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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Memphis, TN

February 8, 20164 states

NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Feb 8, 2016, 3:52 AM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Feb 8, 2016, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 8, 2016, 3:52 AM CST (09:52 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 8, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 8, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
All 22 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, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Dyer County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 00:00Z on 2016-02-08Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2016-02-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2303 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

493 
WWUS74 KMEG 080952
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
352 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016

...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TODAY...

.A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID SOUTH TODAY.
A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS
ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TODAY UNTIL
EARLY EVENING.

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001-
007-010-TNZ001-019-048-049-088-090000-
/O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0003.160208T1500Z-160209T0000Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-
DESOTO-TUNICA-COAHOMA-LAKE-DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY-
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...TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...TIPTONVILLE...DYERSBURG...
RIPLEY TN...COVINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...
MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON
352 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 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 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
  UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...FROM 9 AM CST TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO THE WINDS
  AND SHOULD BE BROUGHT INSIDE OR TIED DOWN. DRIVING MAY BECOME
  HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY TO 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
505 
WWUS74 KMEG 090001
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
601 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016

...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE MID SOUTH THIS
EVENING...

.WINDS WILL CONITNUE TO FALL OFF AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES
SOME THIS EVENING...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001-
007-010-TNZ001-019-048-049-088-090115-
/O.EXP.KMEG.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160209T0000Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-
DESOTO-TUNICA-COAHOMA-LAKE-DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY-
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...TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...TIPTONVILLE...DYERSBURG...
RIPLEY TN...COVINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...
MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON
601 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

$$

JLH

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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.