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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Memphis, TN

November 16, 20154 states

NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Nov 16, 2015, 2:10 PM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Nov 17, 2015, 6:33 AM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 16, 2015, 2:10 PM CST (20:10 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 17, 2015, 6:33 AM CST
Expired
Nov 18, 2015, 3:37 AM CST
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
All 57 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, Benton County, TN, 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), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 2015-11-16Temperature 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 2015-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
296 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.

897 
WWUS74 KMEG 162010
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
210 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

...VERY STRONG WINDS IN ASSOCIATION WITH A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF EAST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...AND WEST TENNESSEE DURING
THE DAY ON TUESDAY...

.WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY OUT OF THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST DURING
THE LATE MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY AS A STRONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY
APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE WEST. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20-30
MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL
BEGIN TO DECREASE ONCE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES EAST THROUGH THE
REGION TUESDAY NIGHT.

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001-
002-007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001>003-019-020-048>051-088-089-170415-
/O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0006.151117T1500Z-151118T0000Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-
DESOTO-MARSHALL-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-
LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-DYER-GIBSON-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-
SHELBY-FAYETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...PIGGOTT...CORNING...
WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...
WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...MARIANNA...HELENA...
WEST HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...
OLIVE BRANCH...HOLLY SPRINGS...TUNICA...SENATOBIA...CLARKSDALE...
MARKS...BATESVILLE...CHARLESTON...TIPTONVILLE...UNION CITY...
MARTIN...DRESDEN...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...RIPLEY TN...
COVINGTON...BROWNSVILLE...ALAMO...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...
COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...OAKLAND
210 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BLOW AROUND IF NOT TIED DOWN.
  SMALL LIMBS AND BRANCHES MAY ALSO BREAK IN THESE WIND SPEEDS.

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.

&&

$$

TVT
8 follow-up statements
230 
WWUS74 KMEG 170145
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
745 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

...VERY STRONG WINDS IN ASSOCIATION WITH A DEVELOPING LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF EAST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...AND WEST TENNESSEE DURING
THE DAY ON TUESDAY...

.WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY OUT OF THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST DURING
THE LATE MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY AS A STRONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY
APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE WEST. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20-
30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH. THESE WINDS
WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE ONCE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES EAST
THROUGH THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT.

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001-
002-007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001>003-019-020-048>051-088-089-171030-
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0006.151117T1500Z-151118T0000Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-
DESOTO-MARSHALL-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-
LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-DYER-GIBSON-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-
SHELBY-FAYETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...PIGGOTT...CORNING...
WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...
WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...MARIANNA...HELENA...
WEST HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...
OLIVE BRANCH...HOLLY SPRINGS...TUNICA...SENATOBIA...CLARKSDALE...
MARKS...BATESVILLE...CHARLESTON...TIPTONVILLE...UNION CITY...
MARTIN...DRESDEN...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...RIPLEY TN...
COVINGTON...BROWNSVILLE...ALAMO...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...
COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...OAKLAND
745 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BLOW AROUND IF NOT TIED DOWN. 
  SMALL LIMBS AND BRANCHES MAY ALSO BREAK IN THESE WIND SPEEDS. 

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
709 
WWUS74 KMEG 171012
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
412 AM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE MID SOUTH LATE THIS
MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY ACROSS AREAS ALONG
AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LATE THIS MORNING AS A STRONG
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT APPROACHES
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25-30 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH. THESE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MID SOUTH
TONIGHT...THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE ONCE A COLD FRONT MOVES EAST
THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

MSZ003>006-009-013>017-021>024-TNZ004-021-022-052>055-090>092-
172100-
/O.EXB.KMEG.WI.Y.0006.151118T0000Z-151118T1200Z/
BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-PRENTISS-LAFAYETTE-UNION-
PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-HENRY-
CARROLL-BENTON TN-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-HARDEMAN-
MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND...RIPLEY MS...CORINTH...IUKA...
BOONEVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...PONTOTOC...TUPELO...FULTON...
WATER VALLEY...COFFEEVILLE...BRUCE...CALHOUN CITY...HOUSTON...
OKOLONA...AMORY...ABERDEEN...PARIS...HUNTINGDON...CAMDEN...
JACKSON...HENDERSON...LEXINGTON...PARSONS...DECATURVILLE...
BOLIVAR...SELMER...SAVANNAH
412 AM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

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

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 25-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BLOW AROUND IF NOT TIED DOWN. 
  SMALL LIMBS AND BRANCHES MAY ALSO BREAK IN THESE WIND SPEEDS. 

