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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Little Rock, AR

February 10, 20098 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this wind advisory at Feb 10, 2009, 3:29 PM CST for 8 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 11, 2009, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 2009, 3:29 PM CST (21:29 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 11, 2009, 1:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 11, 2009, 6:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR

Counties Baxter County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Marion County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 12:00Z on 2009-02-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2009-02-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1772 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS74 KLZK 102129
NPWLZK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
329 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER ARKANSAS TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL HEAD THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
THROUGH THIS EVENING AND INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. THE SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFIES AS IT HEADS TO THE
NORTHEAST...AND THERE WILL BE A LOT OF WIND SURROUNDING THE
SYSTEM. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER NORTHERN AND PORTIONS OF
EASTERN ARKANSAS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. IN THESE
AREAS...GUSTS COULD EXCEED 50 MPH.

ARZ003>007-013>016-025-111030-
/O.NEW.KLZK.HW.W.0001.090211T0900Z-090211T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KLZK.WI.Y.0002.090211T2100Z-090212T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KLZK.WI.Y.0001.090211T0000Z-090211T0900Z/
BAXTER-BOONE-FULTON-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-MARION-SEARCY-
SHARP-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASH FLAT...BATESVILLE...BULL SHOALS...
CALICO ROCK...CAVE CITY...FLIPPIN...GASSVILLE...HARDY...
HARRISON...HORSESHOE BEND...LEAD HILL...LESLIE...MAMMOTH SPRING...
MARSHALL...MELBOURNE...MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...NEWPORT...
NORFORK...OIL TROUGH...OMAHA...OXFORD...PLEASANT PLAINS...SALEM...
SUMMIT...SWIFTON...TUCKERMAN...VIOLA...YELLVILLE
329 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST
WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WIND
ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...WITH WINDS
SHIFTING TO THE WEST OR NORTHWEST TOWARD WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDY
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

WIND SPEEDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AT
TIMES. WINDS WILL BEGIN DECREASING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A STORM
SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES.

IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL SURGE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE WEE HOURS OF
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE STORMS COULD BRING DAMAGING WINDS TO SOME
AREAS.

A LOT OF TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED IN LATE JANUARY ACROSS NORTHERN
ARKANSAS DUE TO A MASSIVE ICE STORM. TREES AND TREE LIMBS HAVE
BEEN WEAKENED...AND THE EXPECTED WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED.
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR
MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

ARZ012-021>024-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-111030-
/O.CON.KLZK.WI.Y.0001.090211T0000Z-090212T0000Z/
ARKANSAS-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-CONWAY-DALLAS-
DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-
LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-
POLK-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-
YELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTHEIMER...AMITY...ARKADELPHIA...
ARKANSAS CITY...AUGUSTA...AVILLA...BAUXITE...BEARDEN...
BEE BRANCH...BEEBE...BENTON...BISMARCK...BONNERDALE...
BOONEVILLE...BRINKLEY...BRYANT...CABOT...CAMDEN...CENTER RIDGE...
CHIDESTER...CLARENDON...CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...CONWAY...
COTTON PLANT...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT...
DEER...DES ARC...DONALDSON...DRASCO...DUMAS...EL PASO...ENGLAND...
FAIRFIELD BAY...FORDYCE...FOURCHE JUNCTION...GEORGETOWN...
GILLETT...GLENWOOD...GOULD...GRADY...GRAVELLY...GREENBRIER...
GREERS FERRY...GURDON...HAMPTON...HASKELL...HAZEN...
HEBER SPRINGS...HECTOR...HERMITAGE...HOT SPRINGS...
HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE...HOUSTON...HUMNOKE...HUMPHREY...
JACKSONVILLE...JASPER...JESSIEVILLE...KINGSLAND...LACEY...LEOLA...
LITTLE ROCK...LONOKE...MALVERN...MAUMELLE...MAYFLOWER...MCCRORY...
MCGEHEE...MENA...MONTICELLO...MORO BAY...MORRILTON...MOUNT IDA...
MOUNT MAGAZINE...MURFREESBORO...NORMAN...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...
OKOLONA...OLA...OZONE...PARIS...PARON...PELSOR...PERRYVILLE...
PINE BLUFF...PINE RIDGE...POYEN...PRATTSVILLE...REDFIELD...
RISON...ROHWER...ROSE BUD...RUSSELLVILLE...SEARCY...SHERIDAN...
SHERWOOD...STAR CITY...STEPHENS...STUTTGART...THORNTON...
VILONIA...WALDRON...WARREN...WESTERN GROVE...WICKES...
WRIGHTSVILLE...Y CITY
329 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...WITH WINDS
SHIFTING TO THE WEST OR NORTHWEST TOWARD WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDY
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

WIND SPEEDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AT
TIMES. WINDS WILL BEGIN DECREASING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A STORM
SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES.

IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL SURGE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE WEE HOURS OF
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE STORMS COULD BRING DAMAGING WINDS TO SOME
AREAS.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

46
5 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS74 KLZK 110521
NPWLZK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1121 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER ARKANSAS TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL HEAD THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
THROUGH THIS EVENING AND INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. THE SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFIES AS IT HEADS TO THE
NORTHEAST...AND THERE WILL BE A LOT OF WIND SURROUNDING THE
SYSTEM. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER NORTHERN AND PORTIONS OF
EASTERN ARKANSAS LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. IN THESE AREAS...
GUSTS COULD EXCEED 50 MPH.

ARZ003>007-013>016-025-111100-
/O.CON.KLZK.HW.W.0001.090211T0900Z-090211T2100Z/
/O.CON.KLZK.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090211T0900Z/
/O.CON.KLZK.WI.Y.0002.090211T2100Z-090212T0000Z/
BAXTER-BOONE-FULTON-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-MARION-SEARCY-
SHARP-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASH FLAT...BATESVILLE...BULL SHOALS...
CALICO ROCK...CAVE CITY...FLIPPIN...GASSVILLE...HARDY...
HARRISON...HORSESHOE BEND...LEAD HILL...LESLIE...MAMMOTH SPRING...
MARSHALL...MELBOURNE...MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...NEWPORT...
NORFORK...OIL TROUGH...OMAHA...OXFORD...PLEASANT PLAINS...SALEM...
SUMMIT...SWIFTON...TUCKERMAN...VIOLA...YELLVILLE
1121 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST
WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST
WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 6 PM
CST WEDNESDAY. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...WITH WINDS
SHIFTING TO THE WEST OR NORTHWEST TOWARD WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDY
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

WIND SPEEDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AT
TIMES. WINDS WILL BEGIN DECREASING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A STORM
SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES.

IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL SURGE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE WEE HOURS OF
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE STORMS COULD BRING DAMAGING WINDS TO SOME
AREAS.

A LOT OF TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED IN LATE JANUARY ACROSS NORTHERN
ARKANSAS DUE TO A MASSIVE ICE STORM. TREES AND TREE LIMBS HAVE
BEEN WEAKENED...AND THE EXPECTED WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS
EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

ARZ012-021>024-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-111100-
/O.CON.KLZK.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090212T0000Z/
ARKANSAS-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-CONWAY-DALLAS-
DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-
LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-
POLK-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-
YELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTHEIMER...AMITY...ARKADELPHIA...
ARKANSAS CITY...AUGUSTA...AVILLA...BAUXITE...BEARDEN...
BEE BRANCH...BEEBE...BENTON...BISMARCK...BONNERDALE...
BOONEVILLE...BRINKLEY...BRYANT...CABOT...CAMDEN...CENTER RIDGE...
CHIDESTER...CLARENDON...CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...CONWAY...
COTTON PLANT...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT...
DEER...DES ARC...DONALDSON...DRASCO...DUMAS...EL PASO...ENGLAND...
FAIRFIELD BAY...FORDYCE...FOURCHE JUNCTION...GEORGETOWN...
GILLETT...GLENWOOD...GOULD...GRADY...GRAVELLY...GREENBRIER...
GREERS FERRY...GURDON...HAMPTON...HASKELL...HAZEN...
HEBER SPRINGS...HECTOR...HERMITAGE...HOT SPRINGS...
HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE...HOUSTON...HUMNOKE...HUMPHREY...
JACKSONVILLE...JASPER...JESSIEVILLE...KINGSLAND...LACEY...LEOLA...
LITTLE ROCK...LONOKE...MALVERN...MAUMELLE...MAYFLOWER...MCCRORY...
MCGEHEE...MENA...MONTICELLO...MORO BAY...MORRILTON...MOUNT IDA...
MOUNT MAGAZINE...MURFREESBORO...NORMAN...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...
OKOLONA...OLA...OZONE...PARIS...PARON...PELSOR...PERRYVILLE...
PINE BLUFF...PINE RIDGE...POYEN...PRATTSVILLE...REDFIELD...
RISON...ROHWER...ROSE BUD...RUSSELLVILLE...SEARCY...SHERIDAN...
SHERWOOD...STAR CITY...STEPHENS...STUTTGART...THORNTON...
VILONIA...WALDRON...WARREN...WESTERN GROVE...WICKES...
WRIGHTSVILLE...Y CITY
1121 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. 

