY...MARTIN... DRESDEN...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...COVINGTON...BARTLETT... GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE 336 AM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 35 MPH AND 40 MPH. * TIMING...UNTIL 6 PM CDT. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS OUTDOORS CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THESE HIGH WINDS MAY BRING DOWN WEAK OR ROTTEN TREE LIMBS. 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. WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH OCCASIONALLY BRING DOWN WEAK OR ROTTEN TREE LIMBS OR TREES CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS DURING THESE STRONG WINDS. && $$ JCL
2 follow-up statements
289 WWUS74 KMEG 141524 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1024 AM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE MIDSOUTH... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST TODAY. AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTHWESTWARD FROM THIS LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE MIDSOUTH. STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THE FRONT ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...AND PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 002-007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001>003-019-020-048>051-088-089-142300- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-121014T2300Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-MARSHALL-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE- LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-DYER-GIBSON-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT- SHELBY-FAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH... TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...UNION CITY...MARTIN... DRESDEN...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...COVINGTON...BARTLETT... GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE 1024 AM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 35 MPH AND 40 MPH. * TIMING...UNTIL 6 PM CDT. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS OUTDOORS CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THESE HIGH WINDS MAY BRING DOWN WEAK OR ROTTEN TREE LIMBS. 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. WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH OCCASIONALLY BRING DOWN WEAK OR ROTTEN TREE LIMBS OR TREES CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS DURING THESE STRONG WINDS. && $$ KRM
537 WWUS74 KMEG 142213 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 513 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 002-007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001>003-019-020-048>051-088-089-142315- /O.CAN.KMEG.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-121014T2300Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-MARSHALL-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE- LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-DYER-GIBSON-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT- SHELBY-FAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH... TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...UNION CITY...MARTIN... DRESDEN...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...COVINGTON...BARTLETT... GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE 513 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE WEAKENED OVER THE PAST HOUR AND HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. THUS...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 24 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.