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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 14, 2025Calhoun County, Dallas County, Ouachita County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 2025, 11:50 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Dallas County, Ouachita County, Arkansas. It was in force for 40 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, 11:50 PM CDT (04:50 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2025, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Calhoun County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Ouachita 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 14, 9:47 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 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

Special weather statement, Mar 14, 9:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 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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Local storm report, Mar 14, 11:08 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 14, 11:44 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 14, 11:50 PM CDT, 0 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, 11:52 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, 7:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe	54 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.