Alert archive / Arkansas / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Mar 6, 2018, 3:30 AM CST for Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri; 7 counties in Arkansas; 5 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Mar 6, 2018, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 2018, 3:30 AM CST (09:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2018, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2018, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
Counties Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Dyer County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Obion County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 2429 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
635 WWUS74 KMEG 060930 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Memphis TN 330 AM CST Tue Mar 6 2018 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON... ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-TNZ001>004-019-061730- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0004.180306T1800Z-180307T0000Z/ Randolph-Clay-Lawrence-Greene-Craighead-Poinsett-Mississippi- Dunklin-Pemiscot-Lake-Obion-Weakley-Henry-Dyer- Including the cities of Pocahontas, Piggott, Corning, Walnut Ridge, Paragould, Jonesboro, Harrisburg, Blytheville, Kennett, Caruthersville, Tiptonville, Union City, Martin, Dresden, Paris, and Dyersburg 330 AM CST Tue Mar 6 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from noon today to 6 PM CST this evening. * WINDS...Northwest winds sustained between 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph. * TIMING...From 12 PM CST until 6 PM CST. * IMPACTS...Loose outdoor objects not secured may be blown around. Driving high profile vehicles will be more difficult. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
727 WWUS74 KMEG 060931 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Memphis TN 331 AM CST Tue Mar 6 2018 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON... ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-TNZ001>004-019-070000- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0004.180306T1800Z-180307T0000Z/ Randolph-Clay-Lawrence-Greene-Craighead-Poinsett-Mississippi- Dunklin-Pemiscot-Lake-Obion-Weakley-Henry-Dyer- Including the cities of Pocahontas, Piggott, Corning, Walnut Ridge, Paragould, Jonesboro, Harrisburg, Blytheville, Kennett, Caruthersville, Tiptonville, Union City, Martin, Dresden, Paris, and Dyersburg 331 AM CST Tue Mar 6 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...Northwest winds sustained between 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph. * TIMING...From 12 PM CST until 6 PM CST. * IMPACTS...Loose outdoor objects not secured may be blown around. Driving high profile vehicles will be more difficult. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 25 mph or greater are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
298 WWUS74 KMEG 062343 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Memphis TN 543 PM CST Tue Mar 6 2018 ...Gusty Northwest winds continue across Northeast Arkansas, the Missouri Bootheel, and Northwest Tennessee... ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-TNZ001>004-019-070100- /O.EXT.KMEG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-180307T0100Z/ Randolph-Clay-Lawrence-Greene-Craighead-Poinsett-Mississippi- Dunklin-Pemiscot-Lake-Obion-Weakley-Henry-Dyer- Including the cities of Pocahontas, Piggott, Corning, Walnut Ridge, Paragould, Jonesboro, Harrisburg, Blytheville, Kennett, Caruthersville, Tiptonville, Union City, Martin, Dresden, Paris, and Dyersburg 543 PM CST Tue Mar 6 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...Northwest winds sustained between 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph. * TIMING...Through 7 PM CST. * IMPACTS...Loose outdoor objects not secured may be blown around. Driving high profile vehicles will be more difficult. 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. && $$ KRM
471 WWUS74 KMEG 070111 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Memphis TN 711 PM CST Tue Mar 6 2018 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-TNZ001>004-019-070215- /O.EXP.KMEG.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-180307T0100Z/ Randolph-Clay-Lawrence-Greene-Craighead-Poinsett-Mississippi- Dunklin-Pemiscot-Lake-Obion-Weakley-Henry-Dyer- Including the cities of Pocahontas, Piggott, Corning, Walnut Ridge, Paragould, Jonesboro, Harrisburg, Blytheville, Kennett, Caruthersville, Tiptonville, Union City, Martin, Dresden, Paris, and Dyersburg 711 PM CST Tue Mar 6 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Winds have decreased below advisory criteria and will decrease further during the evening hours. Thus, the criteria has been allowed to expire. $$
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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.