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Wind Advisory 27, NWS Memphis, TN

December 25, 20124 counties in Arkansas; 20 counties in Tennessee; 22 counties in Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Dec 25, 2012, 4:32 AM CST for 4 counties in Arkansas; 20 counties in Tennessee; 22 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Dec 25, 2012, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 25, 2012, 4:32 AM CST (10:32 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 25, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 26, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
All 46 counties

Crittenden County, AR, Lee County, AR, Phillips County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, 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), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:37 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, 10.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2012-12-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2012-12-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2386 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

491 
WWUS74 KMEG 251032
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
432 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT AND INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST OUT OF TEXAS TODAY AND
PASS THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT. DURING THIS TIME THE STORM IS
ANTICIPATED TO STRENGTHEN. NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE
DURING THE DAY...AND BECOME MORE NORTHERLY DURING THE NIGHT AS THE
STORM LIFTS INTO THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY.

ARZ036-048-049-058-MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ003-004-020-021-049>055-
088>092-251845-
/O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0027.121226T0000Z-121226T1500Z/
CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-
TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-TATE-PRENTISS-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-
PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE-
YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-CARROLL-
TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-
FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...HELENA...
SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...CORINTH...IUKA...TUNICA...BOONEVILLE...
CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...
ABERDEEN...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...
HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...
GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH
432 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

* WINDS...NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH
  GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY TONIGHT.

* TIMING...BEGINNING 6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 9 AM WEDNESDAY
  MORNING.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE HOLIDAY ITEMS AND OUTDOOR MATERIALS MAY BECOME
  VULNERABLE TO BEING BLOWN AROUND. AS THE WINDS BECOME MORE
  NORTHERLY DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED
  ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY WITH HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES.

.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.

&&

$$

JAB
5 follow-up statements
057 
WWUS74 KMEG 251711
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1111 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT AND INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST OUT OF TEXAS TODAY AND
PASS THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT. DURING THIS TIME THE STORM IS
ANTICIPATED TO STRENGTHEN. NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE
DURING THE DAY...AND BECOME MORE NORTHERLY DURING THE NIGHT AS
THE STORM LIFTS INTO THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY.

ARZ036-048-049-058-MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ003-004-020-021-049>055-
088>092-260115-
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0027.121226T0000Z-121226T1500Z/
CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-
TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-TATE-PRENTISS-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-
PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE-
YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-CARROLL-
TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-
FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...HELENA...
SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...CORINTH...IUKA...TUNICA...BOONEVILLE...
CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...
ABERDEEN...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...
HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...
GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH
1111 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM
CST WEDNESDAY...

* WINDS...NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 25 MPH... 
  WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...BEGINNING 6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 9 AM WEDNESDAY 
  MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...LOOSE HOLIDAY ITEMS AND OUTDOOR MATERIALS MAY BECOME 
  VULNERABLE TO BEING BLOWN AROUND. AS THE WINDS BECOME MORE 
  NORTHERLY DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ON WEST TO EAST 
  ORIENTED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY WITH HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES. 

.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
904 
WWUS74 KMEG 252058
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
258 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT AND INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST OUT OF TEXAS TODAY AND
PASS THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT. DURING THIS TIME THE STORM IS
ANTICIPATED TO STRENGTHEN. NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE
DURING THE DAY...AND BECOME MORE NORTHERLY DURING THE NIGHT AS
THE STORM LIFTS INTO THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY.

ARZ036-048-049-252200-
/O.CAN.KMEG.WI.Y.0027.121226T0000Z-121226T1500Z/
CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY
258 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING THROUGH 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25
TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. 

$$

ARZ058-MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ003-004-020-021-049>055-088>092-
260500-
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0027.121226T0000Z-121226T1500Z/
PHILLIPS-DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-
TUNICA-TATE-PRENTISS-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-
PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-
MONROE-WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-CARROLL-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-
MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-
HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HELENA...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...
CORINTH...IUKA...TUNICA...BOONEVILLE...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...
OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN...MARTIN...
DRESDEN...PARIS...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON...
JACKSON...LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...
MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH
258 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM
CST WEDNESDAY...

* WINDS...NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 25 MPH... 
  WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...BEGINNING 6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY 
  MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...LOOSE HOLIDAY ITEMS AND OUTDOOR MATERIALS MAY BECOME 
  VULNERABLE TO BEING BLOWN AROUND. AS THE WINDS BECOME MORE 
  NORTHERLY DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ON WEST TO EAST 
  ORIENTED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY WITH HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES. 

