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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Little Rock, AR

March 30, 2025Baxter County, Fulton County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2025, 5:14 PM CDT for Baxter County, Fulton 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
Mar 30, 2025, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2025, 5:32 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Little Rock, AR
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.25 in

Counties Baxter County, AR, Fulton County, AR

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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
Mar 30, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2025-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 2025-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-242 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
743 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 2:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPolk, Scott46 min
Mar 30, 3:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKLogan29 min
Mar 30, 3:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMontgomery, Polk, Scott50 min
Mar 30, 3:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKJohnson, Newton, Pope48 min
Mar 30, 3:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKPike26 min
Mar 30, 4:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBoone43 min
Mar 30, 4:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKGarland, Montgomery, Pike, Yell49 min
Mar 30, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Marion42 min
Mar 30, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Boone, Marion40 min
Mar 30, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Marion36 min
Mar 30, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Marion, Newton, Searcy16 min
Mar 30, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Fulton47 min
Mar 30, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Marion26 min
Mar 30, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBoone, Marion17 min
Mar 30, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Fulton51 min
Mar 30, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKBaxter16 min
Mar 30, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton, Randolph, Sharp13 min
Mar 30, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLZKFulton, Sharp50 min
Mar 30, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKMarion27 min
Mar 30, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKRandolph40 min
Mar 30, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Fulton44 min
Mar 30, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Boone, Marion, Searcy41 min
Mar 30, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLawrence, Randolph, Sharp48 min
Mar 30, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKVan Buren45 min
Mar 30, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Fulton, Izard, Sharp, Stone53 min
Mar 30, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren47 min
Mar 30, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKSaline30 min
Mar 30, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKFulton, Sharp43 min
Mar 30, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKBaxter, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Stone19 min
Mar 30, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp49 min
Mar 30, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Independence, Stone32 min
Mar 30, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKLawrence, Randolph, Sharp41 min
Mar 30, 6:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZKIndependence29 min
Mar 30, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKCleburne, Independence, Jackson, White26 min
Mar 30, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatLZKIndependence, Jackson, Lawrence41 min
Mar 30, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson, White, Woodruff45 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.