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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Memphis, TN

November 11, 20134 states

NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Nov 11, 2013, 2:31 PM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Nov 12, 2013, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 2013, 2:31 PM CST (20:31 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 12, 2013, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 12, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
All 56 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, 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), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 12:00Z on 2013-11-11Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2013-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1654 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 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.

999 
WWUS74 KMEG 112031
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
231 PM CST MON NOV 11 2013

...AS A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE MID SOUTH TUESDAY
STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR PRODUCING COLD OVERNIGHT
TEMPERATURES ANTICIPATED TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING BRINGING AN END TO THE 2013 GROWING SEASON...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION TUESDAY
PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS UPWARDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH FROM THE MORNING
HOURS INTO THE AFTERNOON. AFTER THE FRONT IS OUT OF THE REGION ARCTIC
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE MID SOUTH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
ALLOWING FOR CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS...AND COLD OVERNIGHT LOW
TEMPERATURES. LOW TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE HARD FREEZE WATCH AREA
ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 20S WHICH SHOULD
KILL ANY REMAINING OUTDOOR VEGETATION.

ARZ035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001-007-008-010>012-020-TNZ088-120445-
/O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0011.131112T0900Z-131113T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.HZ.A.0001.131113T0300Z-131113T1500Z/
CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-
COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...
HELENA...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...
BATESVILLE...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...
MILLINGTON
231 PM CST MON NOV 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY...
...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL
  BECOME LIGHT IN THE EVENING

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW 28 DEGREES
  OUTSIDE OF URBAN AREAS AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND PEAK BY
  MIDDAY...WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY MID TO LATE EVENING

* IMPACTS...WINDS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY WILL BLOW AROUND ANY
  LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTY FOR
  TRAVEL ALONG ROADWAYS. COLD TEMPERATURES BELOW 28 DEGREES WILL
  KILL ANY REMAINING OUTDOOR VEGETATION AND BRING AN END TO THE
  2013 GROWING SEASON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

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.

&&

$$

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RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-
PRENTISS-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-YALOBUSHA-
CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-
CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-
HENDERSON-DECATUR-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...
HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...CORINTH...
IUKA...BOONEVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...
ABERDEEN...UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...DYERSBURG...
HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH
231 PM CST MON NOV 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL
  BECOME LIGHT IN THE EVENING

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND PEAK BY
  MIDDAY...WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY MID TO LATE EVENING

* IMPACTS...WINDS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY WILL BLOW AROUND ANY
  LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTY FOR TRAVEL
  ALONG ROADWAYS.

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.

&&

$$
ABS
5 follow-up statements
348 
WWUS74 KMEG 120348
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
948 PM CST MON NOV 11 2013

...STRONG ARCTIC FRONT TO PUSH ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH LATE TONIGHT
INTO TUESDAY... 

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT
INTO TUESDAY PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS UPWARDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH FROM
THE MORNING HOURS INTO THE AFTERNOON. AFTER THE FRONT IS OUT OF
THE REGION ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE MID SOUTH
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT ALLOWING FOR CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS...AND
COLD OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES. LOW TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE HARD
FREEZE WATCH AREA ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER
20S WHICH SHOULD KILL ANY REMAINING OUTDOOR VEGETATION.

ARZ035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001-007-008-010>012-020-TNZ088-121200-
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0011.131112T0900Z-131113T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.HZ.A.0001.131113T0300Z-131113T1500Z/
CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-
COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...
HELENA...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...
BATESVILLE...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...
MILLINGTON
948 PM CST MON NOV 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...
...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL
  BECOME LIGHT IN THE EVENING

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW 28 DEGREES 
  OUTSIDE OF URBAN AREAS AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND PEAK BY 
  MIDDAY...WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY MID TO LATE EVENING 

* IMPACTS...WINDS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY WILL BLOW AROUND ANY 
  LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTY FOR 
  TRAVEL ALONG ROADWAYS. COLD TEMPERATURES BELOW 28 DEGREES WILL 
  KILL ANY REMAINING OUTDOOR VEGETATION AND BRING AN END TO THE 
  2013 GROWING SEASON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

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.

&&

$$

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-MSZ002>006-009-013>017-
021>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-089>092-121200-
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0011.131112T0900Z-131113T0000Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-
PRENTISS-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-YALOBUSHA-
CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-
CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-
HENDERSON-DECATUR-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...
HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...CORINTH...
IUKA...BOONEVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...
ABERDEEN...UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...DYERSBURG...
HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH
948 PM CST MON NOV 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL 
  BECOME LIGHT IN THE EVENING 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND PEAK BY 
  MIDDAY...WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY MID TO LATE EVENING 

* IMPACTS...WINDS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY WILL BLOW AROUND ANY 
  LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTY FOR 
  TRAVEL ALONG ROADWAYS. 

