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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 1:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Washington | 56 min |
| May 2, 6:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Desha, Drew and 10 more | 97 min |
| May 7, 4:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River and 5 more | 67 min |
| May 7, 9:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Columbia, Lafayette, Ouachita, Union | 60 min |
| May 20, 1:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Fulton, Greene and 10 more | 87 min |
| May 30, 12:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Desha, Lee, Monroe and 2 more | 83 min |
| May 30, 4:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chicot, Desha, Lee, Phillips | 94 min |
| May 30, 11:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 114 min |
| May 31, 1:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Crawford, Washington | 83 min |
| May 31, 11:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Crittenden, Cross, Desha and 6 more | 61 min |
| May 31, 2:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crittenden, Phillips | 67 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Phillips County5
- Crittenden County4
- Desha County4
- Lee County4
- Benton County3
- Washington County3
- Arkansas County3
- Cross County3
- Mississippi County3
- Monroe County3
- Chicot County3
- Carroll County2
- Craighead County2
- Drew County2
- Jackson County2
- Poinsett County2
- Prairie County2
- St. Francis County2
- Woodruff County2
- Columbia County2
- Lafayette County2
- Ouachita County2
- Ashley County2
- Lincoln County1
- Clark County1
- Hempstead County1
- Howard County1
- Little River County1
- Miller County1
- Nevada County1
- Pike County1
- Sevier County1
- Calhoun County1
- Union County1
- Clay County1
- Fulton County1
- Greene County1
- Independence County1
- Izard County1
- Lawrence County1
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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.