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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 31, 2023Conway County, Perry County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2023, 1:18 PM CDT for Conway County, Perry County, Arkansas. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2023, 1:18 PM CDT (18:18 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2023, 1:46 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Conway County, AR, Perry County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 31, 12:28 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	11 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning 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 tornado warning went out at Mar 30, 2:32 PM CDT, 22 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 2:32 PM CDT, 22 hours 46 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 9:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Hot Spring	35 min
Mar 31, 9:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Clark	27 min
Mar 31, 10:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Johnson, Newton	29 min
Mar 31, 11:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Scott	36 min
Mar 31, 11:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Pope	15 min
Mar 31, 11:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton, Marion	37 min
Mar 31, 12:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LZK	Conway, Perry, Pope, Yell	28 min
Mar 31, 12:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Johnson, Logan, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren and 1 more	16 min
Mar 31, 12:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike, Polk	23 min
Mar 31, 12:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Pope, Van Buren, Yell	34 min
Mar 31, 12:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Perry, Pike	34 min
Mar 31, 12:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Pope, Saline and 1 more	29 min
Mar 31, 1:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery	32 min
Mar 31, 1:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope, Van Buren, Yell	35 min
Mar 31, 1:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike	33 min
Mar 31, 1:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Stone, Van Buren	33 min
Mar 31, 1:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike	29 min
Mar 31, 1:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Garland, Pulaski, Saline	37 min
Mar 31, 1:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Izard, Stone, Van Buren	28 min
Mar 31, 1:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren	25 min
Mar 31, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Garland	33 min
Mar 31, 2:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Pulaski, Saline	27 min
Mar 31, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp	27 min
Mar 31, 2:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threat	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White	47 min
Mar 31, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk	29 min
Mar 31, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	38 min
Mar 31, 3:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Pulaski	37 min
Mar 31, 3:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, White, Woodruff	21 min
Mar 31, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy	41 min
Mar 31, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White	40 min
Mar 31, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring, Pike	32 min
Mar 31, 3:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie	30 min
Mar 31, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Garland, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	24 min
Mar 31, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Prairie, White, Woodruff	48 min
Mar 31, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren	45 min
Mar 31, 3:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff	41 min
Mar 31, 3:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Clark, Pike	35 min
Mar 31, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Grant, Hot Spring	30 min
Mar 31, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson, Woodruff	23 min
Mar 31, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline	37 min
Mar 31, 4:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Clark, Grant, Hot Spring	36 min
Mar 31, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Woodruff	35 min
Mar 31, 4:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Woodruff	20 min
Mar 31, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring, Pike	25 min
Mar 31, 4:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring	23 min
Mar 31, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White, Woodruff	27 min
Mar 31, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Hot Spring, Saline	25 min
Mar 31, 4:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White	29 min
Mar 31, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Izard	28 min
Mar 31, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring	27 min
Mar 31, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	17 min
Mar 31, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Jefferson	26 min
Mar 31, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson, Prairie, White, Woodruff	24 min
Mar 31, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Grant, Jefferson	16 min
Mar 31, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LZK	Arkansas, Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke	30 min
Mar 31, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone	16 min
Mar 31, 5:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie	27 min
Mar 31, 6:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	28 min
Mar 31, 6:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie	40 min
Mar 31, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	32 min
Mar 31, 6:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Dallas, Ouachita	29 min
Mar 31, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita	21 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.