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.

&&

$$

KRM
289 
WWUS74 KMEG 121004
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
404 AM CST TUE NOV 12 2013

...STRONG ARCTIC FRONT TO PUSH ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TODAY...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION TODAY PRODUCING
GUSTY SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. AFTER
THE FRONT IS OUT OF THE REGION ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE
OVER THE MID SOUTH LATE TONIGHT ALLOWING FOR CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT
WINDS...AND COLD OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE
20S. THESE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE HARD FREEZE WARNING
AREA SHOULD KILL ANY REMAINING OUTDOOR VEGETATION.

ARZ035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001-007-008-010>012-020-TNZ088-122100-
/O.UPG.KMEG.HZ.A.0001.131113T0300Z-131113T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KMEG.HZ.W.0001.131113T0300Z-131113T1500Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131113T0000Z/
CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-
COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...
HELENA...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...
BATESVILLE...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...
MILLINGTON
404 AM CST TUE NOV 12 2013

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST
WEDNESDAY. THE HARD FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TODAY...WILL 
  BECOME LIGHT IN THE EVENING. 

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 20S BY DAYBREAK
  WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO
  SUBSIDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...WINDS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY WILL BLOW AROUND ANY 
  LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTY FOR 
  TRAVEL ALONG ROADWAYS. COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 20S WILL 
  KILL ANY REMAINING OUTDOOR VEGETATION AND BRING AN END TO THE 
  2013 GROWING SEASON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND
OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

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.

&&

$$

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-MSZ002>006-009-013>017-
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PRENTISS-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-YALOBUSHA-
CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-
CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-
HENDERSON-DECATUR-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...
HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...CORINTH...
IUKA...BOONEVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...
ABERDEEN...UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...DYERSBURG...
HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH
404 AM CST TUE NOV 12 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL 
  BECOME LIGHT IN THE EVENING. 

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO
  SUBSIDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...WINDS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY WILL BLOW AROUND ANY 
  LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTY FOR 
  TRAVEL ALONG ROADWAYS. 

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.

&&

$$
682 
WWUS74 KMEG 121632
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1032 AM CST TUE NOV 12 2013

...STRONG ARCTIC FRONT TO PUSH ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TODAY...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED REGION WITH STRONG COLD AND GUSTY
WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE
EXPECTED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA. TONIGHT...ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE
WILL SETTLE OVER THE MID SOUTH LATE TONIGHT ALLOWING FOR CLEAR
SKIES...LIGHT WINDS...AND COLD OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE
LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S. THESE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE HARD
FREEZE WARNING AREA SHOULD KILL ANY REMAINING OUTDOOR VEGETATION.

ARZ035-048-MSZ008-012-020-130045-
/O.CAN.KMEG.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131113T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.HZ.W.0001.131113T0300Z-131113T1500Z/
CROSS-ST. FRANCIS-TATE-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WYNNE...FORREST CITY...BATESVILLE
1032 AM CST TUE NOV 12 2013

...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 20S BY
 DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO
 SUBSIDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

* COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 20S WILL KILL ANY REMAINING
  OUTDOOR VEGETATION AND BRING AN END TO THE 2013 GROWING SEASON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND
OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

ARZ008-009-017-018-026-027-MOZ113-MSZ002>006-009-013>017-021>024-
TNZ003-004-020-021-050>055-089>092-121745-
/O.CAN.KMEG.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131113T0000Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-DUNKLIN-MARSHALL-
BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-PRENTISS-LAFAYETTE-UNION-
PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-
WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-CARROLL-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-
HENDERSON-DECATUR-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...
HARRISBURG...KENNETT...CORINTH...IUKA...BOONEVILLE...OXFORD...
NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN...MARTIN...DRESDEN...
PARIS...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH
1032 AM CST TUE NOV 12 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

ARZ036-049-058-MSZ001-007-010-011-TNZ088-130045-
/O.CON.KMEG.HZ.W.0001.131113T0300Z-131113T1500Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131113T0000Z/
CRITTENDEN-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DESOTO-TUNICA-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST MEMPHIS...HELENA...SOUTHAVEN...
OLIVE BRANCH...TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...
COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON
1032 AM CST TUE NOV 12 2013

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

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TODAY...
   WILL BECOME LIGHT IN THE EVENING. 