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-
002-007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001>003-019-020-048>051-088-089-172100-
/O.EXT.KMEG.WI.Y.0006.151117T1500Z-151118T0600Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-
DESOTO-MARSHALL-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-
LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-DYER-GIBSON-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-
SHELBY-FAYETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...PIGGOTT...CORNING...
WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...
WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...MARIANNA...HELENA...
WEST HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...
OLIVE BRANCH...HOLLY SPRINGS...TUNICA...SENATOBIA...CLARKSDALE...
MARKS...BATESVILLE...CHARLESTON...TIPTONVILLE...UNION CITY...
MARTIN...DRESDEN...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...RIPLEY TN...
COVINGTON...BROWNSVILLE...ALAMO...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...
COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...OAKLAND
412 AM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT...

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 25-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...9 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BLOW AROUND IF NOT TIED DOWN. 
  SMALL LIMBS AND BRANCHES MAY ALSO BREAK IN THESE WIND SPEEDS. 

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.

&&

$$
515 
WWUS74 KMEG 171233
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
633 AM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE MID SOUTH TODAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY ACROSS AREAS ALONG
AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THIS MORNING AS A STRONG AREA
OF LOW PRESSURE AND TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT APPROACHES THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25-30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MID SOUTH TONIGHT...THEN
BEGIN TO DECREASE ONCE A COLD FRONT MOVES EAST THROUGH THE REGION
LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001-
002-007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001>003-019-020-048>051-088-089-172100-
/O.EXT.KMEG.WI.Y.0006.151117T1233Z-151118T0600Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-
DESOTO-MARSHALL-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-
LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-DYER-GIBSON-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-
SHELBY-FAYETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...PIGGOTT...CORNING...
WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...
WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...MARIANNA...HELENA...
WEST HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...
OLIVE BRANCH...HOLLY SPRINGS...TUNICA...SENATOBIA...CLARKSDALE...
MARKS...BATESVILLE...CHARLESTON...TIPTONVILLE...UNION CITY...
MARTIN...DRESDEN...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...RIPLEY TN...
COVINGTON...BROWNSVILLE...ALAMO...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...
COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...OAKLAND
633 AM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 25-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BLOW AROUND IF NOT TIED DOWN. 
  SMALL LIMBS AND BRANCHES MAY ALSO BREAK IN THESE WIND SPEEDS. 

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.

&&

$$

MSZ003>006-009-013>017-021>024-TNZ004-021-022-052>055-090>092-
172100-
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0006.151118T0000Z-151118T1200Z/
BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-PRENTISS-LAFAYETTE-UNION-
PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-HENRY-
CARROLL-BENTON TN-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-HARDEMAN-
MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND...RIPLEY MS...CORINTH...IUKA...
BOONEVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...PONTOTOC...TUPELO...FULTON...
WATER VALLEY...COFFEEVILLE...BRUCE...CALHOUN CITY...HOUSTON...
OKOLONA...AMORY...ABERDEEN...PARIS...HUNTINGDON...CAMDEN...
JACKSON...HENDERSON...LEXINGTON...PARSONS...DECATURVILLE...
BOLIVAR...SELMER...SAVANNAH
633 AM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST WEDNESDAY...

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 25-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BLOW AROUND IF NOT TIED DOWN. 
  SMALL LIMBS AND BRANCHES MAY ALSO BREAK IN THESE WIND SPEEDS. 

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.

