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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Little Rock, AR

January 18, 202311 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this wind advisory at Jan 18, 2023, 7:20 AM CST for 11 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Jan 18, 2023, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 2023, 7:20 AM CST (13:20 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 18, 2023, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 18, 2023, 6:00 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR

Counties Arkansas County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Woodruff County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 2023-01-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 597 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2023-01-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
597 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
487 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.7

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 18, 9:06 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleveland24 min
Jan 18, 9:44 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleveland
Jan 18, 9:47 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKCleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln27 min
Jan 18, 10:10 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKHot Spring35 min
Jan 18, 10:18 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJefferson27 min
Jan 18, 10:52 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKOuachita38 min
Jan 18, 11:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKOuachita39 min
Jan 18, 11:08 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKOuachita26 min
Jan 18, 11:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Ouachita25 min
Jan 18, 11:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita27 min
Jan 18, 11:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Dallas, Ouachita45 min
Jan 18, 12:01 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKCalhoun17 min
Jan 18, 12:47 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKCleveland43 min
Jan 18, 1:16 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBradley, Calhoun44 min
Jan 18, 1:59 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDrew, Lincoln46 min
Jan 18, 2:33 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDesha42 min
Jan 18, 2:55 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDrew50 min
Jan 18, 3:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha, Drew45 min
Jan 18, 3:19 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKArkansas26 min

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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.