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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Jackson, MS

January 11, 2017Bolivar County, Sunflower County, Washington County, Mississippi; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this wind advisory at Jan 11, 2017, 1:16 PM CST for Bolivar County, Sunflower County, Washington County, Mississippi; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 11, 2017, 1:16 PM CST (19:16 UTC)
Expired
Jan 11, 2017, 6:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS

Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Bolivar County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2017-01-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2017-01-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 203 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
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

721 
WWUS74 KJAN 111916
NPWJAN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
116 PM CST WED JAN 11 2017

...WIND ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF THE ARKLAMISS DELTA REGION THIS
AFTERNOON...

ARZ074-075-MSZ018-019-034-120000-
/O.NEW.KJAN.WI.Y.0002.170111T1916Z-170112T0000Z/
ASHLEY-CHICOT-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG...
WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...CLEVELAND...
INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENVILLE
116 PM CST WED JAN 11 2017

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

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

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON WITH WINDS DECREASING AFTER SUNSET.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ESPECIALLY ON
  WEST TO EAST HIGHWAYS...LARGE LIMBS AND ROTTED TREES MAY BE BLOWN
  POSING A RISK FOR INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. EXERCISE CAUTION NEAR TREES DURING
THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
626 
WWUS74 KJAN 120003
NPWJAN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
603 PM CST WED JAN 11 2017


ARZ074-075-MSZ018-019-034-120115-
/O.EXP.KJAN.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170112T0000Z/
ASHLEY-CHICOT-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG...
WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...CLEVELAND...
INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENVILLE
603 PM CST WED JAN 11 2017

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS BUT SPEEDS SHOULD BE
LOWER THAN WHAT OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY AND REMAIN BELOW CRITERIA. 

$$

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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.