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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Feb 26, 2023, 3:21 AM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Feb 27, 2023, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 26, 2023, 3:21 AM CST (09:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 27, 2023, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2023, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 55 counties
Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, 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, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 480 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
911 WWUS74 KMEG 260921 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Memphis TN Issued by National Weather Service Little Rock AR 321 AM CST Sun Feb 26 2023 ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-270530- /O.NEW.KMEG.WI.Y.0008.230227T0600Z-230227T2200Z/ Clay-Greene-Craighead-Poinsett-Mississippi-Cross-Crittenden- St. Francis-Lee AR-Phillips-Dunklin-Pemiscot-DeSoto-Marshall- Benton MS-Tippah-Alcorn-Tishomingo-Tunica-Tate-Prentiss-Coahoma- Quitman-Panola-Lafayette-Union-Pontotoc-Lee MS-Itawamba- Tallahatchie-Yalobusha-Calhoun-Chickasaw-Monroe-Lake-Obion- Weakley-Henry-Dyer-Gibson-Carroll-Benton TN-Lauderdale-Tipton- Haywood-Crockett-Madison-Chester-Henderson-Decatur-Shelby-Fayette- Hardeman-McNairy-Hardin- Including the cities of Piggott, Corning, Paragould, Jonesboro, Harrisburg, Blytheville, Wynne, West Memphis, Forrest City, Marianna, Helena, West Helena, Kennett, Caruthersville, 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, Tiptonville, Union City, Martin, Dresden, Paris, Dyersburg, Humboldt, Milan, Huntingdon, Camden, Ripley TN, Covington, Brownsville, Alamo, Jackson, Henderson, Lexington, Parsons, Decaturville, Bartlett, Germantown, Collierville, Memphis, Millington, Somerville, Oakland, Bolivar, Selmer, and Savannah 321 AM CST Sun Feb 26 2023 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM CST MONDAY... * WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with occasional gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of East Arkansas, North Mississippi, Southeast Missouri and West Tennessee. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 4 PM CST Monday. * 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
772 WWUS74 KMEG 262108 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Memphis TN Issued by National Weather Service Little Rock AR 308 PM CST Sun Feb 26 2023 ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-270515- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0008.230227T0600Z-230227T2200Z/ Clay-Greene-Craighead-Poinsett-Mississippi-Cross-Crittenden- St. Francis-Lee AR-Phillips-Dunklin-Pemiscot-DeSoto-Marshall- Benton MS-Tippah-Alcorn-Tishomingo-Tunica-Tate-Prentiss-Coahoma- Quitman-Panola-Lafayette-Union-Pontotoc-Lee MS-Itawamba- Tallahatchie-Yalobusha-Calhoun-Chickasaw-Monroe-Lake-Obion- Weakley-Henry-Dyer-Gibson-Carroll-Benton TN-Lauderdale-Tipton- Haywood-Crockett-Madison-Chester-Henderson-Decatur-Shelby-Fayette- Hardeman-McNairy-Hardin- Including the cities of Piggott, Corning, Paragould, Jonesboro, Harrisburg, Blytheville, Wynne, West Memphis, Forrest City, Marianna, Helena, West Helena, Kennett, Caruthersville, 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, Tiptonville, Union City, Martin, Dresden, Paris, Dyersburg, Humboldt, Milan, Huntingdon, Camden, Ripley TN, Covington, Brownsville, Alamo, Jackson, Henderson, Lexington, Parsons, Decaturville, Bartlett, Germantown, Collierville, Memphis, Millington, Somerville, Oakland, Bolivar, Selmer, and Savannah 308 PM CST Sun Feb 26 2023 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM CST MONDAY... * WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of East Arkansas, North Mississippi, Southeast Missouri and West Tennessee. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 4 PM CST Monday. * 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. && $$
