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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Memphis, TN

February 28, 201612 counties in Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri

NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2016, 10:07 AM CST for 12 counties in Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri. It took effect at Feb 28, 2016, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 28, 2016, 10:07 AM CST (16:07 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 28, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 28, 2016, 5:54 PM CST
In force
6 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 16:13 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, 4.1 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 2016-02-28Temperature 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 2016-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
1461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

076 
WWUS74 KMEG 281607
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1007 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN EASTERN ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI
BOOTHEEL THIS AFTERNOON...

.A STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW OF AIR THIS AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 MILES AN HOUR WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MILES AN
HOUR THIS AFTERNOON IN EASTERN ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI
BOOTHEEL.

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-290000-
/O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0006.160228T1800Z-160229T0000Z/
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
1007 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

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

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR ARE FORECAST.

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE FORECAST FROM NOON UNTIL 6 P.M.

* IMPACTS...THE WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING MORE DIFFICULT FOR THOSE IN
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. OUTDOOR OBJECTS NOT TIED DOWN MAY BE
  BLOWN AROUND AS WELL. AREA BOATERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION DUE TO
  THE ELEVATED WINDS.

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 ON AREA LAKES.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
750 
WWUS74 KMEG 282354
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
554 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016


ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-290100-
/O.CAN.KMEG.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160229T0000Z/
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
554 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WIND SPEEDS HAVE DROPPED TO BELOW 25 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO
DECREASE FURTHER THIS EVENING. THUS...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELED.

$$

KRM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 8:40 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryMEGCrittenden5 days
Feb 27, 9:11 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryMEGLee11 days
Feb 27, 8:40 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryMEGNew Madrid, Pemiscot4 days

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Arkansas, 2016Wind Advisories in Missouri, 2016Every wind advisory in 2016

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.