Alert archive / Arkansas / Frost Advisories in 2008
Frost Advisory 1, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this frost advisory at Mar 22, 2008, 9:01 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 23, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 2008, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2008, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 330 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
- 1965 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this frost advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at Mar 22, 2:58 PM CDT, 6 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 2:58 PM CDT, 6 hours 3 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 459 PM CDT SAT MAR 22 2008 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-231000- ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK- CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK- LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK- OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK- PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK- WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR- 459 PM CDT SAT MAR 22 2008 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. DISCUSSION... THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING AS COLDER MID LEVEL AIR MOVES TO THE SOUTH INTO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE COLDER...WITH LOWS BRIEFLY NEAR FREEZING ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS. MONDAY...VERY HIGH FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL. TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS. WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS. THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... A WEAK FRONT WILL BRING A REINFORCING SHOT OF COOLER AND DRIER AIR TO THE REGION FOR SUNDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SUNDAY NIGHT. PORTIONS OF FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS MAY EVEN SEE LOWS FALL INTO THE MID 20S. THE FIRE DANGER WILL INCREASE ON MONDAY ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AS DRIER AIR REMAINS OVER THE AREA...TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 60S...AND WINDS INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH TO AROUND 20 MILES PER HOUR. SEVERAL WEAK UPPER LEVEL SYSTEMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION NEXT WEEK WITH ONLY LIGHT RAIN OR A FEW SHOWERS EXPECTED. STRONGER WINDS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER IN THE PERIOD AS A STRONGER SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR AND PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE WILDFIRES WHICH COULD SPREAD QUICKLY ON MONDAY...ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 44. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 3:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 4:29 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | TSA | Choctaw, Creek, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee and 8 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 23, 4:29 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:11 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TSA | Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa and 4 more | 12 hr |
Nearby
Frost Advisories in Arkansas, 2008Every frost advisory in 2008
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.