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 20S 
  BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO 
  SUBSIDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...WINDS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY WILL BLOW AROUND ANY 
  LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTY FOR 
  TRAVEL ALONG ROADWAYS. COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 20S 
  WILL KILL ANY REMAINING OUTDOOR VEGETATION AND BRING AN END TO 
  THE 2013 GROWING SEASON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND
OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

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.

&&

$$

ARZ028-MOZ115-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-130000-
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131113T0000Z/
MISSISSIPPI-PEMISCOT-LAKE-OBION-DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLYTHEVILLE...CARUTHERSVILLE...
UNION CITY...DYERSBURG...COVINGTON
1032 AM CST TUE NOV 12 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL 
  BECOME LIGHT IN THE EVENING. 

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO 
  SUBSIDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...WINDS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY WILL BLOW AROUND ANY 
  LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTY FOR 
  TRAVEL ALONG ROADWAYS. 

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.

&&

$$
185 
WWUS74 KMEG 122030
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
230 PM CST TUE NOV 12 2013

...COLD AIR FILTERING INTO THE MIDSOUTH BEHIND A STRONG ARCTIC
FRONT...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH THE REGION WITH STRONG
COLD AND GUSTY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 15
AND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS
ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA. TONIGHT...ARCTIC HIGH
PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE MID SOUTH LATE TONIGHT ALLOWING FOR
CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS...AND COLD OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES IN
THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S. THESE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE
HARD FREEZE WARNING AREA SHOULD KILL ANY REMAINING OUTDOOR
VEGETATION.

ARZ036-049-058-MSZ001-007-010-011-TNZ088-130430-
/O.CON.KMEG.HZ.W.0001.131113T0300Z-131113T1500Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131113T0000Z/
CRITTENDEN-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DESOTO-TUNICA-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST MEMPHIS...HELENA...SOUTHAVEN...
OLIVE BRANCH...TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...
COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON
230 PM CST TUE NOV 12 2013

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

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TODAY...
   WILL BECOME LIGHT IN THE EVENING. 

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 20S 
  BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE
  REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BLOW AROUND ANY LOOSE ITEMS
  SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTY FOR TRAVEL ALONG
  ROADWAYS. COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 20S WILL KILL ANY
  REMAINING OUTDOOR VEGETATION AND BRING AN END TO THE 2013
  GROWING SEASON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND
OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

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.

&&

$$

ARZ035-048-MSZ008-012-020-130430-
/O.CON.KMEG.HZ.W.0001.131113T0300Z-131113T1500Z/
CROSS-ST. FRANCIS-TATE-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WYNNE...FORREST CITY...BATESVILLE
230 PM CST TUE NOV 12 2013

...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 20S 
  BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO 
  SUBSIDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. 

* COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 20S WILL KILL ANY REMAINING 
  OUTDOOR VEGETATION AND BRING AN END TO THE 2013 GROWING 
  SEASON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND
OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

ARZ028-MOZ115-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-130000-
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131113T0000Z/
MISSISSIPPI-PEMISCOT-LAKE-OBION-DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLYTHEVILLE...CARUTHERSVILLE...
UNION CITY...DYERSBURG...COVINGTON
230 PM CST TUE NOV 12 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL 
  BECOME LIGHT IN THE EVENING. 

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE
  REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...WINDS DURING THE AFTERNOON WILL BLOW AROUND ANY LOOSE
  ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTY FOR TRAVEL
  ALONG ROADWAYS.

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.

&&

$$
513 
WWUS74 KMEG 130012
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
612 PM CST TUE NOV 12 2013

...COLD AIR FILTERING INTO THE MIDSOUTH BEHIND A STRONG ARCTIC
FRONT...

.ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE MID SOUTH LATE TONIGHT
ALLOWING FOR CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS...AND COLD OVERNIGHT LOW
TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S. THESE VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE HARD FREEZE WARNING AREA SHOULD KILL ANY
REMAINING OUTDOOR VEGETATION.

ARZ036-049-058-MSZ001-007-010-011-TNZ088-131100-
/O.EXP.KMEG.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131113T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.HZ.W.0001.131113T0300Z-131113T1500Z/
CRITTENDEN-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DESOTO-TUNICA-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST MEMPHIS...HELENA...SOUTHAVEN...
OLIVE BRANCH...TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...
COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON
612 PM CST TUE NOV 12 2013

...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

 *TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 20S. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 9 AM CST.