955 WWUS74 KMEG 270432 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Memphis TN Issued by National Weather Service Little Rock AR 1032 PM CST Sun Feb 26 2023 ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-271700- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0008.230227T0600Z-230227T2200Z/ Clay-Greene-Craighead-Poinsett-Mississippi-Cross-Crittenden- St. Francis-Lee AR-Phillips-Dunklin-Pemiscot-DeSoto-Marshall- Benton MS-Tippah-Alcorn-Tishomingo-Tunica-Tate-Prentiss-Coahoma- Quitman-Panola-Lafayette-Union-Pontotoc-Lee MS-Itawamba- Tallahatchie-Yalobusha-Calhoun-Chickasaw-Monroe-Lake-Obion- Weakley-Henry-Dyer-Gibson-Carroll-Benton TN-Lauderdale-Tipton- Haywood-Crockett-Madison-Chester-Henderson-Decatur-Shelby-Fayette- Hardeman-McNairy-Hardin- Including the cities of Piggott, Corning, Paragould, Jonesboro, Harrisburg, Blytheville, Wynne, West Memphis, Forrest City, Marianna, Helena, West Helena, Kennett, Caruthersville, 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, Tiptonville, Union City, Martin, Dresden, Paris, Dyersburg, Humboldt, Milan, Huntingdon, Camden, Ripley TN, Covington, Brownsville, Alamo, Jackson, Henderson, Lexington, Parsons, Decaturville, Bartlett, Germantown, Collierville, Memphis, Millington, Somerville, Oakland, Bolivar, Selmer, and Savannah 1032 PM CST Sun Feb 26 2023 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST MONDAY... * WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of East Arkansas, North Mississippi, Southeast Missouri and West Tennessee. * WHEN...Until 4 PM CST Monday. * 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. && $$
998 WWUS74 KMEG 270850 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Memphis TN Issued by National Weather Service Little Rock AR 250 AM CST Mon Feb 27 2023 ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-272200- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-230227T2200Z/ Clay-Greene-Craighead-Poinsett-Mississippi-Cross-Crittenden- St. Francis-Lee AR-Phillips-Dunklin-Pemiscot-DeSoto-Marshall- Benton MS-Tippah-Alcorn-Tishomingo-Tunica-Tate-Prentiss-Coahoma- Quitman-Panola-Lafayette-Union-Pontotoc-Lee MS-Itawamba- Tallahatchie-Yalobusha-Calhoun-Chickasaw-Monroe-Lake-Obion- Weakley-Henry-Dyer-Gibson-Carroll-Benton TN-Lauderdale-Tipton- Haywood-Crockett-Madison-Chester-Henderson-Decatur-Shelby-Fayette- Hardeman-McNairy-Hardin- Including the cities of Piggott, Corning, Paragould, Jonesboro, Harrisburg, Blytheville, Wynne, West Memphis, Forrest City, Marianna, Helena, West Helena, Kennett, Caruthersville, 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, Tiptonville, Union City, Martin, Dresden, Paris, Dyersburg, Humboldt, Milan, Huntingdon, Camden, Ripley TN, Covington, Brownsville, Alamo, Jackson, Henderson, Lexington, Parsons, Decaturville, Bartlett, Germantown, Collierville, Memphis, Millington, Somerville, Oakland, Bolivar, Selmer, and Savannah 250 AM CST Mon Feb 27 2023 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of East Arkansas, North Mississippi, Southeast Missouri and West Tennessee. * WHEN...Until 4 PM CST Monday. * 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. && $$
487 WWUS74 KMEG 272040 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Memphis TN Issued by National Weather Service Little Rock AR 240 PM CST Mon Feb 27 2023 ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-272200- /O.CON.KMEG.