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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Apr 9, 2017, 2:36 AM CDT for 12 counties in Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri. It took effect at Apr 9, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2017, 2:36 AM CDT (07:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 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 07:34 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, 7.6 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
- 2522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
627 WWUS74 KMEG 090736 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Memphis TN 236 AM CDT Sun Apr 9 2017 ...Gusty winds across the Delta today... .A tightening pressure gradient across the region will result in gusty southerly winds across the Delta today. Southerly winds at 25 mph with gusts to over 35 mph will be common this afternoon. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-091545- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0007.170409T1500Z-170410T0000Z/ 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, and Caruthersville 236 AM CDT Sun Apr 9 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 10 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening. * WINDS...Sustained winds around 25 mph with gusts over 35 mph. * TIMING...10 am CDT to 7 pm CDT. * IMPACTS...Loose objects such as trash cans will be blown around. High profile vehicles traveling along east-west roadways will be impacted. 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. && $$ SJM
2 follow-up statements
590 WWUS74 KMEG 091337 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Memphis TN 837 AM CDT Sun Apr 9 2017 ...Gusty winds across the Delta today... .A tightening pressure gradient across the region will result in gusty southerly winds across the Delta today. Southerly winds at 25 mph with gusts to over 35 mph will be common this afternoon. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-100000- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0007.170409T1500Z-170410T0000Z/ Randolph-Clay-Lawrence-Greene-Craighead-Poinsett-Mississippi- Cross-Crittenden-St. Francis-Lee AR-Phillips-Dunklin-Pemiscot- Including the cities of Pocahontas, Piggott, Corning, Walnut Ridge, Paragould, Jonesboro, Harrisburg, Blytheville, Wynne, West Memphis, Forrest City, Marianna, Helena, West Helena, Kennett, and Caruthersville 837 AM CDT Sun Apr 9 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...Sustained winds around 25 mph with gusts over 35 mph. * TIMING...10 am CDT to 7 pm CDT. * IMPACTS...Loose objects such as trash cans will be blown around. High profile vehicles traveling along east-west roadways will be impacted. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 25 to 39 mph are expected...or gusts will range between 40 and 57 mph. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
986 WWUS74 KMEG 092023 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Memphis TN 323 PM CDT Sun Apr 9 2017 ...Gusty winds across the Delta this afternoon... .A tightening pressure gradient across the region will result in gusty southerly winds across the Delta this afternoon. Southerly winds at 25 mph with gusts to over 35 mph will be common across the advisory area. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-100000- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-170410T0000Z/ 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, and Caruthersville 323 PM CDT Sun Apr 9 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...Sustained winds around 25 mph with gusts over 35 mph. * TIMING...through 7 pm CDT. * IMPACTS...Loose objects such as trash cans will be blown around. High profile vehicles traveling along east-west roadways will be impacted. 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. && $$
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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.