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Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2016
113 mesoscale discussions in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 113
- Busiest month
- March29 mesoscale discussions
- Busiest day
- March 13, 20166 mesoscale discussions
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 9:36 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne, Conway and 29 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 20, 1:15 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Craighead, Mississippi | 5 hr |
| Jan 21, 6:05 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:53 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay | 5 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:58 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Chicot, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Desha and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 2, 9:54 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Independence and 7 more | 96 min |
| Feb 2, 6:13 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chicot | 2 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:40 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Fulton, Greene and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 29, 11:33 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Sebastian | 57 min |
| Mar 1, 1:47 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 28 more | 88 min |
| Mar 3, 2:29 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:11 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 7 more | 94 min |
| Mar 8, 5:52 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Union | 83 min |
| Mar 13, 12:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Howard, Pike, Polk, Scott, Sevier | 55 min |
| Mar 13, 1:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 17 more | 89 min |
| Mar 13, 3:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 31 more | 86 min |
| Mar 13, 5:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian, Washington | 85 min |
| Mar 13, 5:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 38 more | 92 min |
| Mar 13, 6:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 40 more | 94 min |
| Mar 13, 9:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Crittenden, Cross, Desha and 12 more | 116 min |
| Mar 17, 9:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Calhoun, Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette and 6 more | 83 min |
| Mar 18, 9:51 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Columbia, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard and 8 more | 84 min |
| Mar 18, 1:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Columbia, Drew and 7 more | 59 min |
| Mar 18, 3:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Columbia, Drew and 7 more | 118 min |
| Mar 18, 7:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Columbia, Drew and 5 more | 54 min |
| Mar 23, 8:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 56 min |
| Mar 23, 11:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Madison and 6 more | 59 min |
| Mar 30, 11:57 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Conway and 27 more | 63 min |
| Mar 30, 2:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada and 1 more | 83 min |
| Mar 30, 5:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Clark, Columbia, Dallas, Hempstead, Lafayette and 5 more | 84 min |
| Mar 30, 6:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 17 more | 90 min |
| Mar 30, 8:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton | 53 min |
| Mar 30, 8:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Desha, Drew, Lincoln and 1 more | 96 min |
| Mar 30, 11:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chicot, Desha | 60 min |
| Mar 31, 10:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Cleveland, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Dallas and 14 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chicot | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crittenden, Cross | 91 min |
| Apr 6, 2:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crittenden, Lee, Mississippi | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 11:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 15 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Columbia, Drew, Union | 93 min |
| Apr 11, 6:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Columbia, Drew and 2 more | 66 min |
| Apr 11, 8:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Miller | 67 min |
| Apr 26, 9:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Garland, Hempstead and 18 more | 114 min |
| Apr 27, 1:35 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Carroll, Clark and 45 more | 115 min |
| Apr 29, 1:58 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Columbia, Dallas, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring and 11 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 29, 7:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas and 5 more | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 9:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 29 more | 89 min |
| Apr 29, 12:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Columbia, Hempstead, Howard and 8 more | 114 min |
| Apr 29, 5:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 11 more | 93 min |
| Apr 29, 8:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River and 4 more | 94 min |
| Apr 29, 11:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradley, Columbia, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada and 2 more | 93 min |
| Apr 30, 3:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Union | 97 min |
| Apr 30, 3:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Conway, Johnson, Logan, Marion and 5 more | 118 min |
| Apr 30, 7:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton, Izard and 5 more | 54 min |
| May 2, 2:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Drew, Union | 2 hr |
| May 2, 5:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 87 min |
| May 9, 1:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Howard, Little River, Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Sebastian and 1 more | 66 min |
| May 9, 5:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Montgomery, Pike and 4 more | 56 min |
| May 9, 6:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Fulton and 13 more | 97 min |
| May 9, 8:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia and 32 more | 89 min |
