Alert archive / Arkansas / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Feb 16, 2018, 4:39 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2018, 4:39 AM CST (10:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2018, 11:06 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 22 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, DeSoto 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), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1087 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
238 WWUS74 KMEG 161039 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Memphis TN 439 AM CST Fri Feb 16 2018 ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS ACROSS PARTS OF THE MID-SOUTH THIS MORNING... ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-TNZ001-002-019-048-161800- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0003.180216T1039Z-180216T1800Z/ Randolph-Clay-Lawrence-Greene-Craighead-Poinsett-Mississippi- Dunklin-Pemiscot-Lake-Obion-Dyer-Lauderdale- Including the cities of Pocahontas, Piggott, Corning, Walnut Ridge, Paragould, Jonesboro, Harrisburg, Blytheville, Kennett, Caruthersville, Tiptonville, Union City, Dyersburg, and Ripley TN 439 AM CST Fri Feb 16 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until noon CST today. * WINDS...Sustained winds of 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph. * TIMING...Through NOON CST. * IMPACTS...Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 25 mph or greater are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ SJM
2 follow-up statements
479 WWUS74 KMEG 161258 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Memphis TN 658 AM CST Fri Feb 16 2018 ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS ACROSS PARTS OF THE MID-SOUTH THIS MORNING... ARZ035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001-007-TNZ049-088-161800- /O.EXA.KMEG.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-180216T1800Z/ Cross-Crittenden-St. Francis-Lee AR-Phillips-DeSoto-Tunica-Tipton- Shelby- Including the cities of Wynne, West Memphis, Forrest City, Marianna, Helena, West Helena, Southaven, Olive Branch, Tunica, Covington, Bartlett, Germantown, Collierville, Memphis, and Millington 658 AM CST Fri Feb 16 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until noon CST today. * WINDS...Sustained winds of 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph. * TIMING...Through NOON CST. * IMPACTS...Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 25 mph or greater are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-TNZ001-002-019-048-161800- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-180216T1800Z/ Randolph-Clay-Lawrence-Greene-Craighead-Poinsett-Mississippi- Dunklin-Pemiscot-Lake-Obion-Dyer-Lauderdale- Including the cities of Pocahontas, Piggott, Corning, Walnut Ridge, Paragould, Jonesboro, Harrisburg, Blytheville, Kennett, Caruthersville, Tiptonville, Union City, Dyersburg, and Ripley TN 658 AM CST Fri Feb 16 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * WINDS...Sustained winds of 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph. * TIMING...Through NOON CST. * IMPACTS...Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 25 mph or greater are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ SJM
023 WWUS74 KMEG 161706 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Memphis TN 1106 AM CST Fri Feb 16 2018 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-161815- /O.CAN.KMEG.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-180216T1800Z/ Randolph-Clay-Lawrence-Greene-Craighead-Poinsett-Mississippi- Cross-Crittenden-St. Francis-Lee AR-Phillips-Dunklin-Pemiscot- DeSoto-Tunica-Lake-Obion-Dyer-Lauderdale-Tipton-Shelby- Including the cities of Pocahontas, Piggott, Corning, Walnut Ridge, Paragould, Jonesboro, Harrisburg, Blytheville, Wynne, West Memphis, Forrest City, Marianna, Helena, West Helena, Kennett, Caruthersville, Southaven, Olive Branch, Tunica, Tiptonville, Union City, Dyersburg, Ripley TN, Covington, Bartlett, Germantown, Collierville, Memphis, and Millington 1106 AM CST Fri Feb 16 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Memphis has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Winds will still gust to 25 mph through early afternoon but will continue a gradual weakening trend. The Wind Advisory has been cancelled. $$
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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.