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Mesoscale Discussion 334

March 22, 20054 counties in Arkansas; 20 parishes in Louisiana; 20 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 22, 2005, 3:57 AM CST for 4 counties in Arkansas; 20 parishes in Louisiana; 20 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 22, 2005, 3:57 AM CST (09:57 UTC)
Expired: Mar 22, 2005, 6:00 AM CST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 44 counties

Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Union County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Attala County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Tornado Watch 63Mar 22, 6:55 AM CST

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 21, 8:29 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 11 more	91 min
Mar 21, 9:20 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 11 more	7 hr
Mar 21, 10:12 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 8 more	63 min
Mar 21, 10:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Logan, Madison and 5 more	6 hr
Mar 21, 11:09 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Pike and 1 more	96 min
Mar 21, 11:26 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 10 more	94 min
Mar 22, 1:45 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Union	6 hr
Mar 22, 2:20 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Logan, Madison and 5 more	85 min
Mar 22, 11:55 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Chicot, Cleburne, Conway, Crittenden, Cross and 20 more	95 min
Mar 22, 12:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Arkansas, Baxter, Boone, Chicot, Clay, Cleburne and 29 more	7 hr
Mar 22, 2:39 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baxter, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Faulkner and 19 more	96 min
Mar 22, 4:27 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Mississippi	33 min
Mar 22, 12:50 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	De Soto, Sabine	5 hr
Mar 22, 3:00 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 13 more	5 hr
Mar 22, 3:43 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	De Soto, Sabine	2 hr
Mar 22, 5:59 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Cameron, East Baton Rouge and 14 more	2 hr
Mar 22, 6:55 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Saint Tammany, Washington	6 hr
Mar 22, 9:44 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson	61 min
Mar 22, 3:43 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Amite, Attala, Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Greene and 23 more	2 hr
Mar 22, 4:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss and 3 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2005 Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2005 Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.