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National Weather Service Little Rock, Arkansas is a local weather forecast office responsible for monitoring weather conditions for 47 of
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Arkansas
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's 75 counties, excluding 7 counties in Northwestern Arkansas, 9 counties in Southwestern and South Central Arkansas, Ashley
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and Chicot
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counties in Extreme Southeastern Arkansas, and 14 counties in Eastern Arkansas. Those counties are monitored by the Weather Service offices in Tulsa, Shreveport, Jackson (MS), and Memphis respectively. The current office in North Little Rock
North Little Rock (often abbreviated "NLR") is a city in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States. Located on the north side of the Arkansas River, it is the twin city of Little Rock. In the late nineteenth century, it was annexed by Little Ro ...
maintains a WSR-88D
NEXRAD or Nexrad (Next-Generation Radar) is a network of 159 high-resolution S-band Doppler weather radars operated by the National Weather Service (NWS), an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the United ...
(NEXRAD) radar system and Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System
The Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) is a technologically advanced processing, information visualization, display, and telecommunications system that is the cornerstone of the United States National Weather Service's (NWS) o ...
(AWIPS) that greatly improve forecasting in the region. North Little Rock is in charge of weather forecasts, warnings and local statements as well as aviation
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weather. The name of the Doppler weather radar
A weather radar, also called weather surveillance radar (WSR) and Doppler weather radar, is a type of radar used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, and estimate its type (rain, snow, hail etc.). Modern weather radars are mostly pu ...
(WSR-88D) code used by this office is LZK. The National Weather Service at North Little Rock, Arkansas programs 12 NOAA Weather Radio
NOAA Weather Radio (NWR), also known as NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards, is an automated 24-hour network of Very high frequency, VHF Frequency modulation, FM weather radio stations in the United States which broadcast weather information direct ...
transmitters across Arkansas, with 25 transmitters statewide.
NWS NLR Team
Source: *Meteorologist-in-Charge (MIC) - Dennis Cavanaugh (Acting) *Administrative Support Assistant (ASA) - Vacant *Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM) - Dennis Cavanaugh *Science and Operations Officer (SOO) - Christopher Buonanno *Electronic Systems Administrator (ESA) - Gary Heifner *Information Technology Officer (ITO) - Daniel Koch *Service Hydrologist - Tabitha Clarke *Observations Program Leader - Sean Clarke *6 Senior Forecasters *6 Meteorologist/Forecasters *1 Electronics Technician
Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) Sites served by this office
*KADF - Dexter B. Florence Memorial Field *KBPK -Ozark Regional Airport
Baxter County Airport , is a county-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) northwest of the central business district of Mountain Home, a city in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States. It was known a ...
*KHOT - Memorial Field Airport
Memorial Field Airport is located in Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States, southwest of Downtown Hot Springs. It serves nearby Hot Springs National Park. The airport is used for general aviation; airline flights are subsidized by the federal go ...
*KHRO - Boone County Airport
*KLIT - Clinton National Airport
Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport , also known as Adams Field, is a joint civil-military airport on the east side of Little Rock, Arkansas, United States.. Federal Aviation Administration. effective April 17, 2025. It is operated by the ...
*KLLQ - Monticello Municipal Airport (Ellis Field)
*KPBF - Grider Field
NOAA Weather Radio
NOAA Weather Radio (NWR), also known as NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards, is an automated 24-hour network of Very high frequency, VHF Frequency modulation, FM weather radio stations in the United States which broadcast weather information direct ...
Stations served by this office
*KXI91 - Morrilton, 162.475 MHz
*KXI92 - High Peak, 162.425 MHz
*KXI96 - Russell-Russell Mtn., 162.400 MHz
*KXI97 - Mena-Eagle Mtn., 162.400 MHz
*WNG639 - Cherokee Village-Agnos, 162.475 MHz
*WWF96 - Russellville, 162.525 MHz
*WWG54 - Yellville-Rea Valley, 162.500 MHz
*WXJ48 - Gurdon, 162.475 MHz
*WXJ54 - Star City, 162.400 MHz
*WXJ55 - Little Rock-Shinall Mtn., 162.500 MHz
*WXL66 - Mountain View, 162.450 MHz
*WXN92 - Harrison, 162.525 MHz
References
External links
Official Website
{{List of National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices
North Little Rock, Arkansas
North Little Rock (often abbreviated "NLR") is a city in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States. Located on the north side of the Arkansas River, it is the Twin cities, twin city of Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock. In the late nineteenth ce ...
North Little Rock, Arkansas