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Tornado Watch 32

March 14, 202533 counties in Arkansas; 11 counties in Illinois; 68 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 14, 2025, 4:03 PM CDT for 33 counties in Arkansas; 11 counties in Illinois; 68 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 14, 2025, 4:03 PM CDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2025, 1:28 AM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 2.5 in
Strongest gust expected: 80 kt

All 112 counties

Baxter County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Logan County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Newton County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pope County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Yell County, AR, Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Pike County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Adair County, MO, Audrain County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Christian County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Knox County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, Marion County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Osage County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes: 90%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 70%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 90%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 70%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 70%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 60%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

130 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 14, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Carroll, Grundy, Livingston	41 min
Mar 14, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Henry, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline	51 min
Mar 14, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Barry, Christian, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Stone	67 min
Mar 14, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Benton, Cedar, Dade, Greene, Hickory, Jasper and 3 more	62 min
Mar 14, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Sullivan	48 min
Mar 14, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline	54 min
Mar 14, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Benton, Camden, Hickory, Miller, Morgan	57 min
Mar 14, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Boone, Cole, Moniteau	63 min
Mar 14, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Barry, Christian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone, Webster	65 min
Mar 14, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Polk	64 min
Mar 14, 5:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Greene	35 min
Mar 14, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Cooper	23 min
Mar 14, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Greene, Stone, Webster, Wright	46 min
Mar 14, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Barry, Christian, Douglas, Stone, Taney	44 min
Mar 14, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll	23 min
Mar 14, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Camden, Miller, Morgan, Pulaski	64 min
Mar 14, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Dallas, Laclede, Webster	47 min
Mar 14, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Audrain, Boone, Callaway	66 min
Mar 14, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Callaway, Cole, Osage	60 min
Mar 14, 6:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Webster, Wright	42 min
Mar 14, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Marion, Monroe, Ralls, Shelby	67 min
Mar 14, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Pulaski, Webster	50 min
Mar 14, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Greene, Laclede, Stone, Taney and 3 more	62 min
Mar 14, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone	27 min
Mar 14, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll	13 min
Mar 14, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Camden, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski	53 min
Mar 14, 7:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Laclede, Pulaski, Texas, Wright	35 min
Mar 14, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Dent, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas	61 min
Mar 14, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Callaway, Montgomery	45 min
Mar 14, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Audrain, Pike, Ralls	49 min
Mar 14, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Johnson, Logan, Pope	46 min
Mar 14, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SGF	Phelps, Pulaski	45 min
Mar 14, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Adams, Pike	55 min
Mar 14, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Christian, Dent, Douglas, Laclede, Texas, Webster and 1 more	64 min
Mar 14, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Gasconade, Osage	62 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, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Callaway, Montgomery, Osage	66 min
Mar 14, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Maries, Phelps	50 min
Mar 14, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps	19 min
Mar 14, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion	43 min
Mar 14, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Pike	25 min
Mar 14, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Newton, Searcy	24 min
Mar 14, 8:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps	24 min
Mar 14, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade	38 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, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark	63 min
Mar 14, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Crawford, Franklin, Washington	62 min
Mar 14, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Brown	31 min
Mar 14, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Johnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren	45 min
Mar 14, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Dent, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas	45 min
Mar 14, 8:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Franklin, Gasconade, Warren	44 min
Mar 14, 8:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Crawford, Franklin, Washington	38 min
Mar 14, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Calhoun, Greene, Pike	50 min
Mar 14, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion, Searcy	27 min
Mar 14, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Brown, Calhoun, Pike	48 min
Mar 14, 8:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell, Ozark	33 min
Mar 14, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Lincoln, Warren	30 min
Mar 14, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Johnson, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren	44 min
Mar 14, 8:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dent	26 min
Mar 14, 8:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton	25 min
Mar 14, 8:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Franklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren	50 min
Mar 14, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton, Marion	48 min
Mar 14, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Brown	32 min
Mar 14, 8:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	SGF	Howell, Oregon, Ozark	46 min
Mar 14, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Crawford, Washington	44 min
Mar 14, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Laclede, Texas, Wright	13 min
Mar 14, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Lincoln, Saint Charles, Warren	23 min
Mar 14, 8:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Baxter, Izard, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren	51 min
Mar 14, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Dent, Phelps, Texas	47 min
Mar 14, 9:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Jersey	32 min
Mar 14, 9:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton	13 min
Mar 14, 9:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Louis, Washington	38 min
Mar 14, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Dent, Texas	51 min
Mar 14, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Greene, Pike	50 min
Mar 14, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry	47 min
Mar 14, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Louis, Washington	47 min
Mar 14, 9:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell	31 min
Mar 14, 9:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	SGF	Howell, Oregon, Shannon	41 min
Mar 14, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Jersey	42 min
Mar 14, 9:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Jersey, Macoupin, Madison	51 min
Mar 14, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Izard, Stone, Van Buren	49 min
Mar 14, 9:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon	28 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, 9:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LSX	Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair	40 min
Mar 14, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford, Washington	32 min
Mar 14, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Macoupin	43 min
Mar 14, 9:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Iron, Reynolds	54 min
Mar 14, 9:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SGF	Oregon, Shannon	23 min
Mar 14, 9:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Perry	22 min
Mar 14, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Bond, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery	48 min
Mar 14, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Monroe, Saint Clair	48 min
Mar 14, 10:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	LZK	Fulton, Izard, Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp	32 min
Mar 14, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Oregon, Shannon	31 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, 10:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair	52 min
Mar 14, 10:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair, Washington	49 min
Mar 14, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline	48 min
Mar 14, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Monroe	35 min
Mar 14, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	20 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, 10:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Macoupin, Montgomery	28 min
Mar 14, 10:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Monroe, Saint Clair	24 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	Tornado Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White	19 min
Mar 14, 10:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	LSX	Iron, Madison	50 min
Mar 14, 10:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Reynolds	16 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, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair, Washington	31 min
Mar 14, 11:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph	36 min
Mar 14, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Madison, Washington	23 min
Mar 14, 11:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson	44 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, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Randolph	15 min
Mar 14, 11:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Randolph	21 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

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 213 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2350 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 368 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 423 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 14, 10:25 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Washington	2 hr
Mar 14, 1:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 3 more	2 hr
Mar 14, 3:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Carroll, Franklin, Johnson, Madison, Newton	2 hr
Mar 14, 4:59 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Ashley, Chicot	5 hr
Mar 14, 6:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Franklin, Fulton and 9 more	2 hr
Mar 14, 6:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Desha and 11 more	115 min
Mar 14, 5:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bureau, Carroll, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, Henry and 11 more	89 min
Mar 14, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 22 more	8 hr
Mar 14, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Andrew, Atchison, Barry, Barton, Bates, Buchanan and 26 more	5 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.