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Tornado Warning 110, NWS Little Rock, AR

October 18, 2025Clark County, Garland County, Hot Spring County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2025, 3:51 PM CDT for Clark County, Garland County, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. It was in force for 18 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
Oct 18, 2025, 3:51 PM CDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired
Oct 18, 2025, 4:09 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Clark County, AR, Garland County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 18, 11:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Oct 18, 3:21 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 294 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2025-10-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1043 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2025-10-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 241 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1043 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1203 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMontgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell45 min
Oct 18, 2:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJohnson, Logan39 min
Oct 18, 2:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPike42 min
Oct 18, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKGarland, Hot Spring, Perry, Yell41 min
Oct 18, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPulaski, Saline12 min
Oct 18, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Hot Spring, Pike42 min
Oct 18, 3:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKClark32 min
Oct 18, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring50 min
Oct 18, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, Yell30 min
Oct 18, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Conway, Pope, Van Buren34 min
Oct 18, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Hot Spring, Saline31 min
Oct 18, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring, Ouachita52 min
Oct 18, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGrant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Pulaski, Saline39 min
Oct 18, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCalhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita26 min
Oct 18, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKFaulkner, Pulaski37 min
Oct 18, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Ouachita50 min
Oct 18, 5:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJefferson, Lincoln39 min
Oct 18, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun, Cleveland26 min
Oct 18, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Drew, Lincoln19 min
Oct 18, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke and 3 more43 min
Oct 18, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDesha, Drew, Lincoln45 min
Oct 18, 6:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKLawrence84 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.