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...WITH WINDS
SHIFTING TO THE WEST OR NORTHWEST TOWARD WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDY
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

WIND SPEEDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AT
TIMES. WINDS WILL BEGIN DECREASING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A STORM
SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES.

IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL SURGE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE WEE HOURS OF
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE STORMS COULD BRING DAMAGING WINDS TO SOME
AREAS.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

46/58
000 
WWUS74 KLZK 111038
NPWLZK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
438 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER ARKANSAS TODAY...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL HEAD THROUGH THE MID SOUTH REGION
TODAY...AND STRENGTHEN WHILE CROSSING THE STATE. THERE WILL BE A
LOT OF WIND SURROUNDING THE SYSTEM DUE TO THE INTENSIFICATION. THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS TODAY.
IN THESE AREAS... GUSTS COULD EXCEED 50 MPH.

ARZ003>007-013>016-025-112100-
/O.CON.KLZK.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090211T2100Z/
/O.CON.KLZK.WI.Y.0002.090211T2100Z-090212T0000Z/
BAXTER-BOONE-FULTON-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-MARION-SEARCY-
SHARP-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASH FLAT...BATESVILLE...BULL SHOALS...
CALICO ROCK...CAVE CITY...FLIPPIN...GASSVILLE...HARDY...
HARRISON...HORSESHOE BEND...LEAD HILL...LESLIE...MAMMOTH SPRING...
MARSHALL...MELBOURNE...MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...NEWPORT...
NORFORK...OIL TROUGH...OMAHA...OXFORD...PLEASANT PLAINS...SALEM...
SUMMIT...SWIFTON...TUCKERMAN...VIOLA...YELLVILLE
438 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 6 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY...AS THE LOW
PRESSURE STRENGTHENS. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND EVENTUALLY
THE NORTHWEST LATER THIS MORNING. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

WIND SPEEDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AT
TIMES. WINDS WILL BEGIN DECREASING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE STORM
SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES.

A LOT OF TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED IN LATE JANUARY ACROSS NORTHERN
ARKANSAS DUE TO A MASSIVE ICE STORM. TREES AND TREE LIMBS HAVE
BEEN WEAKENED...AND THE EXPECTED WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS
EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58
MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

ARZ012-021>024-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-112100-
/O.CON.KLZK.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090212T0000Z/
ARKANSAS-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-CONWAY-DALLAS-
DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-
LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-
POLK-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-
YELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTHEIMER...AMITY...ARKADELPHIA...
ARKANSAS CITY...AUGUSTA...AVILLA...BAUXITE...BEARDEN...
BEE BRANCH...BEEBE...BENTON...BISMARCK...BONNERDALE...
BOONEVILLE...BRINKLEY...BRYANT...CABOT...CAMDEN...CENTER RIDGE...
CHIDESTER...CLARENDON...CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...CONWAY...
COTTON PLANT...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT...
DEER...DES ARC...DONALDSON...DRASCO...DUMAS...EL PASO...ENGLAND...
FAIRFIELD BAY...FORDYCE...FOURCHE JUNCTION...GEORGETOWN...
GILLETT...GLENWOOD...GOULD...GRADY...GRAVELLY...GREENBRIER...
GREERS FERRY...GURDON...HAMPTON...HASKELL...HAZEN...
HEBER SPRINGS...HECTOR...HERMITAGE...HOT SPRINGS...
HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE...HOUSTON...HUMNOKE...HUMPHREY...
JACKSONVILLE...JASPER...JESSIEVILLE...KINGSLAND...LACEY...LEOLA...
LITTLE ROCK...LONOKE...MALVERN...MAUMELLE...MAYFLOWER...MCCRORY...
MCGEHEE...MENA...MONTICELLO...MORO BAY...MORRILTON...MOUNT IDA...
MOUNT MAGAZINE...MURFREESBORO...NORMAN...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...
OKOLONA...OLA...OZONE...PARIS...PARON...PELSOR...PERRYVILLE...
PINE BLUFF...PINE RIDGE...POYEN...PRATTSVILLE...REDFIELD...
RISON...ROHWER...ROSE BUD...RUSSELLVILLE...SEARCY...SHERIDAN...
SHERWOOD...STAR CITY...STEPHENS...STUTTGART...THORNTON...
VILONIA...WALDRON...WARREN...WESTERN GROVE...WICKES...
WRIGHTSVILLE...Y CITY
438 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY...AS SURFACE LOW
PRESSURE STRENGTHENS. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST LATER THIS
MORNING. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

