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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Jan 18, 2014, 3:44 AM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Jan 18, 2014, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2014, 3:44 AM CST (09:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 18, 2014, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 43 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, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood 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), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:47 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 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 2583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
145 WWUS74 KMEG 180944 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 344 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE MID SOUTH TODAY... .A CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO DIVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE MIDWEST TODAY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN BETWEEN THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND HIGH PRESSURE POSITIONED ALONG THE GULF COAST. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS SHOULD DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING AS LOW PRESSURE WEAKENS AND MOVES EAST. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-190000- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.140118T1600Z-140119T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-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...BATESVILLE...UNION CITY...DYERSBURG... COVINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS... MILLINGTON 344 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH. * TIMING...10 AM CST UNTIL 6 PM CST. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL DISPLACE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS THAT ARE NOT TIED DOWN AND MAY DOWN A FEW TREE BRANCHES. THESE WINDS MAY ALSO CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH 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. && $$ JLH
2 follow-up statements
292 WWUS74 KMEG 182010 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 210 PM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE MID SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON... .A CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO DIVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE MIDWEST THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN BETWEEN THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND HIGH PRESSURE POSITIONED ALONG THE GULF COAST. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING AS LOW PRESSURE WEAKENS AND MOVES EAST. MSZ002>004-013>015-021>023-TNZ003-020-050>052-089-090-190000- /O.EXA.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140119T0000Z/ MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-YALOBUSHA- CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-WEAKLEY-GIBSON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-FAYETTE- HARDEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...MARTIN... DRESDEN...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...BROWNSVILLE...JACKSON...SOMERVILLE... BOLIVAR 210 PM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH. * TIMING...UNTIL 6 PM CST. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL DISPLACE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS THAT ARE NOT TIED DOWN AND MAY DOWN A FEW TREE BRANCHES. THESE WINDS MAY ALSO CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-190000- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140119T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-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...BATESVILLE...UNION CITY...DYERSBURG... COVINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS... MILLINGTON 210 PM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH. * TIMING...UNTIL 6 PM CST. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL DISPLACE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS THAT ARE NOT TIED DOWN AND MAY DOWN A FEW TREE BRANCHES. THESE WINDS MAY ALSO CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH 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. && $$
444 WWUS74 KMEG 190003 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 603 PM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>004-007-008-010>015-020>023-TNZ001>003-019-020-048>052- 088>090-190115- /O.EXP.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140119T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN- PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN- CHICKASAW-LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-DYER-GIBSON-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON- HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-SHELBY-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO... HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY... HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH... TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY... UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN... COVINGTON...BROWNSVILLE...JACKSON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN... COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR 603 PM CST SAT JAN 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE DIED DOWN THIS EVENING THUS THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ KRM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 7:14 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more | 11 hr |
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.