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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Mar 23, 2016, 2:08 AM CDT for 4 states. It took effect at Mar 23, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2016, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 27 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, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Dyer County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:05 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 2139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
845 WWUS74 KMEG 230708 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 208 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE WESTERN MIDSOUTH COUNTIES... .A DEVELOPING STORM IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL KEEP GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TODAY AND THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. WINDS WILL DECREASE EARLY TOMORROW AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE REGION. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-232130- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0008.160323T1200Z-160324T1200Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAKE-OBION- 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...SENATOBIA...CLARKSDALE...MARKS... BATESVILLE...CHARLESTON...TIPTONVILLE...UNION CITY...DYERSBURG... RIPLEY TN...COVINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE... MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 208 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...FROM 7 AM DST WEDNESDAY MORNING TO 7 AM DST THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO THE WIND. WORKING ON ELEVATED SURFACES EXPOSED TO THE WIND WILL BE HAZARDOUS. TRAVELING ON EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS WILL ALSO BE HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR 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. && $$ JAB
1 follow-up statement
527 WWUS74 KMEG 232012 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 312 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS THE WESTERN MIDSOUTH COUNTIES... .A DEVELOPING STORM IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL KEEP GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ACROSS THE MID SOUTH THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. WINDS WILL DECREASE EARLY TOMORROW AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE REGION. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-241000- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160324T1200Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAKE-OBION- 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...SENATOBIA...CLARKSDALE...MARKS... BATESVILLE...CHARLESTON...TIPTONVILLE...UNION CITY...DYERSBURG... RIPLEY TN...COVINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE... MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 312 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 7 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO THE WIND. WORKING ON ELEVATED SURFACES EXPOSED TO THE WIND WILL BE HAZARDOUS. TRAVELING ON EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS WILL ALSO BE HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR 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. && $$ 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.