WIND SPEEDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AT
TIMES. WINDS WILL BEGIN DECREASING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE
STORM SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES.

A LOT OF TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED IN LATE JANUARY ACROSS NORTHERN
ARKANSAS DUE TO A MASSIVE ICE STORM. TREES AND TREE LIMBS HAVE
BEEN WEAKENED...AND THE EXPECTED WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE
ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

58
000 
WWUS74 KLZK 111900
NPWLZK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
100 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009

ARZ003-004-013-120000-
/O.CAN.KLZK.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090211T2100Z/
/O.EXT.KLZK.WI.Y.0002.090211T1900Z-090212T0000Z/
BOONE-MARION-SEARCY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BULL SHOALS...FLIPPIN...HARRISON...
LEAD HILL...LESLIE...MARSHALL...OMAHA...SUMMIT...YELLVILLE
100 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WARNING. A WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

A WEST WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. 


$$

ARZ005>007-014>016-025-120000-
/O.CON.KLZK.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090211T2100Z/
/O.CON.KLZK.WI.Y.0002.090211T2100Z-090212T0000Z/
BAXTER-FULTON-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-SHARP-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASH FLAT...BATESVILLE...CALICO ROCK...
CAVE CITY...GASSVILLE...HARDY...HORSESHOE BEND...MAMMOTH SPRING...
MELBOURNE...MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...NEWPORT...NORFORK...
OIL TROUGH...OXFORD...PLEASANT PLAINS...SALEM...SWIFTON...
TUCKERMAN...VIOLA
100 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 TO 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON.

WIND SPEEDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AT
TIMES. THE WIND WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON.


$$

ARZ012-021>024-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-120000-
/O.CON.KLZK.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090212T0000Z/
ARKANSAS-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-CONWAY-DALLAS-
DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-
LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-
POLK-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-
YELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTHEIMER...AMITY...ARKADELPHIA...
ARKANSAS CITY...AUGUSTA...AVILLA...BAUXITE...BEARDEN...
BEE BRANCH...BEEBE...BENTON...BISMARCK...BONNERDALE...
BOONEVILLE...BRINKLEY...BRYANT...CABOT...CAMDEN...CENTER RIDGE...
CHIDESTER...CLARENDON...CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...CONWAY...
COTTON PLANT...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT...
DEER...DES ARC...DONALDSON...DRASCO...DUMAS...EL PASO...ENGLAND...
FAIRFIELD BAY...FORDYCE...FOURCHE JUNCTION...GEORGETOWN...
GILLETT...GLENWOOD...GOULD...GRADY...GRAVELLY...GREENBRIER...
GREERS FERRY...GURDON...HAMPTON...HASKELL...HAZEN...
HEBER SPRINGS...HECTOR...HERMITAGE...HOT SPRINGS...
HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE...HOUSTON...HUMNOKE...HUMPHREY...
JACKSONVILLE...JASPER...JESSIEVILLE...KINGSLAND...LACEY...LEOLA...
LITTLE ROCK...LONOKE...MALVERN...MAUMELLE...MAYFLOWER...MCCRORY...
MCGEHEE...MENA...MONTICELLO...MORO BAY...MORRILTON...MOUNT IDA...
MOUNT MAGAZINE...MURFREESBORO...NORMAN...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...
OKOLONA...OLA...OZONE...PARIS...PARON...PELSOR...PERRYVILLE...
PINE BLUFF...PINE RIDGE...POYEN...PRATTSVILLE...REDFIELD...
RISON...ROHWER...ROSE BUD...RUSSELLVILLE...SEARCY...SHERIDAN...
SHERWOOD...STAR CITY...STEPHENS...STUTTGART...THORNTON...
VILONIA...WALDRON...WARREN...WESTERN GROVE...WICKES...
WRIGHTSVILLE...Y CITY
100 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

