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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this wind advisory at Dec 19, 2012, 3:20 PM CST for 34 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Dec 20, 2012, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2012, 3:20 PM CST (21:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 20, 2012, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
All 34 counties
Arkansas County, AR, Baxter County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Clark County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Conway County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Marion County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 1040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
577 WWUS74 KLZK 192120 NPWLZK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 320 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 .A STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TO CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH ARKANSAS...WITH WINDS SHIFTING FROM SOUTHERLY TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... WITH GUSTY CONDITIONS CONTINUING ON THURSDAY. GUSTS ON THURSDAY COULD EXCEED 40 MPH MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTH. ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-038-039-043>047-057-200530- /O.CAN.KLZK.LW.Y.0029.121220T0600Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLZK.WI.Y.0002.121220T0600Z-121221T0000Z/ ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-CLEBURNE-CONWAY-FAULKNER-FULTON- INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JOHNSON-LOGAN-LONOKE-MARION-MONROE- NEWTON-PERRY-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE- VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-YELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASH FLAT...AUGUSTA...BATESVILLE... BEEBE...BENTON...BOONEVILLE...BRINKLEY...BRYANT...BULL SHOALS... CABOT...CALICO ROCK...CAVE CITY...CLARENDON...CLARKSVILLE... CLINTON...CONWAY...COTTON PLANT...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE... DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT...DES ARC...FAIRFIELD BAY...FLIPPIN... HARDY...HARRISON...HAZEN...HEBER SPRINGS...HORSESHOE BEND... JASPER...LESLIE...LITTLE ROCK...LONOKE...MAMMOTH SPRING... MARSHALL...MCCRORY...MELBOURNE...MORRILTON...MOUNTAIN HOME... MOUNTAIN VIEW...NEWPORT...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...OLA...OXFORD... PARIS...PERRYVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE...SEARCY...STUTTGART...SUMMIT... VIOLA...WESTERN GROVE...YELLVILLE 320 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH THE WIND ADVISORY. * EVENT...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED...WITH SPEEDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT AND 25 TO 35 MPH ON THURSDAY. GUSTS COULD EXCEED 40 MPH ON THURSDAY. * TIMING...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE DRAMATICALLY BEHIND A COLD FRONT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. WINDS WILL NOT RELAX UNTIL UNTIL A STORM SYSTEM IN THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EXITS TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES. THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS... AND WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. HIGHER GUSTS MAY CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ARZ037-040>042-052>056-062>069-200530- /O.CON.KLZK.LW.Y.0029.121220T0600Z-121221T0000Z/ BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-GARLAND-GRANT- HOT SPRING-JEFFERSON-LINCOLN-MONTGOMERY-OUACHITA-PIKE-POLK-SCOTT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARKADELPHIA...CAMDEN...DUMAS... FORDYCE...GLENWOOD...GOULD...HAMPTON...HOT SPRINGS...MALVERN... MCGEHEE...MENA...MONTICELLO...MOUNT IDA...MURFREESBORO...NORMAN... PINE BLUFF...SHERIDAN...STAR CITY...THORNTON...WALDRON...WARREN 320 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * EVENT...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED...WITH SPEEDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT...WITH HIGHER GUST POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE DRAMATICALLY BEHIND A COLD FRONT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. WINDS WILL NOT RELAX UNTIL UNTIL A STORM SYSTEM IN THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EXITS TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES. THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS... AND WILL ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. HIGHER GUSTS MAY CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$ 224
3 follow-up statements
248 WWUS74 KLZK 201015 NPWLZK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 415 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ARZ037-040>042-052>056-062>069-201815- /O.CAN.KLZK.LW.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KLZK.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-GARLAND-GRANT- HOT SPRING-JEFFERSON-LINCOLN-MONTGOMERY-OUACHITA-PIKE-POLK-SCOTT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARKADELPHIA...CAMDEN...DUMAS... FORDYCE...GLENWOOD...GOULD...HAMPTON...HOT SPRINGS...MALVERN... MCGEHEE...MENA...MONTICELLO...MOUNT IDA...MURFREESBORO...NORMAN... PINE BLUFF...SHERIDAN...STAR CITY...THORNTON...WALDRON...WARREN 415 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * EVENT...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED...WITH SPEEDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH TODAY...AND GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH. * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT IS MOVING THROUGH THE STATE. THE WINDS WILL NOT RELAX UNTIL THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. HIGHER GUSTS MAY CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES. DAMAGE TO DROUGHT WEAKENED TREES WILL BE MORE LIKELY...DUE TO THE WEAKENED ROOT SYSTEMS. ALSO...OUTDOOR ITEMS...SUCH AS LARGE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS...WILL BE VULNERABLE TO DAMAGE FROM TIPPING AND BEING BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-038-039-043>047-057-201815- /O.CON.KLZK.