&&

$$
350 
WWUS74 KMEG 171955
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
155 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE AND TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT APPROACHES THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25-30 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE
AS A COLD FRONT MOVES EAST THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

MSZ003>006-009-013>017-021>024-TNZ004-021-022-052>055-090>092-
181200-
/O.EXT.KMEG.WI.Y.0006.151117T1955Z-151118T1200Z/
BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-PRENTISS-LAFAYETTE-UNION-
PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-HENRY-
CARROLL-BENTON TN-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-HARDEMAN-
MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND...RIPLEY MS...CORINTH...IUKA...
BOONEVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...PONTOTOC...TUPELO...FULTON...
WATER VALLEY...COFFEEVILLE...BRUCE...CALHOUN CITY...HOUSTON...
OKOLONA...AMORY...ABERDEEN...PARIS...HUNTINGDON...CAMDEN...
JACKSON...HENDERSON...LEXINGTON...PARSONS...DECATURVILLE...
BOLIVAR...SELMER...SAVANNAH
155 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 25-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BLOW AROUND IF NOT TIED DOWN. 
  SMALL LIMBS AND BRANCHES MAY ALSO BREAK IN THESE WIND SPEEDS. 

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-
002-007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001>003-019-020-048>051-088-089-180600-
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-151118T0600Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-
DESOTO-MARSHALL-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-
LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-DYER-GIBSON-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-
SHELBY-FAYETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...PIGGOTT...CORNING...
WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...
WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...MARIANNA...HELENA...
WEST HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...
OLIVE BRANCH...HOLLY SPRINGS...TUNICA...SENATOBIA...CLARKSDALE...
MARKS...BATESVILLE...CHARLESTON...TIPTONVILLE...UNION CITY...
MARTIN...DRESDEN...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...RIPLEY TN...
COVINGTON...BROWNSVILLE...ALAMO...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...
COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...OAKLAND
155 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 25-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BLOW AROUND IF NOT TIED DOWN. 
  SMALL LIMBS AND BRANCHES MAY ALSO BREAK IN THESE WIND SPEEDS. 

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.

&&

$$
666 
WWUS74 KMEG 180202
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
802 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE AND TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT APPROACHES THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25-30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
DECREASE AS RAIN MOVES EAST THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

ARZ008-009-017-018-026-027-035-048-049-058-MOZ113-180315-
/O.CAN.KMEG.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-151118T0600Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-CROSS-
ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...PIGGOTT...CORNING...
WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...HARRISBURG...WYNNE...
FORREST CITY...MARIANNA...HELENA...WEST HELENA...KENNETT
802 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS HAVE DECREASED AS WIDESPREAD RAIN HAS SPREAD INTO EASTERN
ARKANSAS AND PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. AS A RESULT...THE
WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. 

$$

ARZ028-036-MOZ115-MSZ001-002-007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001>003-019-
020-048>051-088-089-180600-
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-151118T0600Z/
MISSISSIPPI-CRITTENDEN-PEMISCOT-DESOTO-MARSHALL-TUNICA-TATE-
COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-DYER-
GIBSON-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-SHELBY-FAYETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLYTHEVILLE...WEST MEMPHIS...
CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...HOLLY SPRINGS...
TUNICA...SENATOBIA...CLARKSDALE...MARKS...BATESVILLE...
CHARLESTON...TIPTONVILLE...UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN...
DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...RIPLEY TN...COVINGTON...
BROWNSVILLE...ALAMO...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...
MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...OAKLAND
802 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 25-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BLOW AROUND IF NOT TIED DOWN. 
  SMALL LIMBS AND BRANCHES MAY ALSO BREAK IN THESE WIND SPEEDS. 

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.

&&

$$

MSZ003>006-009-013>017-021>024-TNZ004-021-022-052>055-090>092-
181015-
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-151118T1200Z/
BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-PRENTISS-LAFAYETTE-UNION-
PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-HENRY-
CARROLL-BENTON TN-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-HARDEMAN-
MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND...RIPLEY MS...CORINTH...IUKA...
BOONEVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...PONTOTOC...TUPELO...FULTON...
WATER VALLEY...COFFEEVILLE...BRUCE...CALHOUN CITY...HOUSTON...
OKOLONA...AMORY...ABERDEEN...PARIS...HUNTINGDON...CAMDEN...
JACKSON...HENDERSON...LEXINGTON...PARSONS...DECATURVILLE...
BOLIVAR...SELMER...SAVANNAH
802 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 25-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BLOW AROUND IF NOT TIED DOWN. 
  SMALL LIMBS AND BRANCHES MAY ALSO BREAK IN THESE WIND SPEEDS. 