A WEST WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL SLOWLY
DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 

$$


55
000 
WWUS74 KLZK 111954
NPWLZK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
154 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009

ARZ005>007-014>016-025-120000-
/O.CAN.KLZK.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090211T2100Z/
/O.EXT.KLZK.WI.Y.0002.090211T1953Z-090212T0000Z/
BAXTER-FULTON-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-SHARP-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASH FLAT...BATESVILLE...CALICO ROCK...
CAVE CITY...GASSVILLE...HARDY...HORSESHOE BEND...MAMMOTH SPRING...
MELBOURNE...MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...NEWPORT...NORFORK...
OIL TROUGH...OXFORD...PLEASANT PLAINS...SALEM...SWIFTON...
TUCKERMAN...VIOLA
154 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WARNING. A WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

A WEST WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE DURING THE
AFTERNOON.


$$

ARZ012-021>024-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-120000-
/O.CON.KLZK.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090212T0000Z/
ARKANSAS-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-CONWAY-DALLAS-
DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-
LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-
POLK-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-
YELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTHEIMER...AMITY...ARKADELPHIA...
ARKANSAS CITY...AUGUSTA...AVILLA...BAUXITE...BEARDEN...
BEE BRANCH...BEEBE...BENTON...BISMARCK...BONNERDALE...
BOONEVILLE...BRINKLEY...BRYANT...CABOT...CAMDEN...CENTER RIDGE...
CHIDESTER...CLARENDON...CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...CONWAY...
COTTON PLANT...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT...
DEER...DES ARC...DONALDSON...DRASCO...DUMAS...EL PASO...ENGLAND...
FAIRFIELD BAY...FORDYCE...FOURCHE JUNCTION...GEORGETOWN...
GILLETT...GLENWOOD...GOULD...GRADY...GRAVELLY...GREENBRIER...
GREERS FERRY...GURDON...HAMPTON...HASKELL...HAZEN...
HEBER SPRINGS...HECTOR...HERMITAGE...HOT SPRINGS...
HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE...HOUSTON...HUMNOKE...HUMPHREY...
JACKSONVILLE...JASPER...JESSIEVILLE...KINGSLAND...LACEY...LEOLA...
LITTLE ROCK...LONOKE...MALVERN...MAUMELLE...MAYFLOWER...MCCRORY...
MCGEHEE...MENA...MONTICELLO...MORO BAY...MORRILTON...MOUNT IDA...
MOUNT MAGAZINE...MURFREESBORO...NORMAN...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...
OKOLONA...OLA...OZONE...PARIS...PARON...PELSOR...PERRYVILLE...
PINE BLUFF...PINE RIDGE...POYEN...PRATTSVILLE...REDFIELD...
RISON...ROHWER...ROSE BUD...RUSSELLVILLE...SEARCY...SHERIDAN...
SHERWOOD...STAR CITY...STEPHENS...STUTTGART...THORNTON...
VILONIA...WALDRON...WARREN...WESTERN GROVE...WICKES...
WRIGHTSVILLE...Y CITY
154 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

A WEST WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL SLOWLY
DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

$$

ARZ003-004-013-120000-
/O.CON.KLZK.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090212T0000Z/
BOONE-MARION-SEARCY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BULL SHOALS...FLIPPIN...HARRISON...
LEAD HILL...LESLIE...MARSHALL...OMAHA...SUMMIT...YELLVILLE
154 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

A WEST WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS.

$$

55
000 
WWUS74 KLZK 120015
NPWLZK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
615 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009

