Arkansas Advisories -
Weather Forecast Office
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| SALINE COUNTY National Weather Service - Little Rock, AR |
 LAKE WIND ADVISORYSaline County |
| Issued - February 22 2012 2:13 pm CST Update - February 22, 2012 3:50pm CST Expires - February 23 9:00pm CST |
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 213 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY. • EVENT...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWESTERLY. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO 35-40 MPH POSSIBLE. • TIMING...SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY BY THE LATE MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT WINDS TO NORTHWESTERLY DURING THE DAY. THE WIND SHIFT WILL BE NOTICED IN FAR NORTHERN ARKANSAS BY NOON...CENTRAL ARKANSAS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON...AND IN THE EVENING HOURS IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS. • IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES AND RIVERS. LOOSE OBJECTS...SUCH AS EMPTY TRASH CANS...MAY ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. |