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
321 
WWUS74 KMEG 180357
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
957 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE AND TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT APPROACHES THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25-30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
DECREASE AS RAIN MOVES EAST THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

ARZ028-036-MOZ115-MSZ007-010-011-180500-
/O.CAN.KMEG.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-151118T0600Z/
MISSISSIPPI-CRITTENDEN-PEMISCOT-TUNICA-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLYTHEVILLE...WEST MEMPHIS...
CARUTHERSVILLE...TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...MARKS
957 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS HAVE DECREASED AS WIDESPREAD RAIN HAS SPREAD INTO EASTERN
ARKANSAS AND PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. AS A RESULT...THE
WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. 

$$

MSZ001-002-008-012-020-TNZ001>003-019-020-048>051-088-089-180600-
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-151118T0600Z/
DESOTO-MARSHALL-TATE-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-DYER-
GIBSON-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-SHELBY-FAYETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...
HOLLY SPRINGS...SENATOBIA...BATESVILLE...CHARLESTON...
TIPTONVILLE...UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN...DYERSBURG...
HUMBOLDT...MILAN...RIPLEY TN...COVINGTON...BROWNSVILLE...ALAMO...
BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...OAKLAND
957 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 25-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BLOW AROUND IF NOT TIED DOWN. 
  SMALL LIMBS AND BRANCHES MAY ALSO BREAK IN THESE WIND SPEEDS. 

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.

&&

$$

MSZ003>006-009-013>017-021>024-TNZ004-021-022-052>055-090>092-
181200-
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-151118T1200Z/
BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-PRENTISS-LAFAYETTE-UNION-
PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-HENRY-
CARROLL-BENTON TN-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-HARDEMAN-
MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND...RIPLEY MS...CORINTH...IUKA...
BOONEVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...PONTOTOC...TUPELO...FULTON...
WATER VALLEY...COFFEEVILLE...BRUCE...CALHOUN CITY...HOUSTON...
OKOLONA...AMORY...ABERDEEN...PARIS...HUNTINGDON...CAMDEN...
JACKSON...HENDERSON...LEXINGTON...PARSONS...DECATURVILLE...
BOLIVAR...SELMER...SAVANNAH
957 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 25-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BLOW AROUND IF NOT TIED DOWN. 
  SMALL LIMBS AND BRANCHES MAY ALSO BREAK IN THESE WIND SPEEDS. 

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
354 
WWUS74 KMEG 180522
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1122 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE AND TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT APPROACHES THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25-30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
DECREASE AS RAIN MOVES EAST THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

MSZ001-002-008-012-020-TNZ001>003-019-020-048>051-088-089-180630-
/O.CAN.KMEG.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-151118T0600Z/
DESOTO-MARSHALL-TATE-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-DYER-
GIBSON-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-SHELBY-FAYETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...
HOLLY SPRINGS...SENATOBIA...BATESVILLE...CHARLESTON...
TIPTONVILLE...UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN...DYERSBURG...
HUMBOLDT...MILAN...RIPLEY TN...COVINGTON...BROWNSVILLE...ALAMO...
BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...OAKLAND
1122 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS HAVE DECREASED AS WIDESPREAD RAIN HAS SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. AS A RESULT...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELED.

$$

MSZ003>006-009-013>017-021>024-TNZ004-021-022-052>055-090>092-
181200-
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-151118T1200Z/
BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-PRENTISS-LAFAYETTE-UNION-
PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-HENRY-
CARROLL-BENTON TN-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-HARDEMAN-
MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND...RIPLEY MS...CORINTH...IUKA...
BOONEVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...PONTOTOC...TUPELO...FULTON...
WATER VALLEY...COFFEEVILLE...BRUCE...CALHOUN CITY...HOUSTON...
OKOLONA...AMORY...ABERDEEN...PARIS...HUNTINGDON...CAMDEN...
JACKSON...HENDERSON...LEXINGTON...PARSONS...DECATURVILLE...
BOLIVAR...SELMER...SAVANNAH
1122 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 25-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BLOW AROUND IF NOT TIED DOWN. 
  SMALL LIMBS AND BRANCHES MAY ALSO BREAK IN THESE WIND SPEEDS. 

