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Tornado Warning 103, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 19, 2025Boone County, Marion County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2025, 8:19 PM CDT for Boone County, Marion 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: May 19, 2025, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2025, 8:36 PM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Boone County, AR, Marion County, AR

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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
May 19, 6:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 311 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: 1664 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 883 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.4
Supercell composite: 14.9

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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 May 19, 6:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 6:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 3:58 AM CDT, 16 hours 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 3:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 8:06 PM CDT, 13 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
May 19, 8:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Boone, Newton	54 min
May 19, 8:30 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Yell	37 hr
May 19, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Newton	56 min
May 19, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Logan, Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell	53 min
May 19, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Baxter, Marion	31 min
May 19, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Johnson, Logan, Marion, Newton, Pope and 2 more	50 min
May 19, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Logan, Perry, Pope, Van Buren, Yell	43 min
May 19, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell	52 min
May 19, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Izard, Pope, Searcy and 3 more	52 min
May 19, 10:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Pope, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren	49 min
May 19, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell	44 min
May 19, 10:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell	20 min
May 19, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Perry, Pike and 3 more	52 min
May 19, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Stone, Van Buren, White	54 min
May 19, 11:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LZK	Scott	3 hr
May 19, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope, Yell	41 min
May 19, 11:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Garland, Perry, Saline	68 min
May 19, 11:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Montgomery	32 min
May 20, 12:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White	31 min
May 20, 1:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk, Scott	38 min
May 20, 1:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Garland, Hot Spring, Perry, Saline	25 min
May 20, 2:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner, Hot Spring, Pulaski, Saline	35 min
May 20, 2:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Polk, Scott, Yell	24 min
May 20, 2:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Clark	31 min
May 20, 2:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Logan	42 min
May 20, 2:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Montgomery, Yell	25 min
May 20, 2:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring	46 min
May 20, 2:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Pulaski, Saline	37 min
May 20, 3:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Conway, Garland, Perry, Saline	24 min
May 20, 3:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Pulaski, Saline	49 min
May 20, 3:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Dallas	30 min
May 20, 3:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner, Pulaski, Saline	28 min
May 20, 3:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	White	24 min
May 20, 3:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Independence, Lonoke, Perry and 4 more	42 min
May 20, 3:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie and 2 more	35 min
May 20, 3:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Dallas, Grant	34 min
May 20, 4:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln	41 min
May 20, 4:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jefferson	32 min
May 20, 5:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Dallas	30 min
May 20, 9:21 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LZK	Perry	58 hr
May 20, 1:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Faulkner	29 min
May 20, 1:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Grant	41 min
May 20, 1:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski	39 min
May 20, 1:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	White	23 min
May 20, 1:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Dallas	35 min
May 20, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie	52 min
May 20, 1:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie	22 min
May 20, 2:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jefferson	24 min
May 20, 2:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleveland	36 min
May 20, 2:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson	44 min
May 20, 2:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Cleveland	38 min
May 20, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln	43 min
May 20, 2:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe	53 min
May 20, 2:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Lincoln	43 min
May 20, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Lincoln	41 min
May 20, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson, Monroe	40 min
May 20, 2:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Calhoun	36 min
May 20, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Calhoun	37 min
May 20, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln	36 min
May 20, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Lincoln	33 min
May 20, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Monroe	14 min
May 20, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley, Drew	32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.