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Wind Advisory 24, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Oct 17, 2012, 3:49 AM CDT for 4 states. It took effect at Oct 17, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 17, 2012, 3:49 AM CDT (08:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 17, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2012, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 42 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, Benton County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 1737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
333 WWUS74 KMEG 170849 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 349 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS LIKELY TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE MIDSOUTH... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA EASTWARD INTO NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS TODAY. AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE MIDSOUTH REGION LATER THIS EVENING. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...WEST TENNESSEE...AND MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>003-007-008-010>013-020-021-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>054- 088>090-180500- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0024.121017T1500Z-121018T0500Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA- LAFAYETTE-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER- GIBSON-CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER- HENDERSON-SHELBY-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH... TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...OXFORD...UNION CITY...MARTIN... DRESDEN...PARIS...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON... COVINGTON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN... COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR 349 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEARING 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...FROM 10 AM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. * 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. && $$ CDG
1 follow-up statement
015 WWUS74 KMEG 180500 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1200 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.... ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>003-007-008-010>013-020-021-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>054- 088>090-180600- /O.CAN.KMEG.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-121018T0500Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA- LAFAYETTE-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER- GIBSON-CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER- HENDERSON-SHELBY-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH... TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...OXFORD...UNION CITY...MARTIN... DRESDEN...PARIS...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON... COVINGTON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN... COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR 1200 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 5:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Poinsett | 39 min |
| Oct 17, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Clay, Greene | 38 min |
| Oct 17, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead | 41 min |
| Oct 17, 6:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 50 min |
| Oct 17, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 44 min |
| Oct 17, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Dunklin | 49 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.