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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Apr 26, 2017, 4:06 AM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas; 4 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Apr 26, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2017, 4:06 AM CDT (09:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 26, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
Counties Cross County, AR, Lee County, AR, Phillips County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Coahoma County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tunica County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 1753 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
914 WWUS74 KMEG 260906 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Memphis TN 406 AM CDT Wed Apr 26 2017 ...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING... .A tightening pressure gradient ahead of a strong cold front will produce gusty south winds across portions of East Arkansas and Northwest Mississippi this afternoon into early evening. ARZ035-048-049-058-MSZ007-010-011-020-270000- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0008.170426T1800Z-170427T0000Z/ Cross-St. Francis-Lee AR-Phillips-Tunica-Coahoma-Quitman- Tallahatchie- Including the cities of Wynne, Forrest City, Marianna, Helena, West Helena, Tunica, Clarksdale, Marks, and Charleston 406 AM CDT Wed Apr 26 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 7 PM CDT this evening. * WINDS...Sustained south winds 20-25 mph with gusts to around 35 mph. * TIMING...1 PM CDT this afternoon until 7 PM this evening. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
118 WWUS74 KMEG 270015 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Memphis TN 715 PM CDT Wed Apr 26 2017 ARZ035-048-049-058-MSZ007-010-011-020-270115- /O.EXP.KMEG.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-170427T0000Z/ Cross-St. Francis-Lee AR-Phillips-Tunica-Coahoma-Quitman- Tallahatchie- Including the cities of Wynne, Forrest City, Marianna, Helena, West Helena, Tunica, Clarksdale, Marks, and Charleston 715 PM CDT Wed Apr 26 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Winds have dropped below criteria and the wind advisory has been allowed to expire. $$ SJM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 4:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tunica | 48 min |
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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.