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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Memphis, TN
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.
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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
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 8:40 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Crittenden | 5 days |
| Feb 27, 9:11 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Lee | 11 days |
| Feb 27, 8:40 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | MEG | New Madrid, Pemiscot | 4 days |
Nearby
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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.