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Tornado Warning 60, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 31, 2023Desha County, Lincoln County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2023, 9:10 PM CDT for Desha County, Lincoln County, Arkansas. It was in force for 17 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, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2023, 9:27 PM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

Counties Desha County, AR, Lincoln County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 668 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1086 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 234 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 6.3

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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 31, 6:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 6:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 1:43 PM CDT, 7 hours 27 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
143 PM CDT Fri Mar 31 2023

ARZ004>008-014>017-024-025-031>034-039-042>047-052>057-062>069-
103-112-113-121>123-130-137-138-140-141-203-212-213-221>223-230-
237-238-240-241-313-340-341-011000-
Marion-Baxter-Fulton-Sharp-Randolph-Stone-Izard-Independence-
Lawrence-Cleburne-Jackson-Conway-Faulkner-White-Woodruff-Perry-
Garland-Saline-Pulaski-Lonoke-Prairie-Monroe-Pike-Clark-
Hot Spring-Grant-Jefferson-Arkansas-Dallas-Cleveland-Lincoln-
Desha-Ouachita-Calhoun-Bradley-Drew-Boone County Except Southwest-
Newton County Higher Elevations-Searcy County Lower Elevations-
Southern Johnson County-Southern Pope County-
Southeast Van Buren County-Western and Northern Logan County-
Northern Scott County-Northwest Yell County-
Polk County Lower Elevations-
Central and Eastern Montgomery County-
Boone County Higher Elevations-Newton County Lower Elevations-
Northwest Searcy County Higher Elevations-
Johnson County Higher Elevations-Pope County Higher Elevations-
Van Buren County Higher Elevations-
Southern and Eastern Logan County-
Central and Southern Scott County-Yell Excluding Northwest-
Northern Polk County Higher Elevations-
Northern Montgomery County Higher Elevations-
Eastern, Central, and Southern Searcy County Higher Elevations-
Southeast Polk County Higher Elevations-
Southwest Montgomery County Higher Elevations-
143 PM CDT Fri Mar 31 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a Large Part of Arkansas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Strong to severe thunderstorms will continue to pose a threat to
much of the forecast area through late this evening. Hazards
include damaging wind gusts, large hail, and tornadoes.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

After a brief lull on Saturday, chances for showers and isolated
thunderstorms will return late Sunday, with a more widespread heavy
rain event unfolding Tuesday through Thursday. The forecast calls
for two to more than four inches of rain, and the heaviest amounts
should be over southern Arkansas. This is concerning given that some
rivers are already elevated, and soil moisture is well above average
and cannot hold much additional water. There is also a potential for
strong to severe thunderstorms Tuesday night into early Wednesday.

.Spotter Information Statement...

Spotter Activation May Be Needed Today.

&&

Visit NWS Little Rock on the web. Go to http://weather.gov/lzk.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
343 PM CDT FRI MAR 31 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0215 PM     TORNADO          LITTLE ROCK             34.74N 92.31W
03/31/2023                   PULASKI            AR   NEWSPAPER

            MAJOR DAMAGE TO HOME OFF YOUNGWOOD ROAD.

&&

Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
346 PM CDT FRI MAR 31 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0215 PM     TORNADO          LITTLE ROCK             34.74N 92.31W
03/31/2023                   PULASKI            AR   PUBLIC

            DAMAGE TO HOMES IN LEAWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD IN
            MIDTOWN.

&&

Local storm report, Mar 31, 4:31 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 4:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 5:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 6:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 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, 8:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	36 min
Mar 31, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Ouachita	30 min
Mar 31, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Jefferson, Lincoln	33 min
Mar 31, 8:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Calhoun	32 min
Mar 31, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln	14 min
Mar 31, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln	27 min
Mar 31, 9:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Arkansas	29 min
Mar 31, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln	36 min
Mar 31, 11:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Desha	33 min
Apr 1, 4:09 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	LZK	Fulton, Izard, Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp	9 hr

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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.