Alert archive / Arkansas / Freeze Watches in 2021
Freeze Watch 2, NWS Little Rock, AR
NWS Little Rock, AR issued this freeze watch at Mar 31, 2021, 2:38 PM CDT for 36 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Apr 2, 2021, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2021, 2:38 PM CDT (19:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2021, 3:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2021, 2:08 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Little Rock, AR
All 36 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, Lawrence 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, Randolph County, AR, Saline County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 2265 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freeze watch 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 freeze watch went out at Mar 31, 11:16 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 11:16 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 4:24 AM CDT, 10 hours 14 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Little Rock AR 424 AM CDT Wed Mar 31 2021 ARZ003>008-012>017-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-011000- Boone-Marion-Baxter-Fulton-Sharp-Randolph-Newton-Searcy-Stone- Izard-Independence-Lawrence-Johnson-Pope-Van Buren-Cleburne- Jackson-Logan-Conway-Faulkner-White-Woodruff-Scott-Yell-Perry- Polk-Montgomery-Garland-Saline-Pulaski-Lonoke-Prairie-Monroe-Pike- Clark-Hot Spring-Grant-Jefferson-Arkansas-Dallas-Cleveland- Lincoln-Desha-Ouachita-Calhoun-Bradley-Drew- 424 AM CDT Wed Mar 31 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Following the passage of a cold front this morning, strong and gusty northerly winds of 15-20 mph will possible through Wednesday evening. Caution is advised on area lakes. Tonight, below average temperatures will result in sub-freezing conditions across northern couple rows of counties in Arkansas. With the growing season getting underway, take steps now to protect tender plants and vegetation from frost and freeze damage. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday Through Tuesday Well below average low temperatures are expected once again Friday morning. Sub freezing temperatures are expected over the northern and northeastern part of the state with readings expected to bottom out near or a degree or two above freezing elsewhere. With the growing season getting underway, take steps to protect tender plants and vegetation from the cold. .Spotter Information Statement... Spotter activation is not anticipated. && Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk. 230/56
The office that day
Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 8:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Desha | 22 min |
| Mar 30, 11:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Clark | 39 min |
| Mar 30, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 1:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Ouachita | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 2:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Desha | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 2:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Drew | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Cleveland, Desha, Drew | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew, Lincoln | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 4:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Drew | 13 min |
| Mar 31, 4:17 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Jackson | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:17 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LZK | Baxter, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson and 7 more | 29 hr |
Nearby
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.