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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Apr 9, 2015, 3:40 AM CDT for 12 counties in Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri. It took effect at Apr 9, 2015, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2015, 3:40 AM CDT (08:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2015, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
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
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 924 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
780 WWUS74 KMEG 090840 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 340 AM CDT THU APR 9 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR AREAS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AHEAD OF A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS SUSTAINED 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL BE PREVALENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY MAINLY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-091645- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0004.150409T1400Z-150410T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...PIGGOTT...CORNING... WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE... WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...MARIANNA...HELENA... WEST HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE 340 AM CDT THU APR 9 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS NOT TIED DOWN MAY BECOME AIRBORNE AND POSE A HAZARD. IN ADDITION...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. 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. && $$ AC3
1 follow-up statement
456 WWUS74 KMEG 091506 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1006 AM CDT THU APR 9 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR AREAS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AHEAD OF A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS SUSTAINED 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL BE PREVALENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY MAINLY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-100000- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150410T0000Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...PIGGOTT...CORNING... WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE... WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...MARIANNA...HELENA... WEST HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE 1006 AM CDT THU APR 9 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS NOT TIED DOWN MAY BECOME AIRBORNE AND POSE A HAZARD. IN ADDITION...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KRM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 1:10 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Mississippi | 6 days |
| Apr 9, 1:10 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Mississippi | 9 days |
| Apr 9, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Lawrence | 39 min |
| Apr 9, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 23 min |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Arkansas, 2015Wind Advisories in Missouri, 2015Every wind advisory in 2015
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.