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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Jackson, MS

December 17, 20167 counties in Mississippi; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this wind advisory at Dec 17, 2016, 4:05 PM CST for 7 counties in Mississippi; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 17, 2016, 4:05 PM CST (22:05 UTC)
Expired
Dec 18, 2016, 6:00 AM CST
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2016-12-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 240 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2016-12-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 486 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
240 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
568 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
486 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
519 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

As transmitted.

206 
WWUS74 KJAN 172205
NPWJAN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
405 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

...STRONG COLD FRONT BRINGING WINDY CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF THE
ARKLAMISS DELTA REGION...

ARZ074-075-MSZ018-019-025>027-034-035-180615-
/O.NEW.KJAN.WI.Y.0010.161217T2205Z-161218T1200Z/
ASHLEY-CHICOT-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-
WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG...
WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...CLEVELAND...
INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA...VAIDEN...
NORTH CARROLLTON...CARROLLTON...GREENVILLE...BELZONI...ISOLA
405 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. 

* TIMING...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING SHIFTING TO
  NORTHERLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* WINDS...WINDS SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...LIMBS AND ROTTED TREES COULD BE BLOWN DOWN RESULTING IN
  SERIOUS INJURY, PROPERTY DAMAGE, AND POWER OUTAGES. IT WILL BE
  DIFFICULT TO DRIVE HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES, PARTICULARLY ON EAST-
  WEST ROUTES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS OR DRIVING IN THESE CONDITIONS,
PARTICULARLY NEAR TREES. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
543 
WWUS74 KJAN 180605
NPWJAN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1205 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016

...STRONG COLD FRONT BRINGING WINDY CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF THE
ARKLAMISS DELTA REGION...

ARZ074-075-MSZ018-019-025>027-034-035-181200-
/O.CON.KJAN.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161218T1200Z/
ASHLEY-CHICOT-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-
WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG...
WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...CLEVELAND...
INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA...VAIDEN...
NORTH CARROLLTON...CARROLLTON...GREENVILLE...BELZONI...ISOLA
1205 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS
MORNING...

* TIMING...FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. 

* WINDS...WINDS SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...LIMBS AND ROTTED TREES COULD BE BLOWN DOWN RESULTING 
  IN SERIOUS INJURY... PROPERTY DAMAGE... AND POWER OUTAGES. IT 
  WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... 
  PARTICULARLY ON EAST- WEST ROUTES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS OR DRIVING IN THESE CONDITIONS...
PARTICULARLY NEAR TREES. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS.

&&

$$

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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.