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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Jan 21, 2014, 1:50 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2014, 1:50 AM CST (07:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 16 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 07:54 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, 7.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2296 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
033 WWUS74 KMEG 210750 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 150 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE MID SOUTH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .A CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO DIVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES SOUTHEAST IT WILL DRAG AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN BETWEEN THE STRENGTHENING CLIPPER SYSTEM AND STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010-011-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-211800- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0003.140121T0750Z-140121T2100Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-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 150 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 3 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. && $$ MSZ002>006-009-012>017-020>024-TNZ003-004-020-021-050>055-089>092- 211800- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0003.140121T1200Z-140122T0000Z/ MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-PRENTISS-PANOLA- LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA- CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-CARROLL-HAYWOOD- CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN- MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORINTH...IUKA...BOONEVILLE... BATESVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN... MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON... BROWNSVILLE...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR... SAVANNAH 150 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...6 AM CST UNTIL 6 PM CST. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL DISPLACE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS THAT ARE NOT TIED DOWN AND MAY DOWN A FEW TREE BRANCHES. THESE WINDS MAY ALSO CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JLH
3 follow-up statements
906 WWUS74 KMEG 211737 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1137 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE MID SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON... .A FAST MOVING CLIPPER SYSTEM IS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION RESULTING IN STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010-011-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-212100- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140121T2100Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-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 1137 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 3 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. && $$ MSZ002>006-009-012>017-020>024-TNZ003-004-020-021-050>055-089>092- 220000- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140122T0000Z/ MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-PRENTISS-PANOLA- LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA- CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-CARROLL-HAYWOOD- CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN- MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORINTH...IUKA...BOONEVILLE... BATESVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN... MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON... BROWNSVILLE...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR... SAVANNAH 1137 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...6 AM CST UNTIL 6 PM CST. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL DISPLACE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS THAT ARE NOT TIED DOWN AND MAY DOWN A FEW TREE BRANCHES. THESE WINDS MAY ALSO CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
872 WWUS74 KMEG 212117 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 317 PM CST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE MID SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON... .A FAST MOVING CLIPPER SYSTEM IS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION RESULTING IN STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010-011-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-212230- /O.EXP.KMEG.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140121T2100Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-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 317 PM CST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ MSZ002>006-009-012>017-020>024-TNZ003-004-020-021-050>055-089>092- 220000- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140122T0000Z/ MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-PRENTISS-PANOLA- LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA- CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-CARROLL-HAYWOOD- CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN- MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORINTH...IUKA...BOONEVILLE... BATESVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN... MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON... BROWNSVILLE...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR... SAVANNAH 317 PM CST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM CST. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL DISPLACE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS THAT ARE NOT TIED DOWN AND MAY DOWN A FEW TREE BRANCHES. THESE WINDS MAY ALSO CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
560 WWUS74 KMEG 220001 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 601 PM CST TUE JAN 21 2014 MSZ002>006-009-012>017-020>024-TNZ003-004-020-021-050>055-089>092- 220115- /O.EXP.KMEG.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140122T0000Z/ MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-PRENTISS-PANOLA- LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA- CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-CARROLL-HAYWOOD- CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN- MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORINTH...IUKA...BOONEVILLE... BATESVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN... MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON... BROWNSVILLE...JACKSON...LEXINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR... SAVANNAH 601 PM CST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE DIED DOWN THIS EVENING THUS THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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.