Alert archive / Tennessee / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Feb 13, 2015, 2:02 PM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Feb 14, 2015, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 13, 2015, 2:02 PM CST (20:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 14, 2015, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2015, 3:29 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 38 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, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica 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), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 1489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
634 WWUS74 KMEG 132002 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 202 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED FOR PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH SATURDAY... .A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT AS COLD AIR SURGES INTO THE REGION. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT STILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-TNZ001>003-019-020-048-051- 140600- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.150214T2100Z-150215T0600Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-DYER-GIBSON-LAUDERDALE- CROCKETT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...PIGGOTT...CORNING... RECTOR...WALNUT RIDGE...HOXIE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...TRUMANN... MARKED TREE...HARRISBURG...LEPANTO...BLYTHEVILLE...OSCEOLA... KENNETT...MALDEN...TIPTONVILLE...RIDGELY...UNION CITY...MARTIN... DRESDEN...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...TRENTON...DYER... RIPLEY...HALLS...ALAMO...BELLS...MAURY CITY...FRIENDSHIP 202 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO THE WIND AND SHOULD BE SECURED. TRAVELERS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS WILL BE SUBJECT TO STRONG CROSSWINDS. 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. && $$ ARZ035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001>003-007-008-010>013-020-021-TNZ049- 050-052-088>090-140600- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.150215T0000Z-150215T0600Z/ CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DESOTO-MARSHALL- BENTON MS-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE- TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-MADISON-SHELBY-FAYETTE- HARDEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...MARION... FORREST CITY...MARIANNA...WEST HELENA...HELENA...SOUTHAVEN... OLIVE BRANCH...HORN LAKE...HOLLY SPRINGS...ASHLAND... HICKORY FLAT...NORTH TUNICA...TUNICA...SENATOBIA...COLDWATER... CLARKSDALE...LAMBERT...MARKS...CROWDER...SLEDGE...BATESVILLE... SARDIS...OXFORD...CHARLESTON...TUTWILER...WEBB...WATER VALLEY... COFFEEVILLE...COVINGTON...MUNFORD...ATOKA...BROWNSVILLE... JACKSON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MILLINGTON... SOMERVILLE...OAKLAND...GALLAWAY...BOLIVAR...WHITEVILLE 202 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...FROM EARLY SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO THE WIND AND SHOULD BE SECURED. TRAVELERS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS WILL BE SUBJECT TO STRONG CROSSWINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
590 WWUS74 KMEG 140319 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 919 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED FOR PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH SATURDAY... .A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT AS COLD AIR SURGES INTO THE REGION. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT STILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-TNZ001>003-019-020-048-051- 141130- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.150214T2100Z-150215T0600Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-DYER-GIBSON-LAUDERDALE- CROCKETT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...PIGGOTT...CORNING... RECTOR...WALNUT RIDGE...HOXIE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...TRUMANN... MARKED TREE...HARRISBURG...LEPANTO...BLYTHEVILLE...OSCEOLA... KENNETT...MALDEN...TIPTONVILLE...RIDGELY...UNION CITY...MARTIN... DRESDEN...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...TRENTON...DYER... RIPLEY...HALLS...ALAMO...BELLS...MAURY CITY...FRIENDSHIP 919 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO THE WIND AND SHOULD BE SECURED. TRAVELERS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS WILL BE SUBJECT TO STRONG CROSSWINDS. 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. && $$ ARZ035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001>003-007-008-010>013-020-021-TNZ049- 050-052-088>090-141130- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.150215T0000Z-150215T0600Z/ CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DESOTO-MARSHALL- BENTON MS-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE- TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-MADISON-SHELBY-FAYETTE- HARDEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...MARION... FORREST CITY...MARIANNA...WEST HELENA...HELENA...SOUTHAVEN... OLIVE BRANCH...HORN LAKE...HOLLY SPRINGS...ASHLAND... HICKORY FLAT...NORTH TUNICA...TUNICA...SENATOBIA...COLDWATER... CLARKSDALE...LAMBERT...MARKS...CROWDER...SLEDGE...BATESVILLE... SARDIS...OXFORD...CHARLESTON...TUTWILER...WEBB...WATER VALLEY... COFFEEVILLE...COVINGTON...MUNFORD...ATOKA...BROWNSVILLE... JACKSON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MILLINGTON... SOMERVILLE...OAKLAND...GALLAWAY...BOLIVAR...WHITEVILLE 919 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...FROM EARLY SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO THE WIND AND SHOULD BE SECURED. TRAVELERS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS WILL BE SUBJECT TO STRONG CROSSWINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
886 WWUS74 KMEG 140929 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 329 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED... .GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL PREVAIL BEHIND AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT THIS EVENING...WITH WIND SPEEDS LIKELY BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-TNZ001>003-019-020-048-051- 141030- /O.CAN.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.150214T2100Z-150215T0600Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-DYER-GIBSON-LAUDERDALE- CROCKETT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...PIGGOTT...CORNING... RECTOR...WALNUT RIDGE...HOXIE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...TRUMANN... MARKED TREE...HARRISBURG...LEPANTO...BLYTHEVILLE...OSCEOLA... KENNETT...MALDEN...TIPTONVILLE...RIDGELY...UNION CITY...MARTIN... DRESDEN...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...TRENTON...DYER... RIPLEY...HALLS...ALAMO...BELLS...MAURY CITY...FRIENDSHIP 329 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL PREVAIL BEHIND AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT THIS EVENING...WITH WIND SPEEDS LIKELY BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ ARZ035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001>003-007-008-010>013-020-021-TNZ049- 050-052-088>090-141030- /O.CAN.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.150215T0000Z-150215T0600Z/ CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DESOTO-MARSHALL- BENTON MS-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE- TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-MADISON-SHELBY-FAYETTE- HARDEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...MARION... FORREST CITY...MARIANNA...WEST HELENA...HELENA...SOUTHAVEN... OLIVE BRANCH...HORN LAKE...HOLLY SPRINGS...ASHLAND... HICKORY FLAT...NORTH TUNICA...TUNICA...SENATOBIA...COLDWATER... CLARKSDALE...LAMBERT...MARKS...CROWDER...SLEDGE...BATESVILLE... SARDIS...OXFORD...CHARLESTON...TUTWILER...WEBB...WATER VALLEY... COFFEEVILLE...COVINGTON...MUNFORD...ATOKA...BROWNSVILLE... JACKSON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MILLINGTON... SOMERVILLE...OAKLAND...GALLAWAY...BOLIVAR...WHITEVILLE 329 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL PREVAIL BEHIND AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT THIS EVENING...WITH WIND SPEEDS LIKELY BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ PWB
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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.