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Tornado Watch 72

March 30, 20256 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 30, 2025, 2:35 PM CDT for 6 states. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 30, 2025, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2025, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 3 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 119 counties

Baxter County, AR, Boone County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Logan County, AR, Marion County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Newton County, AR, Perry County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Pope County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Yell County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Bond County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Marion County, IL, Massac County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Madison County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Perry County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What SPC expected

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

Two or more tornadoes: 70%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 50%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 80%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 10%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 60%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 60%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington	39 min
Mar 30, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Marion	31 min
Mar 30, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson, Wayne	41 min
Mar 30, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Boone, Marion	40 min
Mar 30, 2:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Washington	19 min
Mar 30, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion	36 min
Mar 30, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Reynolds	51 min
Mar 30, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy	16 min
Mar 30, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Ozark	58 min
Mar 30, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Marion, Washington	49 min
Mar 30, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton	47 min
Mar 30, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Randolph	44 min
Mar 30, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion	26 min
Mar 30, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson	56 min
Mar 30, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Iron, Madison, Saint Francois	48 min
Mar 30, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone, Marion	17 min
Mar 30, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	44 min
Mar 30, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	42 min
Mar 30, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	51 min
Mar 30, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Ozark	66 min
Mar 30, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	20 min
Mar 30, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	63 min
Mar 30, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry	43 min
Mar 30, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton	51 min
Mar 30, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois	35 min
Mar 30, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Carter	33 min
Mar 30, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	23 min
Mar 30, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Wayne	52 min
Mar 30, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Carter, Ripley	47 min
Mar 30, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton, Randolph, Sharp	13 min
Mar 30, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Reynolds	38 min
Mar 30, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Wayne	52 min
Mar 30, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Perry	51 min
Mar 30, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LZK	Fulton, Sharp	50 min
Mar 30, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Edwards, Hamilton, Wayne, White	48 min
Mar 30, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark, Taney	47 min
Mar 30, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Randolph	40 min
Mar 30, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Shannon, Texas	27 min
Mar 30, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson	52 min
Mar 30, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton	44 min
Mar 30, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Boone, Marion, Searcy	41 min
Mar 30, 4:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Butler, Ripley	41 min
Mar 30, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Butler, Carter, Ripley	50 min
Mar 30, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp	48 min
Mar 30, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Williamson	48 min
Mar 30, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry	46 min
Mar 30, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson	44 min
Mar 30, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Ozark	39 min
Mar 30, 5:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton	18 min
Mar 30, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard, Wayne	45 min
Mar 30, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Clay, Greene	40 min
Mar 30, 5:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Butler, New Madrid, Stoddard	39 min
Mar 30, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Sharp, Stone	53 min
Mar 30, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Williamson	49 min
Mar 30, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Butler, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard	48 min
Mar 30, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren	47 min
Mar 30, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon, Shannon	27 min
Mar 30, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton, Sharp	43 min
Mar 30, 5:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Clay	53 min
Mar 30, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gibson, Pike	41 min
Mar 30, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	23 min
Mar 30, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton	37 min
Mar 30, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Stone	19 min
Mar 30, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski, Union	47 min
Mar 30, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Ripley	50 min
Mar 30, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp	49 min
Mar 30, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gibson, Pike, Vanderburgh, Warrick	48 min
Mar 30, 5:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Mississippi, New Madrid, Stoddard	48 min
Mar 30, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Stone	32 min
Mar 30, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	42 min
Mar 30, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White	42 min
Mar 30, 6:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	27 min
Mar 30, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp	41 min
Mar 30, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dunklin	24 min
Mar 30, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Jackson, Johnson, Pulaski, Union, Williamson	50 min
Mar 30, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Fulton	45 min
Mar 30, 6:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Clay	38 min
Mar 30, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Union	38 min
Mar 30, 6:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski	12 min
Mar 30, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Clay, Greene	49 min
Mar 30, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, White	26 min
Mar 30, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Craighead, Greene	46 min
Mar 30, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	LZK	Independence, Jackson, Lawrence	41 min
Mar 30, 6:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	39 min
Mar 30, 6:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Carlisle	31 min
Mar 30, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson, White, Woodruff	45 min
Mar 30, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope	42 min
Mar 30, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman	52 min
Mar 30, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	New Madrid, Stoddard	49 min
Mar 30, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Pike, Spencer, Warrick	45 min
Mar 30, 7:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Fulton	41 min
Mar 30, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi	38 min
Mar 30, 7:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Craighead, Greene	38 min
Mar 30, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hardin	48 min
Mar 30, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Poinsett	43 min
Mar 30, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Posey, Vanderburgh	43 min
Mar 30, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett	45 min
Mar 30, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Spencer, Warrick	45 min
Mar 30, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Lyon, Webster	42 min
Mar 30, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, Hickman, Livingston, McCracken	39 min
Mar 30, 7:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Mississippi, Poinsett	29 min
Mar 30, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess, McLean	33 min
Mar 30, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Fulton, Hickman	33 min
Mar 30, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dunklin, Pemiscot	45 min
Mar 30, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett	46 min
Mar 30, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg	46 min
Mar 30, 8:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Mississippi, Poinsett	52 min
Mar 30, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway, Graves, Marshall	18 min
Mar 30, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Trigg	46 min
Mar 30, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi, Poinsett	44 min
Mar 30, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Calloway, Christian, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg	48 min
Mar 30, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett	39 min
Mar 30, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff	35 min
Mar 30, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Todd	47 min
Mar 30, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley	44 min
Mar 30, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	St. Francis	42 min
Mar 30, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Todd	46 min
Mar 30, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Henderson and 1 more	46 min
Mar 30, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Mississippi	47 min
Mar 30, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis	37 min
Mar 30, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Haywood, Henderson, Madison	48 min
Mar 30, 10:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Shelby	42 min
Mar 30, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis	49 min
Mar 30, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, McNairy, Madison	40 min
Mar 30, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy, Madison	46 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 263 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: 256 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -295 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1079 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 29, 11:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Washington	119 min
Mar 30, 12:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more	5 hr
Mar 30, 3:43 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Carroll, Madison	92 min
Mar 30, 1:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 21 more	2 hr
Mar 30, 3:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clark, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Little River and 5 more	114 min
Mar 30, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Miller, Montgomery, Pike and 3 more	6 hr
Mar 30, 5:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Independence and 8 more	115 min
Mar 30, 11:04 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bond, Calhoun, Christian, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland and 27 more	116 min
Mar 30, 12:02 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 31 more	7 hr
Mar 30, 12:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois and 6 more	2 hr
Mar 30, 1:13 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cook, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane and 4 more	5 hr
Mar 30, 2:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Champaign, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Ford and 3 more	115 min
Mar 30, 2:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Edwards, Franklin, Hamilton and 13 more	93 min
Mar 30, 2:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	DeKalb, LaGrange, Steuben	116 min
Mar 30, 5:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, Fayette and 20 more	115 min
Mar 30, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Dubois, Fayette, Floyd and 12 more	6 hr
Mar 29, 7:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton and 15 more	2 hr
Mar 30, 12:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Christian, Crawford, Dallas, Dent, Douglas, Franklin and 15 more	118 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.