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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Little Rock, AR

April 15, 20204 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this frost advisory at Apr 15, 2020, 2:41 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Apr 16, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2020, 2:41 PM CDT (19:41 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 16, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 16, 2020, 6:46 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR

Counties Fulton County, AR, Izard County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Sharp County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 2020-04-15Temperature 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 2020-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 304 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
1375 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
304 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.