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
968 
WWUS74 KMEG 180937
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
337 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015

MSZ003>006-009-013>017-021>024-TNZ004-021-022-052>055-090>092-
181045-
/O.CAN.KMEG.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-151118T1200Z/
BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-PRENTISS-LAFAYETTE-UNION-
PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-HENRY-
CARROLL-BENTON TN-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-HARDEMAN-
MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND...RIPLEY MS...CORINTH...IUKA...
BOONEVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...PONTOTOC...TUPELO...FULTON...
WATER VALLEY...COFFEEVILLE...BRUCE...CALHOUN CITY...HOUSTON...
OKOLONA...AMORY...ABERDEEN...PARIS...HUNTINGDON...CAMDEN...
JACKSON...HENDERSON...LEXINGTON...PARSONS...DECATURVILLE...
BOLIVAR...SELMER...SAVANNAH
337 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS THE MID SOUTH.
THUS...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY.

$$

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 16, 11:42 AM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 11:42 AM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1142 AM CST MON NOV 16 2015

.UPDATE...

UPDATED FOR THE 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1126 AM CST MON NOV 16 2015/

UPDATE...

MAIN FOCUS IN THE MORNING UPDATE WAS TO GO AHEAD AND EXPAND THE
CURRENT FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THE REST OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA...INCLUDING
ALL OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND WEST TENNESSEE GIVEN THE PROXIMITY
TEMPORALLY TO THE EVENT. RAIN SHOWERS HAVE OVERSPREAD MUCH OF
NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...BUT THE GREATEST
IMPACTS FROM THIS EVENT ARE STILL FORECAST TO OCCUR TUESDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY ON TRACK AS OF
LATE MORNING.

TVT

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 405 AM CST MON NOV 16 2015/

DISCUSSION...

A DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH
THE FOUR CORNERS REGION OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE EAST ACROSS THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
AT THE SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP LATER TODAY IN THE LEE
OF THE ROCKIES AND ALSO LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST...BECOMING OCCLUDED
OVER THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS AS IT DEEPENS TO A SUB 990 LOW BY
MID WEEK.

ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE
APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. A LEAD SHORTWAVE EJECTING OUT AHEAD OF
THE UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS HAS SUPPORTED THE
DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE
MID SOUTH THIS MORNING. THIS RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY
AS THE SHORTWAVE LIFTS FURTHER TO THE NORTHEAST. ANOTHER ROUND OF
RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE
NORTHWESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA LATER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY
MORNING WITH A SECONDARY SHORTWAVE. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SECONDARY WAVE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN
ISSUED OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...FAR
NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...AND FAR WEST TENNESSEE BEGINNING TONIGHT
TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL. DRIER CONDITIONS
SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING OVER SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS
OF THE MID SOUTH.

THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE MID SOUTH
LATER TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. HIGHLY ANOMALOUS PRECIPITABLE
WATER VALUES APPROACHING 2 INCHES...WHICH IS GREATER THAN THE 99TH
PERCENTILE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...WILL ADVECT INTO THE REGION.
THIS SHOULD SET THE STAGE FOR FLOODING RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE
REGION...ESPECIALLY WHERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE HIGH RAINFALL
RATES. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE EXPANDED
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST REGION FOR THIS TIME PERIOD.
ANYWHERE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED AREAWIDE...WITH
THE GREATEST AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE MOST PROLONGED.

