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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Jan 30, 2021, 2:46 PM CST for 13 counties in Tennessee; 22 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Jan 30, 2021, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 30, 2021, 2:46 PM CST (20:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2021, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2021, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 35 counties
Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 865 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
264 WWUS74 KMEG 302046 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Memphis TN 246 PM CST Sat Jan 30 2021 MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ021-022-049-050-052>055-088>092-310500- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0002.210131T0000Z-210131T0500Z/ DeSoto-Marshall-Benton MS-Tippah-Alcorn-Tishomingo-Tunica-Tate- Prentiss-Coahoma-Quitman-Panola-Lafayette-Union-Pontotoc-Lee MS- Itawamba-Tallahatchie-Yalobusha-Calhoun-Chickasaw-Monroe-Carroll- Benton TN-Tipton-Haywood-Madison-Chester-Henderson-Decatur-Shelby- Fayette-Hardeman-McNairy-Hardin- Including the cities of Southaven, Olive Branch, Holly Springs, Ashland, Ripley MS, Corinth, Iuka, Tunica, Senatobia, Booneville, Clarksdale, Marks, Batesville, Oxford, New Albany, Pontotoc, Tupelo, Fulton, Charleston, Water Valley, Coffeeville, Bruce, Calhoun City, Houston, Okolona, Amory, Aberdeen, Huntingdon, Camden, Covington, Brownsville, Jackson, Henderson, Lexington, Parsons, Decaturville, Bartlett, Germantown, Collierville, Memphis, Millington, Somerville, Oakland, Bolivar, Selmer, and Savannah 246 PM CST Sat Jan 30 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TO 11 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...South/southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph. * WHERE...North Mississippi and Southwest Tennessee. * WHEN...Until 11 PM CST. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Small 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. && $$ 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.