ARZ012-021>024-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-120115-
/O.EXP.KLZK.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090212T0000Z/
ARKANSAS-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-CONWAY-DALLAS-
DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-
LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-
POLK-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-
YELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALTHEIMER...AMITY...ARKADELPHIA...
ARKANSAS CITY...AUGUSTA...AVILLA...BAUXITE...BEARDEN...
BEE BRANCH...BEEBE...BENTON...BISMARCK...BONNERDALE...
BOONEVILLE...BRINKLEY...BRYANT...CABOT...CAMDEN...CENTER RIDGE...
CHIDESTER...CLARENDON...CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...CONWAY...
COTTON PLANT...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT...
DEER...DES ARC...DONALDSON...DRASCO...DUMAS...EL PASO...ENGLAND...
FAIRFIELD BAY...FORDYCE...FOURCHE JUNCTION...GEORGETOWN...
GILLETT...GLENWOOD...GOULD...GRADY...GRAVELLY...GREENBRIER...
GREERS FERRY...GURDON...HAMPTON...HASKELL...HAZEN...
HEBER SPRINGS...HECTOR...HERMITAGE...HOT SPRINGS...
HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE...HOUSTON...HUMNOKE...HUMPHREY...
JACKSONVILLE...JASPER...JESSIEVILLE...KINGSLAND...LACEY...LEOLA...
LITTLE ROCK...LONOKE...MALVERN...MAUMELLE...MAYFLOWER...MCCRORY...
MCGEHEE...MENA...MONTICELLO...MORO BAY...MORRILTON...MOUNT IDA...
MOUNT MAGAZINE...MURFREESBORO...NORMAN...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...
OKOLONA...OLA...OZONE...PARIS...PARON...PELSOR...PERRYVILLE...
PINE BLUFF...PINE RIDGE...POYEN...PRATTSVILLE...REDFIELD...
RISON...ROHWER...ROSE BUD...RUSSELLVILLE...SEARCY...SHERIDAN...
SHERWOOD...STAR CITY...STEPHENS...STUTTGART...THORNTON...
VILONIA...WALDRON...WARREN...WESTERN GROVE...WICKES...
WRIGHTSVILLE...Y CITY
615 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS THE AREA.
THUS...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

ARZ003>007-013>016-025-120115-
/O.EXP.KLZK.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090212T0000Z/
BAXTER-BOONE-FULTON-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-MARION-SEARCY-
SHARP-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASH FLAT...BATESVILLE...BULL SHOALS...
CALICO ROCK...CAVE CITY...FLIPPIN...GASSVILLE...HARDY...
HARRISON...HORSESHOE BEND...LEAD HILL...LESLIE...MAMMOTH SPRING...
MARSHALL...MELBOURNE...MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...NEWPORT...
NORFORK...OIL TROUGH...OMAHA...OXFORD...PLEASANT PLAINS...SALEM...
SUMMIT...SWIFTON...TUCKERMAN...VIOLA...YELLVILLE
615 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS THE AREA.
THUS...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

44

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 Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Feb 10, 6:05 AM CST, 9 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 6:05 AM CST, 9 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
605 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

.AVIATION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUE ACROSS ARKANSAS THIS MORINING ALONG AND
SOUTH OF A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY...WALDRON TO SALEM. THIS BOUNDARY
WILL DRIFT NORTH TODAY AND THE PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD NORTH.
THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TODAY AND
BRING INCREASED RAIN CHANCES AND STRONG SOUTH WINDS. GUSTS TO 40
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. TWO ROUNDS
OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE FIRST ALONG A
DRYLINE MOVING OUT OF TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE SECOND
ALONG THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT ITSELF LATE TONIGHT. IFR AND LIFR
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT
LATE IN THE PERIOD.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 405 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009/

SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT
SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE
STATE...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE.
THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOW DOWN/STALL ACROSS THE EXTREME EAST
AND SOUTHEAST...AND WILL MOVE BACK TO THE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT
LATER TODAY.

THUNDER WILL BE ISOLATED THIS MORNING...AS THE FRONT BEGINS TO
MOVE TO THE NORTH. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL REMAIN SCATTERED...AND
SLOWLY MOVE TO THE NORTH. CLOUDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TODAY...WITH
MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE NORTH SEEING SOME SUN THIS MORNING.

SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...AND MAY APPROACH BUT NOT QUITE
REACH LAKE WIND CRITERIA. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL BE MORE OF A CONCERN
OVERNIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY.

MAIN STORY WITH THIS FORECAST WILL BE THE SECOND COLD FRONT MOVING
INTO THE STATE...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. UPPER
LOW...CURRENTLY OVER ARIZONA...WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST...AND BE OVER
THE TEXAS PANHANDLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE SURFACE LOW WILL
DEVELOP IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA...AND THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE
LOW WILL MOVE EAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AND THROUGH THE NATURAL
STATE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT IN
OKLAHOMA...AND WILL APPROACH WESTERN ARKANSAS LATER THIS EVENING.
MUCH OF THE AREA IS UNDER A MODERATE RISK FROM SPC...WITH THE MAIN
CONCERN BEING DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
ISOLATED TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY IF ANY STORM DEVELOPS AHEAD OF THE
MAIN LINE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THIS WILL BE WHEN
THE BEST INSTABILITY WILL BE AVAILABLE...ALTHOUGH HIGH SHEAR WILL BE
A DETERRENT...AS A LOW LEVEL JET OF NEAR 100 KNOTS WILL BE MOVING
OVER THE AREA. THIS CONTINUES TO SHAPE UP TO BE A HIGH SHEAR/LOW
CAPE EVENT...AND TORNADOES MIGHT GET TORN APART BEFORE THEY COULD
DEVELOP. INSTABILITY WILL THEN LESSEN AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH
DURING THE COOLER OVERNIGHT HOURS.

HOWEVER...THE VERY STRONG WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL BRING
ABOUT THE DAMAGING WINDS CONCERNS WITH THE FRONT. ALSO...THE SYSTEM
WILL DEEPENING/STRENGTHENING WHILE MOVING OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF
THE NATURAL STATE. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS ALONG THE
FRONT...PRESSURE FALLS AND THEN RISES WILL BE LARGE AS THE SYSTEM
APPROACHES AND THEN MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA.

A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA DUE TO THE
VERY STRONG WINDS TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SUSTAINED
WINDS WILL BE IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS OVER 40
MPH...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTH AND EAST. THIS WILL ONLY HAMPER
CLEAN UP EFFORTS FROM THE LATE JANUARY ICE STORM ACROSS THE NORTH.
THIS WILL HAVE TO MONITORED...AS A HIGH WIND WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

ANOTHER CONCERN WILL BE HEAVY RAIN...AS MOISTURE AMOUNTS WILL BE
HIGH OVER THE REGION. DEW POINTS ARE ALREADY IN THE 60S ACROSS THE
SOUTH...AND WITH SOUTH WINDS...THIS MOIST AIR WILL MOVE NORTH.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE TO TWO INCHES...WITH SOME
LOCATIONS IN THE NORTH EXCEEDED TWO INCHES. THE DEBRIS COMES INTO
PLAY ONCE AGAIN...AS DOWNED TREES WILL IMPEDE RUNOFF...AND
VEGETATION IS DORMANT.

THE COLD FRONT WILL BE EXITING THE AREA TO THE EAST WEDNESDAY
MORNING. AS THE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST AND AWAY FROM THE AREA...WRAP
AROUND MOISTURE WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE NORTH DURING THE
AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN MOVE IN FOR DRY WEATHER THURSDAY.

LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH PRESIDENTS DAY
AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE PLAINS IN A
ZONAL FLOW TO START THE PERIOD. THE LOW WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF
ARKANSAS. ZONAL FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER
UPPER LOW WILL ENTER THE WEST COAST SATURDAY AND MOVE INTO THE
MIDWEST SUNDAY. YET ANOTHER UPPER LOW WILL MOVE ONSHORE SUNDAY NIGHT
AND MOVE INTO THE ROCKIES MONDAY.

