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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 14, 2025Independence County, Jackson County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 2025, 11:16 PM CDT for Independence County, Jackson County, Arkansas. It was in force for 44 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 14, 2025, 11:16 PM CDT (04:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 15, 2025, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

Counties Independence County, AR, Jackson County, AR

The radar

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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
Mar 14, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 14, 8:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
817 PM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0752 PM     Hail             Summit                  36.25N 92.69W
03/14/2025  E1.00 Inch       Marion             AR   Amateur Radio

&&

JBC
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 9:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
900 PM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025

ARZ031-039-150245-
Perry AR-Conway AR-
900 PM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Perry and south
central Conway Counties through 945 PM CDT
...

At 900 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles southeast of Ola, or 17 miles southeast of Danville, moving
northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Petit Jean State Park...          Sequoya Park...
Nimrod...                         Perryville...
Deberrie...                       Aplin...
Bigelow...                        Oak Grove in Perry County...
Antioch in Perry County...        New Dixie...
Morrilton...                      Perry...
Casa...                           Oppelo...
Fourche Junction...               Thornburg...
Pleasant Valley in Perry County...Hollis...
Adona...                          Cherry Hill in Perry County...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for central
Arkansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3493 9323 3493 9322 3495 9322 3495 9320
      3498 9318 3498 9316 3499 9316 3499 9314
      3500 9314 3523 9275 3503 9257 3501 9259
      3498 9259 3486 9305 3486 9307 3485 9308
      3482 9318 3485 9326
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 244DEG 36KT 3495 9312

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

74
Local storm report, Mar 14, 9:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, Mar 14, 9:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 14, 9:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
946 PM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025

ARZ042>044-052>055-062-150315-
Hot Spring AR-Pike AR-Pulaski AR-Grant AR-Clark AR-Saline AR-
Dallas AR-Garland AR-
946 PM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of central Clark,
southeastern Pike, Grant, northern Dallas, southeastern Garland,
southeastern Saline, Hot Spring and southeastern Pulaski Counties
through 1015 PM CDT
...

At 946 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Hot Springs to 8 miles northeast of Caddo
Valley to near Halfway. Movement was northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Park Hill...                      Otter Creek...
Oaklawn Racetrack...              Traskwood...
Jenkins Ferry State Park...       De Roche...
Ironton...                        Quapaw Quarter...
Hillcrest Neighborhood...         Okolona...
Dalark...                         Haskell...
Bryant...                         Red Oak...
The Heights...                    Protho Junction...
Ain...                            Social Hill...
Rockwell...                       Baseline...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for central
Arkansas. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for
central, southeastern and southwestern Arkansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3424 9323 3444 9322 3484 9217 3456 9218
      3411 9235 3395 9324 3396 9345 3396 9357
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 233DEG 46KT 3444 9297 3431 9300 3405 9325

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone27 min
Mar 14, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKNewton, Searcy30 min
Mar 14, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJohnson, Logan, Pope46 min
Mar 14, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKNewton28 min
Mar 14, 7:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKNewton35 min
Mar 14, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Newton, Searcy45 min
Mar 14, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Marion, Newton, Searcy45 min
Mar 14, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Marion43 min
Mar 14, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKDesha24 min
Mar 14, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKNewton, Searcy24 min
Mar 14, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLZKJohnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren36 min
Mar 14, 8:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKBaxter34 min
Mar 14, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKJohnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren45 min
Mar 14, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Marion, Searcy27 min
Mar 14, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Johnson, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren44 min
Mar 14, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKBaxter, Fulton25 min
Mar 14, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Fulton, Marion48 min
Mar 14, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKBaxter, Izard, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren51 min
Mar 14, 9:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPerry45 min
Mar 14, 9:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKBaxter, Fulton13 min
Mar 14, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Perry47 min
Mar 14, 9:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKGarland24 min
Mar 14, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Izard, Stone, Van Buren49 min
Mar 14, 9:33 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatLZKFulton, Izard, Sharp, Stone42 min
Mar 14, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKGarland, Pulaski, Saline40 min
Mar 14, 9:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKClark, Grant, Hot Spring, Pulaski29 min
Mar 14, 9:53 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Perry22 min
Mar 14, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKClark, Hot Spring51 min
Mar 14, 9:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Hot Spring46 min
Mar 14, 10:01 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatLZKFulton, Izard, Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp32 min
Mar 14, 10:02 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKCleburne, Independence, Stone28 min
Mar 14, 10:03 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKCleburne22 min
Mar 14, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline48 min
Mar 14, 10:23 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKIndependence, Izard, Sharp37 min
Mar 14, 10:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKIndependence, Izard, Sharp, Stone26 min
Mar 14, 10:33 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLZKLawrence, Randolph, Sharp32 min
Mar 14, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Independence, Jackson, White41 min
Mar 14, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDallas, Grant, Hot Spring38 min
Mar 14, 10:37 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White19 min
Mar 14, 10:42 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKDallas, Grant, Hot Spring48 min
Mar 14, 10:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson, Lawrence, Sharp9 min
Mar 14, 10:48 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLZKLawrence, Randolph, Sharp27 min
Mar 14, 10:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson, White38 min
Mar 14, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFaulkner, Lonoke, White34 min
Mar 14, 10:56 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKClark, Dallas, Ouachita49 min
Mar 14, 11:10 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatLZKLawrence, Randolph36 min
Mar 14, 11:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKGrant, Jefferson26 min
Mar 14, 11:22 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKCalhoun, Dallas, Ouachita38 min
Mar 14, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKJackson, White, Woodruff33 min
Mar 14, 11:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKLawrence, Randolph16 min
Mar 14, 11:37 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKJackson, White, Woodruff38 min
Mar 14, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski52 min
Mar 14, 11:50 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKCalhoun, Dallas, Ouachita40 min
Mar 14, 11:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKWhite23 min
Mar 14, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln50 min
Mar 15, 12:02 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKLawrence13 min
Mar 15, 12:09 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKJackson19 min
Mar 15, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff33 min
Mar 15, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe, Woodruff32 min
Mar 15, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln46 min
Mar 15, 1:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKArkansas28 min
Mar 15, 4:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLonoke, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff36 min
Mar 15, 4:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKMonroe, Prairie, Woodruff37 min
Mar 15, 6:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Desha, Drew57 min
Mar 15, 6:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKOuachita37 min
Mar 15, 7:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Desha, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe54 min
Mar 15, 7:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBradley, Desha, Drew, Lincoln29 min
Mar 15, 7:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha, Drew44 min
Mar 15, 8:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKDesha, Drew, Lincoln23 min
Mar 15, 8:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKArkansas, Bradley, Desha, Drew, Lincoln44 min
Mar 15, 8:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKArkansas, Desha, Drew3 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.