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-CLEBURNE-CONWAY-FAULKNER-FULTON- INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JOHNSON-LOGAN-LONOKE-MARION-MONROE- NEWTON-PERRY-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE- VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-YELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASH FLAT...AUGUSTA...BATESVILLE... BEEBE...BENTON...BOONEVILLE...BRINKLEY...BRYANT...BULL SHOALS... CABOT...CALICO ROCK...CAVE CITY...CLARENDON...CLARKSVILLE... CLINTON...CONWAY...COTTON PLANT...DANVILLE...DARDANELLE... DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT...DES ARC...FAIRFIELD BAY...FLIPPIN... HARDY...HARRISON...HAZEN...HEBER SPRINGS...HORSESHOE BEND... JASPER...LESLIE...LITTLE ROCK...LONOKE...MAMMOTH SPRING... MARSHALL...MCCRORY...MELBOURNE...MORRILTON...MOUNTAIN HOME... MOUNTAIN VIEW...NEWPORT...NORTH LITTLE ROCK...OLA...OXFORD... PARIS...PERRYVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE...SEARCY...STUTTGART...SUMMIT... VIOLA...WESTERN GROVE...YELLVILLE 415 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * EVENT...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED...WITH SPEEDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH TODAY...AND GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH. * TIMING...WEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT IS MOVING THROUGH THE STATE. THE WINDS WILL NOT RELAX UNTIL THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. HIGHER GUSTS MAY CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES. DAMAGE TO DROUGHT WEAKENED TREES WILL BE MORE LIKELY...DUE TO THE WEAKENED ROOT SYSTEMS. ALSO...OUTDOOR ITEMS...SUCH AS LARGE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS...WILL BE VULNERABLE TO DAMAGE FROM TIPPING AND BEING BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 58
481 WWUS74 KLZK 201653 NPWLZK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1053 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-210000- /O.CON.KLZK.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARKADELPHIA...ASH FLAT...AUGUSTA... BATESVILLE...BEEBE...BENTON...BOONEVILLE...BRINKLEY...BRYANT... BULL SHOALS...CABOT...CALICO ROCK...CAMDEN...CAVE CITY... CLARENDON...CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...CONWAY...COTTON PLANT... DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT...DES ARC... DUMAS...FAIRFIELD BAY...FLIPPIN...FORDYCE...GLENWOOD...GOULD... HAMPTON...HARDY...HARRISON...HAZEN...HEBER SPRINGS... HORSESHOE BEND...HOT SPRINGS...JASPER...LESLIE...LITTLE ROCK... LONOKE...MALVERN...MAMMOTH SPRING...MARSHALL...MCCRORY... MCGEHEE...MELBOURNE...MENA...MONTICELLO...MORRILTON...MOUNT IDA... MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...MURFREESBORO...NEWPORT...NORMAN... NORTH LITTLE ROCK...OLA...OXFORD...PARIS...PERRYVILLE... PINE BLUFF...RUSSELLVILLE...SEARCY...SHERIDAN...STAR CITY... STUTTGART...SUMMIT...THORNTON...VIOLA...WALDRON...WARREN... WESTERN GROVE...YELLVILLE 1053 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * EVENT...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. WIND SPEEDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD FALL BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS AROUND 6 PM...BUT EXPECT WIND GUSTS OF 20-25 MPH TO CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT BEFORE WEAKENING SIGNIFICANTLY OVERNIGHT. * IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES WILL OCCUR DUE MAINLY TO DOWNED TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
443 WWUS74 KLZK 202359 NPWLZK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 559 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-210100- /O.EXP.KLZK.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-121221T0000Z/ ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND- CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING- INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE- MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE- PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE- WOODRUFF-YELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARKADELPHIA...ASH FLAT...AUGUSTA... BATESVILLE...BEEBE...BENTON...BOONEVILLE...BRINKLEY...BRYANT... BULL SHOALS...CABOT...CALICO ROCK...CAMDEN...CAVE CITY... CLARENDON...CLARKSVILLE...CLINTON...CONWAY...COTTON PLANT... DANVILLE...DARDANELLE...DE VALLS BLUFF...DE WITT...DES ARC... DUMAS...FAIRFIELD BAY...FLIPPIN...FORDYCE...GLENWOOD...GOULD... HAMPTON...HARDY...HARRISON...HAZEN...HEBER SPRINGS... HORSESHOE BEND...HOT SPRINGS...JASPER...LESLIE...LITTLE ROCK... LONOKE...MALVERN...MAMMOTH SPRING...MARSHALL...MCCRORY... MCGEHEE...MELBOURNE...MENA...MONTICELLO...MORRILTON...MOUNT IDA... MOUNTAIN HOME...MOUNTAIN VIEW...MURFREESBORO...NEWPORT...NORMAN... NORTH LITTLE ROCK...OLA...OXFORD...PARIS...PERRYVILLE... PINE BLUFF...RUSSELLVILLE...SEARCY...SHERIDAN...STAR CITY... STUTTGART...SUMMIT...THORNTON...VIOLA...WALDRON...WARREN... WESTERN GROVE...YELLVILLE 559 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... DEEP LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE REGION AND WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AT THIS TIME. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ALTHOUGH IT WILL REMAIN BREEZY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. $$ 56
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 5:15 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | LZK | Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more | 23 hr |
Nearby
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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.