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Special Weather Statement, NWS Little Rock, AR

October 18, 2025Jefferson County, Lincoln County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this special weather statement at Oct 18, 2025, 5:21 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Lincoln County, Arkansas. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 18, 2025, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired: Oct 18, 2025, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

Counties Jefferson County, AR, Lincoln County, AR

The radar

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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
Oct 18, 2:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell	45 min
Oct 18, 2:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Johnson, Logan	39 min
Oct 18, 2:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pike	42 min
Oct 18, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring, Perry, Yell	41 min
Oct 18, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pulaski, Saline	12 min
Oct 18, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring, Pike	42 min
Oct 18, 3:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Clark	32 min
Oct 18, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring	50 min
Oct 18, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, Yell	30 min
Oct 18, 3:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring	18 min
Oct 18, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Pope, Van Buren	34 min
Oct 18, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring, Saline	31 min
Oct 18, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Ouachita	52 min
Oct 18, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Pulaski, Saline	39 min
Oct 18, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita	26 min
Oct 18, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner, Pulaski	37 min
Oct 18, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Ouachita	50 min
Oct 18, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland	26 min
Oct 18, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Drew, Lincoln	19 min
Oct 18, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke and 3 more	43 min
Oct 18, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Desha, Drew, Lincoln	45 min
Oct 18, 6:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Lawrence	84 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.