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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Jan 16, 2012, 10:05 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2012, 10:05 AM CST (16:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 23 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, Tunica County, MS, Dyer County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:10 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 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 534 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 518 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
161 WWUS74 KMEG 161605 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1005 AM CST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... .WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THIS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY AND MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED FOR LATER TONIGHT. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-010-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-170000- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0004.120116T1605Z-120117T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-COAHOMA-LAKE-OBION-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...UNION CITY...DYERSBURG...COVINGTON... BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 1005 AM CST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH 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. && $$ RRH
1 follow-up statement
386 WWUS74 KMEG 162351 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 551 PM CST MON JAN 16 2012 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-010-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-170100- /O.EXP.KMEG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120117T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-COAHOMA-LAKE-OBION-DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH... TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...UNION CITY...DYERSBURG...COVINGTON... BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 551 PM CST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 20 MPH OR LESS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA SO WILL ALLOW THE WIND ADVISORY TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. THE WINDS WILL STAY BETWEEN 15 TO 20 MPH THE REST OF THE EVENING. THE WINDS MAY INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH BEFORE MIDNIGHT. IF WINDS STRONGER MAY NEED TO ISSUE A NEW ADVISORY LATER TONIGHT. $$ TLSJR
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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.