.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.

&&

$$
948 
WWUS74 KMEG 260351
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
951 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT AND INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI INTO
CENTRAL TENNESSEE TONIGHT...MOVING INTO THE APPALACHIANS EARLY
TOMORROW. WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM WILL REMAIN STRONG AND
GUSTY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT INTO TOMORROW. 

ARZ058-MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ003-004-020-021-049>055-088>092-
261200-
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-121226T1500Z/
PHILLIPS-DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-
TUNICA-TATE-PRENTISS-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-
PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-
MONROE-WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-CARROLL-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-
MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-
HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HELENA...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...
CORINTH...IUKA...TUNICA...BOONEVILLE...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...
OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN...MARTIN...
DRESDEN...PARIS...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON...
JACKSON...LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...
MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH
951 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

* WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH... WITH GUSTS
  UP TO 40 MPH. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY TONIGHT.

* TIMING...BEGINNING 6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 9 AM CST 
  WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...LOOSE HOLIDAY ITEMS AND OUTDOOR MATERIALS MAY BECOME 
  VULNERABLE TO BEING BLOWN AROUND. AS THE WINDS BECOME MORE 
  NORTHERLY DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ON WEST TO EAST 
  ORIENTED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY WITH HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES. 

.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.

&&

$$
363 
WWUS74 KMEG 260922
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
322 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH THIS MORNING...

.A STRONG WINTER STORM TRACKING THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH EARLY THIS
MORNING WILL LIFT UP INTO THE OHIO VALLEY LATER TODAY. WINDS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH 9
AM THIS MORNING.

ARZ058-MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ003-004-020-021-049>055-088>092-
261500-
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-121226T1500Z/
PHILLIPS-DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-
TUNICA-TATE-PRENTISS-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-
PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-
MONROE-WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-CARROLL-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-
MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-
HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HELENA...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...
CORINTH...IUKA...TUNICA...BOONEVILLE...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...
OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN...MARTIN...
DRESDEN...PARIS...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON...
JACKSON...LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...
MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH
322 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...

* WINDS...NORTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH... WITH GUSTS UP
  TO 40 MPH. 

* TIMING...CURRENT THROUGH 9 AM CST THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE HOLIDAY ITEMS AND OUTDOOR MATERIALS MAY BECOME
  VULNERABLE TO BEING BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT
  ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY WITH HIGHER
  PROFILE VEHICLES.

.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.

&&

$$

JAB
948 
WWUS74 KMEG 261108
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
508 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH THIS MORNING...

.A STRONG WINTER STORM TRACKING THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH EARLY THIS
MORNING WILL LIFT UP INTO THE OHIO VALLEY LATER TODAY. WINDS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH
9 AM THIS MORNING.

ARZ036-048-049-TNZ001-002-019-048-261500-
/O.EXA.KMEG.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-121226T1500Z/
CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-LAKE-OBION-DYER-LAUDERDALE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...
UNION CITY...DYERSBURG
508 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. 

* WINDS...NORTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH... WITH GUSTS UP 
  TO 40 MPH. 

* TIMING...CURRENT THROUGH 9 AM CST THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE HOLIDAY ITEMS AND OUTDOOR MATERIALS MAY BECOME 
  VULNERABLE TO BEING BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT 
  ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY WITH HIGHER 
  PROFILE VEHICLES. 

.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.

&&

$$

ARZ058-MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ003-004-020-021-049>055-088>092-
261500-
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-121226T1500Z/
PHILLIPS-DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-
TUNICA-TATE-PRENTISS-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-
PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-
MONROE-WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-CARROLL-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-
MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-
HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HELENA...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...
CORINTH...IUKA...TUNICA...BOONEVILLE...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...
OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN...MARTIN...
DRESDEN...PARIS...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON...
JACKSON...LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...
MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH
508 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...

* WINDS...NORTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH... WITH GUSTS UP 
  TO 40 MPH. 

* TIMING...CURRENT THROUGH 9 AM CST THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE HOLIDAY ITEMS AND OUTDOOR MATERIALS MAY BECOME 
  VULNERABLE TO BEING BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT 
  ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY WITH HIGHER 
  PROFILE VEHICLES. 

.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.

&&

$$

JAB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 25, 4:17 AM CSTBlizzard WarningMEGClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 5 more29 hr
Dec 25, 4:17 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMEGCrittenden, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis29 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Mississippi, 2012Wind Advisories in Tennessee, 2012Wind Advisories in Arkansas, 2012Every wind advisory in 2012

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.