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-230227T2200Z/ Clay-Greene-Craighead-Poinsett-Mississippi-Cross-Crittenden- St. Francis-Lee AR-Phillips-Dunklin-Pemiscot-DeSoto-Marshall- Benton MS-Tippah-Alcorn-Tishomingo-Tunica-Tate-Prentiss-Coahoma- Quitman-Panola-Lafayette-Union-Pontotoc-Lee MS-Itawamba- Tallahatchie-Yalobusha-Calhoun-Chickasaw-Monroe-Lake-Obion- Weakley-Henry-Dyer-Gibson-Carroll-Benton TN-Lauderdale-Tipton- Haywood-Crockett-Madison-Chester-Henderson-Decatur-Shelby-Fayette- Hardeman-McNairy-Hardin- Including the cities of Piggott, Corning, Paragould, Jonesboro, Harrisburg, Blytheville, Wynne, West Memphis, Forrest City, Marianna, Helena, West Helena, Kennett, Caruthersville, 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, Tiptonville, Union City, Martin, Dresden, Paris, Dyersburg, Humboldt, Milan, Huntingdon, Camden, Ripley TN, Covington, Brownsville, Alamo, Jackson, Henderson, Lexington, Parsons, Decaturville, Bartlett, Germantown, Collierville, Memphis, Millington, Somerville, Oakland, Bolivar, Selmer, and Savannah 240 PM CST Mon Feb 27 2023 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * WHERE...Portions of East Arkansas, North Mississippi, Southeast Missouri and West Tennessee. * WHEN...Until 4 PM CST this afternoon. * 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. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Feb 25, 11:32 PM CST, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 11:32 PM CST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Memphis TN Issued by National Weather Service Little Rock AR 1132 PM CST Sat Feb 25 2023 ...New AVIATION... .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 219 PM CST Sat Feb 25 2023 A few storm systems will move across the region over the forecast period. This will bring several chances for rain, along with a wide variation in temperatures, with well above average high and low temperatures forecast between systems. && .DISCUSSION... (This evening through next Friday) Issued at 219 PM CST Sat Feb 25 2023 METSAT and radar this afternoon depict light rainshowers and cloud cover continuing to track eastward across the region, as southwest flow lifts warm air and moisture over a surface cold layer settling over the region. High temperatures today range from the upper 40s to the lower 60s across the CWA. Low temperatures tonight will be in the mid to upper 40s. Chances for showers and isolated storms continue through this evening. Rain chances return across northern portions of the CWA Sunday, as a warm front lifts northward from the Gulf coast and a storm system organizes over the western Plains. An upper low over the west coast will quickly translate eastward across the southern states, its trough axis moving across the forecast area early Monday. The surface storm system will track northeastward across the Midwest region towards the Great lakes Sunday night/early Monday, bringing additional rainfall and chances for thunderstorms across the forecast area. This system is expected to bring less than one-tenth of an inch of additional rainfall to the CWA Monday, though locally higher amounts are possible where thunderstorms develop. The main hazard with this system will be high wind. Sustained wind speeds up to 30 knots, with gusts up to 40 knots are possible Monday. Wind speeds relax by Tuesday as surface high pressure expands across the region. Drier conditions will only last through Tuesday night. From mid to late next week, a few systems will move across the forecast area, bringing additional chances for rainfall. The first system will track ENE, remaining north of the CWA, with its cold front sweeping across the area Wednesday. The next will take a more southerly track across the Gulf states next Friday. Estimated total rainfall with these two systems range from 1 to 3+ inches between Wed-Fri. High pressure and drier conditions are forecast to return by next weekend. && .AVIATION...(06Z TAFS)Issued at 1128 PM CST Sat Feb 25 2023 MVFR to IFR cigs are expected over the next 24-30 hours. MVFR vis is likely at all sites. A weak ridge will shift over the midsouth likely suppressing showers across north Mississippi and MEM, but a few showers are possible near MKL and JBR during the middle of the day. South winds will increase late tomorrow extending into the next TAF cycle. 30/Sirmon && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...None. MO...None. MS...None. TN...None. && PUBLIC FORECAST...JDS AVIATION...JDS
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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.