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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Memphis, TN

February 19, 201612 counties in Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri

NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Feb 19, 2016, 10:30 AM CST for 12 counties in Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 2016, 10:30 AM CST (16:30 UTC)
Expired
Feb 19, 2016, 3:00 PM CST
In force
5 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 16:33 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, 4.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2016-02-19Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2016-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 508 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
508 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
639 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

204 
WWUS74 KMEG 191630
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1030 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016


ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-192100-
/O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0004.160219T1630Z-160219T2100Z/
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
1030 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40
  MPH

* TIMING...THROUGH 3 PM CST

* IMPACTS...SMALL TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. UNSECURED 
  OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS MAY BE BLOWN ONTO ROADS. 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO HANDLE.

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
1 follow-up statement
857 
WWUS74 KMEG 192103
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
303 PM CST FRI FEB 19 2016


ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-192215-
/O.EXP.KMEG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160219T2100Z/
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
303 PM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIE DOWN INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THUS THE
WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

KRM

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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.