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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Memphis, TN

April 9, 20164 states

NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Apr 9, 2016, 2:40 PM CDT for 4 states. It took effect at Apr 10, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2016, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 10, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 10, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
12 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 19:40 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, 7.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2016-04-09Temperature 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 2016-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

037 
WWUS74 KMEG 091940
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
240 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2016

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH SUNDAY...

.A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH ON
SUNDAY...WITH SOUTH WINDS INCREASING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE WESTERN
COUNTIES BY MID MORNING. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AND WIND
GUSTS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ALONG AND WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE SUNDAY EVENING BUT
CONDITIONS WILL STILL REMAIN BREEZY DURING THE NIGHT AS A COLD
FRONT APPROACHES.

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001-
007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-100930-
/O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0009.160410T1400Z-160411T0200Z/
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
240 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY. 

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 4O
  TO NEAR 50 MPH.

* TIMING...9 AM DST SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH 9 PM DST SUNDAY
  EVENING.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE SUBJECT TO BLOWING AROUND
  BY THE WIND AND DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ROADS WILL BECOME
  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
5 follow-up statements
050 
WWUS74 KMEG 100920
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
420 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH TODAY...

.A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TODAY WITH
SOUTH WINDS INCREASING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE WESTERN COUNTIES BY MID
MORNING. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AND WIND GUSTS WILL
OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING BUT CONDITIONS WILL
STILL REMAIN BREEZY DURING THE NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES.

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001-
007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-102130-
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0009.160410T1400Z-160411T0200Z/
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
420 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM
CDT THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 
  4O TO NEAR 50 MPH. 

* TIMING...9 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH 9 PM CDT SUNDAY
  EVENING.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE SUBJECT TO BLOWING 
  AROUND BY THE WIND AND DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ROADS WILL 
  BECOME 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.

&&

$$

ZDM
519 
WWUS74 KMEG 101817
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
117 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH TODAY...

.A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN STRONG
WINDS ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH. IN ADDITION...DRY
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE DELTA REGION IS RESULTING IN BLOWING DUST
WHICH IS REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ007-
010-110200-
/O.NEW.KMEG.DU.Y.0001.160410T1817Z-160411T0200Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160411T0200Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-
TUNICA-COAHOMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...PIGGOTT...CORNING...
WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...
WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...MARIANNA...HELENA...
WEST HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...TUNICA...CLARKSDALE
117 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A BLOWING DUST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO
  50 MPH.

* VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES BELOW 1
  MILE...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS DOWN TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT
  TIMES. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE SUBJECT TO BLOWING AROUND
  BY THE WIND AND DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ROADS WILL BECOME
  HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN AREAS WHERE
  VISIBILITIES ARE RESTRICTED IN BLOWING DUST...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  WILL OCCUR. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN ENCOUNTERING REDUCED
  VISIBILITIES IN DUST.

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.

A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT
VISIBILITIES. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION.

&&

$$

MSZ001-008-011-012-020-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-110200-
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160411T0200Z/
DESOTO-TATE-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAKE-OBION-DYER-
LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...SENATOBIA...
MARKS...BATESVILLE...CHARLESTON...TIPTONVILLE...UNION CITY...
DYERSBURG...RIPLEY TN...COVINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...
COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON
117 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO
  50 MPH.

* TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE SUBJECT TO BLOWING 
  AROUND BY THE WIND AND DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ROADS WILL 
  BECOME 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
520 
WWUS74 KMEG 101900
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
200 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH TODAY...

.A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN STRONG
WINDS ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH. IN ADDITION...DRY
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE DELTA REGION IS RESULTING IN BLOWING DUST
WHICH IS REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CREATING DANGEROUS TRAVEL IN
SOME LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS.

ARZ008-009-017-018-110200-
/O.UPG.KMEG.DU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160411T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KMEG.DS.W.0001.160410T1900Z-160411T0200Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160411T0200Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...PIGGOTT...CORNING...
WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD
200 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

...DUST STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A DUST STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE
BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO
  50 MPH.

* VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE
  QUARTER OF A MILE.

* TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE SUBJECT TO BLOWING 
  AROUND BY THE WIND AND DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ROADS WILL 
  BECOME HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN 
  AREAS WHERE VISIBILITIES ARE RESTRICTED IN BLOWING DUST...
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL OCCUR. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN 
  ENCOUNTERING REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN DUST. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A DUST STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES ARE
EXPECTED WITH BLOWING DUST. TRAVEL COULD BECOME EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS. PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SHOULD MAKE
PREPARATIONS TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

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.

&&

$$

ARZ026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ007-010-110200-
/O.CON.KMEG.DU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160411T0200Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160411T0200Z/
CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-
LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-TUNICA-COAHOMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESBORO...HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...
WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...MARIANNA...HELENA...
WEST HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...TUNICA...CLARKSDALE
200 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP 
  TO 50 MPH. 

* VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES BELOW 1 
  MILE...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS DOWN TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT 
  TIMES. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE SUBJECT TO BLOWING 
  AROUND BY THE WIND AND DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ROADS WILL 
  BECOME HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN 
  AREAS WHERE VISIBILITIES ARE RESTRICTED IN BLOWING DUST...
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL OCCUR. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN 
  ENCOUNTERING REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN DUST. 

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.

A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT
VISIBILITIES. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION.

