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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Little Rock, AR

February 8, 202318 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this wind advisory at Feb 8, 2023, 3:23 AM CST for 18 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 8, 2023, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 8, 2023, 3:23 AM CST (09:23 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 8, 2023, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 9, 2023, 9:00 AM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR

Counties Arkansas County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Independence County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Sharp County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 00:00Z on 2023-02-08Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2023-02-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Feb 7, 11:30 PM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 11:30 PM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 8, 8:06 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKLogan, Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell6 hr
Feb 8, 9:41 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Garland, Johnson, Logan, Montgomery and 5 more6 hr
Feb 8, 10:08 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLZKYell25 hr
Feb 8, 10:17 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson, Lawrence21 days
Feb 8, 10:22 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLZKRandolph10 days
Feb 8, 10:25 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLZKRandolph22 hr
Feb 8, 10:27 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKFulton, Sharp9 hr
Feb 8, 10:28 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKLawrence, Randolph9 hr
Feb 8, 10:36 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring44 hr
Feb 8, 10:45 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLZKClark, Nevada, Ouachita10 hr
Feb 8, 10:53 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLZKSaline34 hr
Feb 8, 11:17 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLZKWhite, Woodruff88 days
Feb 8, 12:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKCleburne, Faulkner, Independence, Johnson, Pope, Stone and 2 more4 hr
Feb 8, 1:40 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningLZKLogan, Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell3 hr
Feb 8, 2:29 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKBaxter, Independence, Izard, Newton, Searcy, Sharp and 1 more3 hr
Feb 8, 3:08 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZKHot Spring9 hr
Feb 8, 3:20 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Garland, Johnson, Logan, Montgomery and 5 more2 hr
Feb 8, 4:41 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPrairie34 min
Feb 8, 4:43 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningLZKCleburne, Faulkner, Independence, Johnson, Pope, Stone and 2 more30 min
Feb 8, 5:55 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBradley35 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.