Alert archive / Arkansas / Mesoscale Discussions / 2012

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, May 2012

11 mesoscale discussions in May 2012. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of mesoscale discussions reaches back to 2003.

Mesoscale Discussions by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Mesoscale Discussions
11
Busiest day
May 31, 20124 mesoscale discussions

Over time

By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 1:19 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Washington56 min
May 2, 6:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Desha, Drew and 10 more97 min
May 7, 4:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River and 5 more67 min
May 7, 9:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Columbia, Lafayette, Ouachita, Union60 min
May 20, 1:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Fulton, Greene and 10 more87 min
May 30, 12:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Desha, Lee, Monroe and 2 more83 min
May 30, 4:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChicot, Desha, Lee, Phillips94 min
May 30, 11:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Madison, Washington114 min
May 31, 1:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Crawford, Washington83 min
May 31, 11:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Crittenden, Cross, Desha and 6 more61 min
May 31, 2:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrittenden, Phillips67 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

5 more counties

Nearby

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Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.