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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 15, 20256 counties in Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2025, 7:06 AM CDT for 6 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 54 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 15, 2025, 7:06 AM CDT (12:06 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2025, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Arkansas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Monroe County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:06 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 15, 5:58 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3142 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 15, 6:17 AM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 6:17 AM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 3:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 15, 3:48 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 4:09 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 4:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 15, 6:23 AM CDT, 43 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 14, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone	27 min
Mar 14, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Newton, Searcy	30 min
Mar 14, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Pope	46 min
Mar 14, 7:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Newton	28 min
Mar 14, 7:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Newton	35 min
Mar 14, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Newton, Searcy	45 min
Mar 14, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy	45 min
Mar 14, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion	43 min
Mar 14, 8:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Desha	24 min
Mar 14, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Newton, Searcy	24 min
Mar 14, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LZK	Johnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren	36 min
Mar 14, 8:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Baxter	34 min
Mar 14, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Johnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren	45 min
Mar 14, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion, Searcy	27 min
Mar 14, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Johnson, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren	44 min
Mar 14, 8:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton	25 min
Mar 14, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton, Marion	48 min
Mar 14, 8:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Baxter, Izard, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren	51 min
Mar 14, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Perry	45 min
Mar 14, 9:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton	13 min
Mar 14, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry	47 min
Mar 14, 9:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Garland	24 min
Mar 14, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Izard, Stone, Van Buren	49 min
Mar 14, 9:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	LZK	Fulton, Izard, Sharp, Stone	42 min
Mar 14, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Pulaski, Saline	40 min
Mar 14, 9:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Clark, Grant, Hot Spring, Pulaski	29 min
Mar 14, 9:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry	22 min
Mar 14, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring	51 min
Mar 14, 9:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring	46 min
Mar 14, 10:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	LZK	Fulton, Izard, Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp	32 min
Mar 14, 10:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Stone	28 min
Mar 14, 10:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne	22 min
Mar 14, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	48 min
Mar 14, 10:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Independence, Izard, Sharp	37 min
Mar 14, 10:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone	26 min
Mar 14, 10:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp	32 min
Mar 14, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, White	41 min
Mar 14, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring	38 min
Mar 14, 10:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White	19 min
Mar 14, 10:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring	48 min
Mar 14, 10:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Lawrence, Sharp	9 min
Mar 14, 10:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp	27 min
Mar 14, 10:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, White	38 min
Mar 14, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, White	34 min
Mar 14, 10:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Ouachita	49 min
Mar 14, 11:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	36 min
Mar 14, 11:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Grant, Jefferson	26 min
Mar 14, 11:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson	44 min
Mar 14, 11:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Dallas, Ouachita	38 min
Mar 14, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson, White, Woodruff	33 min
Mar 14, 11:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	16 min
Mar 14, 11:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Jackson, White, Woodruff	38 min
Mar 14, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski	52 min
Mar 14, 11:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Dallas, Ouachita	40 min
Mar 14, 11:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	White	23 min
Mar 14, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln	50 min
Mar 15, 12:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lawrence	13 min
Mar 15, 12:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Jackson	19 min
Mar 15, 12:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	33 min
Mar 15, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Woodruff	32 min
Mar 15, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln	46 min
Mar 15, 1:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Arkansas	28 min
Mar 15, 4:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	36 min
Mar 15, 4:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	37 min
Mar 15, 6:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Desha, Drew	57 min
Mar 15, 6:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Ouachita	37 min
Mar 15, 7:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Desha, Drew, Lincoln	29 min
Mar 15, 7:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha, Drew	44 min
Mar 15, 8:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha, Drew, Lincoln	23 min
Mar 15, 8:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Bradley, Desha, Drew, Lincoln	44 min
Mar 15, 8:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Drew	3 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.