* IMPACTS...COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 20S WILL KILL ANY
  REMAINING OUTDOOR VEGETATION AND BRING AN END TO THE 2013
  GROWING SEASON.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND
OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

ARZ028-MOZ115-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-130115-
/O.EXP.KMEG.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-131113T0000Z/
MISSISSIPPI-PEMISCOT-LAKE-OBION-DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLYTHEVILLE...CARUTHERSVILLE...
UNION CITY...DYERSBURG...COVINGTON
612 PM CST TUE NOV 12 2013

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED TO AROUND 10 MPH OVER THE LAST HOUR THUS THE
WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

ARZ035-048-MSZ008-012-020-131100-
/O.CON.KMEG.HZ.W.0001.131113T0300Z-131113T1500Z/
CROSS-ST. FRANCIS-TATE-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WYNNE...FORREST CITY...BATESVILLE
612 PM CST TUE NOV 12 2013

...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 20S. BY
 

* TIMING...THROUGH 9 AM CST.

* COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 20S WILL KILL ANY REMAINING 
  OUTDOOR VEGETATION AND BRING AN END TO THE 2013 GROWING 
  SEASON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND
OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

KRM

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Nov 11, 12:02 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 12:02 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1202 PM CST MON NOV 11 2013

.UPDATE...

UPDATED FOR 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1004 AM CST MON NOV 11 2013/

.UPDATE...

QUICK UPDATE FOR JUST SOME MINOR TWEAKS TO THE HOURLY
GRIDS...TEMPS...DEWPTS...AND SKY GRIDS. OVERALL THE FORECAST IN
GREAT SHAPE. -ABS

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 419 AM CST MON NOV 11 2013/

.DISCUSSION...

WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE MID SOUTH TODAY WILL PROVIDE FOR A
VERY PLEASANT LATE FALL DAY WITH DRY WEATHER AND WARM
TEMPERATURES. HIGH TEMPERATURES LATER THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD REACH
INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. THIS
WARM WEATHER WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS A MAJOR PATTERN CHANGE IS
EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT CURRENTLY POISED ALONG THE U.S./CANADIAN
BORDER WILL SURGE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE
UNITED STATES AS A PIECE OF THE UPPER LEVEL POLAR VORTEX BREAKS
OFF AND MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN CANADA. THIS WILL HELP
TO DEVELOP A DEEP FULL LATITUDE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ACROSS THE
EASTERN HALF OF THE UNITED STATES THROUGH MID WEEK AND OPEN UP THE
FLOOD GATES ALLOWING AN ARCTIC ORIGIN AIR MASS TO SURGE SOUTH.
THIS ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MID SOUTH BEGINNING
LATE TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS AND EXITING SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF OUR FORECAST AREA BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING. STRONG AND
GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE. IN ADDITION...LIGHT PRECIPITATION SHOULD OCCUR BEHIND THE
FRONT AS STRONG LOW AND MID LEVEL COLD AIR ADVECTION SQUEEZES OUT
ANY REMAINING ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE. SCATTERED AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN
WILL BEGIN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS ACROSS
THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE MID SOUTH. AS COLDER AIR BUILDS
SOUTH...LATEST MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT TEMPERATURE
PROFILES WILL SUPPORT SOME LIGHT SNOW MIXING IN WITH THE RAIN OVER
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...AND
NORTHWEST TENNESSEE TOWARDS SUNRISE AND CONTINUING DURING THE
MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. FURTHER SOUTH...LIGHT RAIN CHANCES WILL
INCREASE TUESDAY MORNING...BUT BEGIN TO BREAK UP WITH SOUTHWARD
EXTENT TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. LINGERING SLIGHT CHANCES FOR
LIGHT RAIN WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS OVER
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI BEFORE A MUCH DRIER AIR INVADES
THE ENTIRE AREA. SKIES SHOULD QUICKLY CLEAR BY MID DAY FROM THE
INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR NORTHWARD...AND BY MID AFTERNOON ACROSS
SOUTHERN SECTIONS.

HIGH TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY WILL BE REACHED EARLY IN THE MORNING
AND SHOULD REMAIN STEADY IN THE UPPER 30S ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF
OF THE MID SOUTH. FURTHER SOUTH...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE
REACHED LATER TUESDAY MORNING...WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES LATER
TUESDAY MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS THROUGH THE DAY WILL COMBINE WITH THE COLD TEMPERATURES TO
RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE UPPER 20S NORTH TO MID 30S
SOUTH THROUGH THE DAY. IT WILL DEFINITELY BE OUR FIRST TASTE OF
WINTER LIKE CONDITIONS SO FAR THIS FALL SEASON.