AS FOR ANY SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL...IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST
THREAT SHOULD REMAIN TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE FORECAST
AREA. MODELS REMAIN IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE QUALITY
UNSTABLE SURFACE WARM SECTOR SHOULD GET PINCHED OFF TO OUR SOUTH
AND SOUTHWEST AS THE SYSTEM OCCLUDES WHILE MOVING INTO THE MID
SOUTH. THIS SHOULD SUPPRESS THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING CONVECTIVE
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES TO OUR SOUTH. THIS WILL BE
CLOSELY MONITORED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO TO ENSURE THE WARM
SECTOR REMAINS SOUTH. AT THIS TIME THOUGH...IT APPEARS THAT THE
THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS LOW.

THE PRESSURE GRADIENT SHOULD INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE AREA
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE LATEST MOS GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THE
POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT IN
EXCESS OF 20 KTS...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THESE STRONG WINDS COMBINED
WITH INCREASINGLY WET SOIL CONDITIONS MAY BE ENOUGH TO DOWN A FEW
TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES. A WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED
FOR MUCH OF THE REGION FOR PORTIONS OF TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.

THE STORM SYSTEM SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE AREA LATER WEDNESDAY WITH
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COMING TO AN END. PACIFIC HIGH PRESSURE
SHOULD BUILD BACK INTO THE REGION FOR THE END OF THE WEEK WITH A
RETURN TO DRY CONDITIONS AND SEASONABLY MILD TEMPERATURES.

ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL ATTEMPT TO PUSH SOUTH INTO THE REGION BY
NEXT WEEKEND. LIMITED MOISTURE SHOULD PREVENT MUCH IN THE WAY OF
RAINFALL WITH THIS SYSTEM...BUT SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL
BE POSSIBLE BY THE END OF NEXT WEEKEND.

JLH

&&

.AVIATION...
18Z TAF CYCLE

CURRENT IFR CEILINGS OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA
SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED WITH VFR CONDITIONS RETURNING LATER THIS
AFTERNOON. VFR CEILINGS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS
BEFORE CEILINGS LOWER TO IFR LEVELS OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN WILL MOVE THROUGH MAINLY
THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR MUCH OF THE NEXT 24
HOURS ALTHOUGH VISIBILITIES SHOULD REMAIN AT VFR LEVELS FOR MUCH
OF THE PERIOD. WINDS WILL BE MAINLY FROM THE SOUTH AT 5 TO 10
KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS
OVERNIGHT. SOME LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER WESTERN
SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. ON TUESDAY...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO
15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

ARS

&&

.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
     FOR CLAY-CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROSS-GREENE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-
     MISSISSIPPI-PHILLIPS-POINSETT-RANDOLPH-ST. FRANCIS.

MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
     FOR DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT.

MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
     FOR DESOTO-TUNICA.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
     MORNING FOR ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-COAHOMA-
     ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LEE MS-MARSHALL-MONROE-PANOLA-PONTOTOC-
     PRENTISS-QUITMAN-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TISHOMINGO-UNION-
     YALOBUSHA.

TN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
     FOR DYER-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-OBION-SHELBY-TIPTON.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
     MORNING FOR BENTON TN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CROCKETT-DECATUR-
     FAYETTE-GIBSON-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-
     MADISON-MCNAIRY-WEAKLEY.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 16, 4:14 AM CST, 9 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
414 AM CST MON NOV 16 2015

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-171215-
ALCORN-BENTON MS-BENTON TN-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-
414 AM CST MON NOV 16 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT FOR EAST AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI
BOOTHEEL...FAR NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...AND FAR WEST TENNESSEE.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT IN
THE WATCH AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY
SPREAD OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AND
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED OVER THE ENTIRE MID
SOUTH.

IN ADDITION OT THE HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT...A WIND ADVISORY WILL
LIKELY BE NEEDED TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT FOR STRONG WINDS AHEAD
OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS.

JLH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 16, 3:23 AM CSTFlash Flood WatchMEGBenton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more52 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Mississippi, 2015Wind Advisories in Tennessee, 2015Wind Advisories in Arkansas, 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.