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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Memphis, TN
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.
- 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
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.