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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Memphis, TN

March 10, 20214 counties in Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri

NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Mar 10, 2021, 12:39 PM CST for 4 counties in Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2021, 12:39 PM CST (18:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2021, 7:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN

Counties Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Greene County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2021-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2021-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 252 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
835 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

978 
WWUS74 KMEG 101839
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1239 PM CST Wed Mar 10 2021

ARZ009-018-026-028-MOZ113-115-110100-
/O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0003.210310T1839Z-210311T0100Z/
Clay-Greene-Craighead-Mississippi-Dunklin-Pemiscot-
Including the cities of Piggott, Corning, Paragould, Jonesboro, 
Blytheville, Kennett, and Caruthersville
1239 PM CST Wed Mar 10 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...South winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.

* WHERE...In Arkansas, Clay, Greene, Craighead and Mississippi 
  Counties. In Missouri, Dunklin and Pemiscot Counties.

* WHEN...Until 7 PM CST 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

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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.