| May 9, 10:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll | 83 min |
| May 9, 11:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 26 more | 90 min |
| May 10, 1:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Desha, Drew | 93 min |
| May 11, 8:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 5 more | 3 hr |
| May 11, 11:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Logan, Scott, Sebastian | 119 min |
| May 12, 2:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Faulkner, Garland, Greene and 17 more | 87 min |
| May 12, 9:10 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | 95 min |
| May 12, 2:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Desha, Drew and 1 more | 87 min |
| May 24, 10:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Fulton, Marion, Randolph | 2 hr |
| May 24, 5:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Faulkner and 31 more | 2 hr |
| May 24, 8:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 96 min |
| May 25, 1:13 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sebastian | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 12:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Drew, Union | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crittenden, Mississippi | 85 min |
| Jun 15, 3:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard and 7 more | 89 min |
| Jun 15, 6:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Independence, Jackson and 6 more | 91 min |
| Jun 17, 1:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 32 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Marion and 1 more | 116 min |
| Jul 3, 7:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton | 86 min |
| Jul 6, 10:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Fulton, Greene, Randolph | 58 min |
| Jul 6, 12:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Independence, Jackson, Lawrence and 3 more | 67 min |
| Jul 7, 8:10 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay | 95 min |
| Jul 8, 1:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne and 17 more | 90 min |
| Jul 8, 9:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Crawford, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 97 min |
| Jul 8, 1:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Fulton and 12 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Randolph and 1 more | 63 min |
| Jul 14, 3:10 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Howard, Little River, Polk, Sevier | 95 min |
| Jul 14, 11:21 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Crawford, Sebastian, Washington | 114 min |
| Jul 14, 2:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Conway, Crawford, Dallas, Franklin, Garland and 20 more | 91 min |
| Jul 14, 5:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 20 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 2:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 11:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Chicot, Clay, Cleburne and 32 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 11:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mississippi | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 34 more | 116 min |
| Jul 29, 12:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne, Conway and 34 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 3:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Clark, Cleburne, Conway, Dallas, Faulkner and 33 more | 84 min |
| Aug 5, 2:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Cross, Fulton, Greene and 11 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 17 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway and 28 more | 116 min |
| Sep 8, 1:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Fulton, Izard and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 16, 12:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 17, 8:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Pike, Polk, Sevier | 67 min |
| Oct 12, 2:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 15 more | 83 min |
| Oct 13, 3:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Columbia, Lafayette | 2 hr |
| Oct 19, 12:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Marion | 85 min |
| Nov 28, 7:40 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller | 3 hr |
| Nov 28, 1:02 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bradley | 118 min |
| Dec 17, 1:00 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 2 hr |
| Dec 17, 5:45 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Crittenden and 18 more | 90 min |
| Dec 17, 6:44 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Columbia, Union | 3 hr |
| Dec 17, 8:28 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Lincoln, Phillips | 62 min |
| Dec 26, 3:31 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Cross, Dallas and 17 more | 119 min |
| Dec 28, 10:25 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Desha, Drew, Union | 2 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bradley County35
- Union County35
- Ouachita County33
- Hempstead County33
- Calhoun County32
- Columbia County32
- Chicot County31
- Nevada County30
- Ashley County29
- Drew County29
- Little River County29
- Clark County28
- Lafayette County28
- Miller County28
- Dallas County26
- Lincoln County25
- Howard County25
- Sevier County25
- Cleveland County24
- Desha County24
- Grant County24
- Hot Spring County23
- Jefferson County23
- Sebastian County23
- Pike County23
- Craighead County22
- Mississippi County22
- Garland County22
- Polk County22
- Baxter County21
- Independence County21
- Arkansas County21
- Lonoke County21
- Montgomery County21
- Cleburne County20
- Marion County20
- Yell County20
- Pulaski County20
- Saline County20
- Crawford County20
35 more counties
- Scott County20
- Conway County19
- Greene County19
- Perry County19
- Poinsett County19
- Van Buren County19
- Woodruff County19
- Prairie County19
- Faulkner County18
- Franklin County18
- Fulton County18
- Izard County18
- Boone County17
- Carroll County17
- Cross County17
- Jackson County17
- Logan County17
- Washington County17
- Clay County16
- Lawrence County16
- Madison County16
- Pope County16
- Randolph County16
- Sharp County16
- Stone County16
- White County16
- Crittenden County16
- Johnson County15
- Searcy County15
- Monroe County15
- Newton County14
- Phillips County14
- Benton County14
- St. Francis County13
- Lee County12
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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.