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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Memphis, TN

June 16, 2026Lake County, Tennessee; 4 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind advisory at Jun 16, 2026, 10:11 PM CDT for Lake County, Tennessee; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2026, 10:11 PM CDT (03:11 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 17, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 17, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN

Counties Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Greene County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Lake County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 332 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2026-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 227 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2026-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 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
227 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1214 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.2

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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.