Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Watches in 2023
Tornado Watch 50
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 1, 2023, 3:31 PM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2023, 3:31 PM CST (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2023, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 3 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 94 counties
Arkansas County, AR, Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Clark County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Little River County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Miller County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Perry County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sevier County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Union County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Yell County, AR, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, McCurtain County, OK, Chester County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Morris County, TX, Red River County, TX, Titus County, TX
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 60%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 30%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 60%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 50%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
27 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 4:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie | 27 min |
| Mar 1, 4:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 41 min |
| Mar 1, 5:20 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk | 44 min |
| Mar 1, 5:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Saline | 22 min |
| Mar 1, 6:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, McNairy | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 6:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Saline | 46 min |
| Mar 1, 6:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 6:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, McNairy | 21 min |
| Mar 1, 6:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike | 39 min |
| Mar 1, 6:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Pulaski, Saline | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 6:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring | 40 min |
| Mar 1, 7:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 41 min |
| Mar 1, 7:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie | 44 min |
| Mar 1, 7:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 23 min |
| Mar 1, 7:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 7:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 7:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 7:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 18 min |
| Mar 1, 8:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln | 20 min |
| Mar 1, 8:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 46 min |
| Mar 1, 8:19 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 8:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln | 25 min |
| Mar 1, 8:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln | 39 min |
| Mar 1, 9:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 50 min |
| Mar 1, 10:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln | 3 hr |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 9:02 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lafayette, Miller | 88 min |
| Mar 1, 2:22 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia and 30 more | 113 min |
| Mar 1, 4:56 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Cheatham, Clay, Davidson, Dickson, Henry and 9 more | 64 min |
| Mar 1, 7:06 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 23 more | 114 min |
| Mar 1, 7:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Hunt and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:27 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Burnet, Coryell, Ellis, Falls, Freestone and 10 more | 2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.