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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 8, 20214 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this wind advisory at May 8, 2021, 2:44 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at May 9, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2021, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)
In effect from
May 9, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 9, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR

Counties Jackson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Woodruff County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2021-05-08Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2021-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 290 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1654 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
419 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

335 
WWUS74 KLZK 081944
NPWLZK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
244 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

ARZ008-017-025-034-090900-
/O.NEW.KLZK.WI.Y.0003.210509T1200Z-210509T2200Z/
Randolph-Lawrence-Jackson-Woodruff-
Including the cities of Attica, Pocahontas, Walnut Ridge, Hoxie, 
Newport, Augusta, McCrory, and Cotton Plant
244 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM CDT SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Randolph, Lawrence, Jackson and Woodruff Counties.

* WHEN...From 7 AM to 5 PM CDT Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree
  limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

232
1 follow-up statement
874 
WWUS74 KLZK 090724 AAA
NPWLZK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
224 AM CDT Sun May 9 2021

ARZ008-017-025-034-092200-
/O.CON.KLZK.WI.Y.0003.210509T1200Z-210509T2200Z/
Randolph-Lawrence-Jackson-Woodruff-
Including the cities of Attica, Pocahontas, Walnut Ridge, Hoxie, 
Newport, Augusta, McCrory, and Cotton Plant
224 AM CDT Sun May 9 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM
CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Lawrence, Jackson, Woodruff and Randolph Counties.

* WHEN...From 7 AM this morning to 5 PM CDT this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

DTC/232

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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.