&&

$$

MSZ001-008-011-012-020-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-110200-
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160411T0200Z/
DESOTO-TATE-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAKE-OBION-DYER-
LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...SENATOBIA...
MARKS...BATESVILLE...CHARLESTON...TIPTONVILLE...UNION CITY...
DYERSBURG...RIPLEY TN...COVINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...
COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON
200 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP 
  TO 50 MPH. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE SUBJECT TO BLOWING 
  AROUND BY THE WIND AND DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ROADS WILL 
  BECOME 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.

&&

$$
063 
WWUS74 KMEG 102011
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
311 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH TODAY...

.A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN STRONG
WINDS ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH. IN ADDITION...DRY
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE DELTA REGION IS RESULTING IN BLOWING DUST
WHICH IS REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CREATING DANGEROUS TRAVEL IN
SOME LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS.

ARZ026>028-MOZ113-115-110200-
/O.UPG.KMEG.DU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160411T0200Z/
/O.EXA.KMEG.DS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160411T0200Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160411T0200Z/
CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESBORO...HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...
KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE
311 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

...DUST STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A DUST STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE
BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP 
  TO 50 MPH. 

* VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES BELOW 1 
  MILE...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS DOWN TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT 
  TIMES. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE SUBJECT TO BLOWING 
  AROUND BY THE WIND AND DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ROADS WILL 
  BECOME HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN 
  AREAS WHERE VISIBILITIES ARE RESTRICTED IN BLOWING DUST... 
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL OCCUR. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN 
  ENCOUNTERING REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN DUST. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A DUST STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES ARE
EXPECTED WITH BLOWING DUST. TRAVEL COULD BECOME EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS. PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SHOULD MAKE
PREPARATIONS TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

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.

&&

$$

ARZ008-009-017-018-110200-
/O.CON.KMEG.DS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160411T0200Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160411T0200Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...PIGGOTT...CORNING...
WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD
311 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

...DUST STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 
  50 MPH. 

* VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE 
  QUARTER OF A MILE. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE SUBJECT TO BLOWING 
  AROUND BY THE WIND AND DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ROADS WILL 
  BECOME HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN 
  AREAS WHERE VISIBILITIES ARE RESTRICTED IN BLOWING DUST... 
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL OCCUR. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN 
  ENCOUNTERING REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN DUST. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A DUST STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES ARE
EXPECTED WITH BLOWING DUST. TRAVEL COULD BECOME EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS. PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SHOULD MAKE
PREPARATIONS TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

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.

&&

$$

ARZ035-036-048-049-058-MSZ007-010-110200-
/O.CON.KMEG.DU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160411T0200Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160411T0200Z/
CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-TUNICA-COAHOMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...
MARIANNA...HELENA...WEST HELENA...TUNICA...CLARKSDALE
311 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP 
  TO 50 MPH. 

* VISIBILITY...WIDESPREAD REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES BELOW 1 
  MILE...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS DOWN TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT 
  TIMES. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE SUBJECT TO BLOWING 
  AROUND BY THE WIND AND DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ROADS WILL 
  BECOME HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN 
  AREAS WHERE VISIBILITIES ARE RESTRICTED IN BLOWING DUST... 
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL OCCUR. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN 
  ENCOUNTERING REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN DUST. 

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.

A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT
VISIBILITIES. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION.

&&

$$

MSZ001-008-011-012-020-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-110200-
/O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160411T0200Z/
DESOTO-TATE-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAKE-OBION-DYER-
LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...SENATOBIA...
MARKS...BATESVILLE...CHARLESTON...TIPTONVILLE...UNION CITY...
DYERSBURG...RIPLEY TN...COVINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...
COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON
311 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP 
  TO 50 MPH. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE SUBJECT TO BLOWING 
  AROUND BY THE WIND AND DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ROADS WILL 
  BECOME 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.

&&

$$
493 
WWUS74 KMEG 110204
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
904 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

...WINDY AND DUSTY CONDITIONS HAVE SUBSIDED OVER MID-SOUTH...

.WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED OVER MUCH OF THE MID-SOUTH. BECAUSE OF THIS
THE BLOWING DUST THAT HAD AFFECTED PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...THE
MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI HAS ENDED.

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-110315-
/O.EXP.KMEG.DS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160411T0200Z/
/O.EXP.KMEG.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160411T0200Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...PIGGOTT...CORNING...
WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...
KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE
904 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

...DUST STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...
...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE THREAT OF BLOWING DUST HAS ENDED.

$$

ARZ035-036-048-049-058-MSZ007-010-110315-
/O.EXP.KMEG.DU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160411T0200Z/
/O.EXP.KMEG.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160411T0200Z/
CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-TUNICA-COAHOMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...
MARIANNA...HELENA...WEST HELENA...TUNICA...CLARKSDALE
904 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...
...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE THREAT OF BLOWING DUST HAS ENDED.

$$

MSZ001-008-011-012-020-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-110315-
/O.EXP.KMEG.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160411T0200Z/
DESOTO-TATE-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAKE-OBION-DYER-
LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...SENATOBIA...
MARKS...BATESVILLE...CHARLESTON...TIPTONVILLE...UNION CITY...
DYERSBURG...RIPLEY TN...COVINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...
COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON
904 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINDY CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED.

$$

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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.