AS THE ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE REGION TUESDAY
NIGHT...WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND WITH CLEAR SKIES...EXPECT
OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET THROUGH INTO THE 20S AREAWIDE. A
WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED IN MOST LOCATIONS AND THIS
SHOULD END THE 2013 GROWING SEASON IN ALL PORTIONS OF THE MID
SOUTH. A FREEZE WATCH WILL NEED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR LOCATIONS
WHERE THE GROWING SEASON CURRENTLY STILL EXISTS.

DRY AND COLD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY WITH HIGHS
REMAINING IN THE 40S. ANOTHER VERY COLD NIGHT IS EXPECTED
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING WITH LOWS RANGING FROM THE
UPPER TEENS ALONG THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY TO THE MID AND UPPER
20S IN THE MEMPHIS METRO AREA.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE EAST OF THE MID SOUTH ON THURSDAY WITH
RETURN SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS ALLOWING FOR A WARM UP. DRY CONDITIONS
SHOULD PERSIST WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES RISING BACK INTO THE 50S.
THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MID SOUTH ON
FRIDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN TRANSITIONS BACK TO
SOUTHWESTERLY ALOFT. THIS SHORTWAVE WILL HAVE LIMITED MOISTURE TO
WORK WITH AS THE ATMOSPHERE STILL ATTEMPTS TO RECOVER FROM THE DRY
ARCTIC AIR MASS FROM MID WEEK. HAVE MAINTAINED SLIGHT CHANCES FOR
LIGHT RAIN ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA WHERE THE BEST
MOISTURE ADVECTION SHOULD OCCUR.

THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD MOISTEN FURTHER BY NEXT WEEKEND AS ANOTHER
SHORTWAVE APPROACHES IN SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND A SURFACE WARM
FRONT LIFTS NORTHWARD ACROSS THE MID SOUTH BY LATER SATURDAY. THIS
SHOULD SUPPORT A GENERAL INCREASE IN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES ALONG WITH A RETURN TO ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR NEXT
WEEKEND.

JLH

&&

.AVIATION...
18Z TAF CYCLE

VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE
PERIOD. THEREAFTER...CONDS WILL BEGIN TO DETERIORATE AS A STRONG
COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH AND REACH JBR BETWEEN
12/03-06Z AND PUSH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF TAF SITES AFTER
12/06Z. MVFR CEILINGS ARE ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP AT TAF SITES
BETWEEN 12/08-12Z AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. WINDS
WILL BE LIGHT AND SOUTHWESTERLY INITIALLY AND VEERING TO THE NORTH
AFTER PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. WINDS WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY AT ALL
SITES...WITH WIDESPREAD SUSTAINED 16-22 KTS GUSTING TO 25-30 KTS
FROM THE NNW.

AC3

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MEM  70  43  43  29 /   0  20  30   0
MKL  68  40  40  24 /   0  30  40   0
JBR  67  38  38  25 /   0  30  30   0
TUP  71  47  50  26 /   0  10  20   0

&&

.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...HARD FREEZE WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
     FOR CRITTENDEN-CROSS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-ST. FRANCIS.

MO...NONE.
MS...HARD FREEZE WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
     FOR COAHOMA-DESOTO-PANOLA-QUITMAN-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TUNICA.

TN...HARD FREEZE WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
     FOR SHELBY.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 11, 5:01 AM CST, 9 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
501 AM CST MON NOV 11 2013

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-121315-
ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA-
CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER-
FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-
ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON-
MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT-
PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY-
ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-
UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA-
501 AM CST MON NOV 11 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MID SOUTH EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING. A COLD AIR MASS WILL FILTER SOUTH BEHIND THE FRONT
TUESDAY MORNING AND MAY ALLOW SOME LIGHT SNOW TO MIX WITH LIGHT
RAIN TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE
MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...AND NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. NO SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME AS THE GROUND TEMPERATURES REMAIN
WARM.

A HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING ACROSS THE DELTA COUNTIES OF EAST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI...AND FOR SHELBY COUNTY TENNESSEE. TEMPERATURES WILL
DROP BELOW 28 DEGREES OUTSIDE OF URBAN AREAS WHICH WILL KILL ANY
REMAINING OUTDOOR VEGETATION AND BRING AN END TO THE 2013 GROWING
SEASON. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA...THE GROWING
SEASON HAS ALREADY ENDED FOR THE YEAR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

JLH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 11, 4:51 AM CSTHard Freeze WatchMEGCoahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate and 1 more23 hr

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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.