Alert archive / Arkansas / Frost Advisories in 2012
Frost Advisory 1, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this frost advisory at Oct 6, 2012, 3:16 AM CDT for 9 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Oct 7, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 6, 2012, 3:16 AM CDT (08:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 7, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
Counties Baxter County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Marion County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:19 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.
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 Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at Oct 6, 12:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 12:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 5, 7:35 PM CDT, 7 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 735 PM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-060945- 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- 735 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO WORK ITS WAY THROUGH THE STATE AND SHOULD MAKE IT INTO NORTHERN LOUISIANA SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT BUT THE OVERALL CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE MINIMAL. ONCE THE FRONT DOES PASS...SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. MUCH COOLER AIR WILL SWEEP IN BEHIND THE FRONT WITH TEMPERATURES BOTTOMING OUT IN THE UPPER 30S OVER THE NORTHWEST AND NEAR 50 OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SUNDAY NIGHT...WIDESPREAD TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 30S WILL BE SEEN ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS. AS A RESULT...IT IS LIKELY THAT SOME AREAS WILL SEE OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES APPROACH THE FREEZING MARK AND SOME PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MOST LIKELY OCCUR IN SHELTERED VALLEY LOCATIONS WHERE WINDS WILL BE THE MOST CALM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && VISIT NWS LITTLE ROCK ON THE WEB. GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON CENTRAL ARKANSAS. 56
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 3:16 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | LZK | Baxter, Cleburne, Conway, Fulton, Independence, Izard and 4 more | 54 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:16 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Sharp, Stone | 12 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:16 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Sharp, Stone | 36 hr |
| Oct 6, 10:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline, White, Woodruff | 57 min |
| Oct 6, 11:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie | 55 min |
| Oct 6, 3:09 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | LZK | 18 hr |
Nearby
Frost Advisories in Arkansas, 2012Every frost advisory in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.