Thunderstorm Wind — Nevada, Arkansas

2025-03-14 · near Bluff City, Nevada, Arkansas

Event narrative

Multiple trees downed across roadways, including Highway 24 east of Prescott.

Wider weather episode

Robust thunderstorm development began late in the evening on March 14th along a dryline from the Hot Springs region southward toward Texarkana. Upper air analysis suggested that low to mid-level winds were not quite as strong as compared to areas in Northern Arkansas. However, a strengthening low-level jet sampled by the KLZK (North Little Rock, Arkansas) and KSHV (Shreveport, Louisiana) radars both supported 0-1 km storm relative helicity (SRH) on the order of 200-300 m2/s2. Increasing low-level surface moisture and mixed layer CAPE were supportive of a more tornadic environment downstream of the developing convection. Discrete to semi-discrete supercells migrated into this air mass with damaging wind gusts and tornadoes eventually being reported across parts of Southwest Arkansas late into the evening hours.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1247997. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.