A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL APPROACH ARKANSAS FRIDAY WITH A
COLD FRONT. THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO THE AREA. HIGH
PRESSURE AND DRIER AIR MOVE INTO THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL
KEEP THE WEEKEND DRY. THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE MONDAY AS A
WARM FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA AND LOW PRESSURE BRINGS A COLD FRONT
INTO ARKANSAS LATE MONDAY. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BATESVILLE AR     69  54  60  37 /  30  90  80   0
CAMDEN AR         72  55  66  39 /  60  90  40   0
HARRISON AR       69  49  54  33 /  40  90  60   0
HOT SPRINGS AR    71  54  63  38 /  50  90  40   0
LITTLE ROCK   AR  71  54  63  39 /  40  90  60   0
MONTICELLO AR     73  56  67  42 /  50  90  60   0
MOUNT IDA AR      71  53  62  37 /  60  90  40   0
MOUNTAIN HOME AR  68  51  56  34 /  30  90  70   0
NEWPORT AR        70  55  61  39 /  30  90  80   0
PINE BLUFF AR     72  55  65  41 /  50  90  60   0
RUSSELLVILLE AR   70  52  59  35 /  40  90  50   0
SEARCY AR         70  55  62  39 /  40  90  70   0
STUTTGART AR      72  55  64  40 /  40  90  70   0
&&

.LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR
ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-
CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT
SPRING-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-
LOGAN-LONOKE-MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-
POLK-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN
BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-YELL.

&&

AVIATION...51
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 1:10 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
110 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-111100-
ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-
CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-
INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE-
MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE-
PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE-
WOODRUFF-YELL-
110 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A FRONT REMAINED STATIONARY ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS NEAR THE FRONT.
PRECIPITATION WAS HOLDING TEMPERATURES DOWN...AND THIS WAS KEEPING
THE ATMOSPHERE FROM BECOMING OVERLY UNSTABLE.

MEANWHILE...IT WAS BECOMING RATHER UNSTABLE IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.
TEMPERATURES WERE CLIMBING INTO THE 70S IN TEXAS...AND GULF MOISTURE
WAS INCREASING. SHEAR VALUES WERE ALSO ON THE WAY UP...WITH MORE
TURNING OF THE WINDS WITH HEIGHT. THIS WAS AHEAD OF A POWERFUL STORM
SYSTEM IN NEW MEXICO.

AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS. GIVEN A LOT OF SHEAR...THE STORMS WILL TEND TO
ROTATE...AND TORNADOES MAY BE SPAWNED. SOME OF THESE TORNADIC STORMS
MAY BUILD INTO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.

TOWARD MIDNIGHT...THE SYSTEM WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT INTO WESTERN
SECTIONS OF THE STATE. A FAST MOVING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL SWEEP
ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE WEE HOURS OF WEDNESDAY MORNING. AREAS
OF WIND DAMAGE ARE LIKELY...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD BE SPAWNED
WITH SHEAR REMAINING HIGH.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IN ABOUT THE WESTERN TWO
THIRDS OF ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH A SLIGHT RISK FARTHER EAST.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER CONCERN...THERE WILL BE A LOT OF
WIND SURROUNDING THE INCOMING SYSTEM. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL
INCREASE OVERNIGHT...WITH SPEEDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH. GUSTS COULD
APPROACH 50 MPH IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

THERE IS A LOT OF TREE DAMAGE IN THE NORTHERN COUNTIES DUE
TO AN ICE STORM IN LATE JANUARY. A LOT OF WIND WILL LIKELY DOWN
WEAKENED TREE BRANCHES...AND THIS COULD CAUSE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO
SOME HOMES AND BUSINESSES.

THERE WILL ALSO BE AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN DURING THIS EVENT...
ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE. RAINFALL TOTALS
THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY COULD EXCEED TWO INCHES. IN
GENERAL...WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...SOME
LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD OCCUR IN THE NORTH WHERE TREE DEBRIS SLOWS
RUNOFF OF RAIN WATER.

THIS SITUATION WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY. PEOPLE IN ARKANSAS ARE
ADVISED TO CHECK LATER FORECASTS CONCERNING THIS UPCOMING EVENT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL EXIT NORTHEAST ARKANSAS WITH
A COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST TO
NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT...AND WILL REMAIN GUSTY. WIND SPEEDS WILL
CONTINUE TO AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING GIVEN THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER.

&&

VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON
CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

46

The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 3:56 AM CSTWind AdvisoryLZKArkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more38 hr
Feb 10, 3:29 PM CSTHigh Wind WarningLZKBaxter, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Marion and 2 more22 hr

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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.