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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Mar 26, 2020, 2:38 PM CDT for 5 counties in Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2020, 2:38 PM CDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2020, 5:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
Counties Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Greene County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1289 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
268 WWUS74 KMEG 261938 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Memphis TN 238 PM CDT Thu Mar 26 2020 ARZ009-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-270000- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.200326T1938Z-200327T0000Z/ Clay-Greene-Craighead-Poinsett-Mississippi-Dunklin-Pemiscot- Including the cities of Piggott, Corning, Paragould, Jonesboro, Harrisburg, Blytheville, Kennett, and Caruthersville 238 PM CDT Thu Mar 26 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * WHERE...In Arkansas, Clay, Greene, Craighead, Poinsett and Mississippi Counties. In Missouri, Dunklin and Pemiscot Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ AC3
1 follow-up statement
824 WWUS74 KMEG 262234 AAA NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED National Weather Service Memphis TN 534 PM CDT Thu Mar 26 2020 ARZ009-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-262345- /O.CAN.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-200327T0000Z/ Clay-Greene-Craighead-Poinsett-Mississippi-Dunklin-Pemiscot- Including the cities of Piggott, Corning, Paragould, Jonesboro, Harrisburg, Blytheville, Kennett, and Caruthersville 534 PM CDT Thu Mar 26 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Although breezy conditions will continue through sunset, wind speeds will prevail below Wind Advisory criteria. $$ PWB
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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.