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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Jan 22, 2017, 4:45 AM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Jan 22, 2017, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 22, 2017, 4:45 AM CST (10:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 22, 2017, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2017, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 31 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, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:47 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 656 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1015 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted.
345 WWUS74 KMEG 221045 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 445 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2017 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 002-007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001-002-019-048>051-088-089-222200- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.170122T2100Z-170123T0900Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-MARSHALL-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE- LAKE-OBION-DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-SHELBY-FAYETTE- 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, HOLLY SPRINGS, TUNICA, SENATOBIA, CLARKSDALE, MARKS, BATESVILLE, CHARLESTON, TIPTONVILLE, UNION CITY, DYERSBURG, RIPLEY TN, COVINGTON, BROWNSVILLE, ALAMO, BARTLETT, GERMANTOWN, COLLIERVILLE, MEMPHIS, MILLINGTON, SOMERVILLE, AND OAKLAND 445 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST MONDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 25 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...3 PM TODAY THROUGH 3 AM TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...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. && $$ JOHNSON
3 follow-up statements
245 WWUS74 KMEG 222138 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 338 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2017 ...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID-SOUTH... .A DEPARTING DEEP SURFACE LOW WILL CREATE A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID-SOUTH TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 002-007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001-002-019-048>051-088-089-230545- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170123T0900Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-MARSHALL-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE- LAKE-OBION-DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-SHELBY-FAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF POCAHONTAS, PIGGOTT, CORNING, WALNUT RIDGE, PARAGOULD, JONESBORO, HARRISBURG, BLYTHEVILLE, WYNNE, WEST MEMPHIS, FORREST CITY, MARIANNA, HELENA, WEST HELENA, KENNETT, CARUTHERSVILLE, SOUTHAVEN, OLIVE BRANCH, HOLLY SPRINGS, TUNICA, SENATOBIA, CLARKSDALE, MARKS, BATESVILLE, CHARLESTON, TIPTONVILLE, UNION CITY, DYERSBURG, RIPLEY TN, COVINGTON, BROWNSVILLE, ALAMO, BARTLETT, GERMANTOWN, COLLIERVILLE, MEMPHIS, MILLINGTON, SOMERVILLE, AND OAKLAND 338 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY... * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 25 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...3 PM TODAY THROUGH 3 AM TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED...OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AC3
578 WWUS74 KMEG 230303 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 903 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2017 ...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MID-SOUTH... .A DEPARTING DEEP SURFACE LOW WILL CREATE A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID-SOUTH TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 002-007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001-002-019-048>051-088-089-230900- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170123T0900Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-MARSHALL-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE- LAKE-OBION-DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-SHELBY-FAYETTE- 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, HOLLY SPRINGS, TUNICA, SENATOBIA, CLARKSDALE, MARKS, BATESVILLE, CHARLESTON, TIPTONVILLE, UNION CITY, DYERSBURG, RIPLEY TN, COVINGTON, BROWNSVILLE, ALAMO, BARTLETT, GERMANTOWN, COLLIERVILLE, MEMPHIS, MILLINGTON, SOMERVILLE, AND OAKLAND 903 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY... * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 25 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...9 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 3 AM TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...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. && $$ JAB
488 WWUS74 KMEG 230841 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 241 AM CST MON JAN 23 2017 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 002-007-008-010>012-020-TNZ001-002-019-048>051-088-089-230945- /O.EXP.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170123T0900Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-MARSHALL-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE- LAKE-OBION-DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-SHELBY-FAYETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF POCAHONTAS, PIGGOTT, CORNING, WALNUT RIDGE, PARAGOULD, JONESBORO, HARRISBURG, BLYTHEVILLE, WYNNE, WEST MEMPHIS, FORREST CITY, MARIANNA, HELENA, WEST HELENA, KENNETT, CARUTHERSVILLE, SOUTHAVEN, OLIVE BRANCH, HOLLY SPRINGS, TUNICA, SENATOBIA, CLARKSDALE, MARKS, BATESVILLE, CHARLESTON, TIPTONVILLE, UNION CITY, DYERSBURG, RIPLEY TN, COVINGTON, BROWNSVILLE, ALAMO, BARTLETT, GERMANTOWN, COLLIERVILLE, MEMPHIS, MILLINGTON, SOMERVILLE, AND OAKLAND 241 AM CST MON JAN 23 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE OVERNIGHT, GUSTING TO 25 MPH AT TIMES. HOWEVER...WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED ENOUGH THAT A WIND ADVISORY WILL NOT LONGER BE NEEDED. $$ JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 10:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 45 min |
| Jan 21, 10:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 23 min |
| Jan 21, 11:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman | 38 min |
| Jan 21, 11:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 11:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 22 min |
| Jan 22, 11:23 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 33 hr |
| Jan 22, 11:23 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lowndes, Monroe | 5 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.