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Mesoscale Discussion 1997

September 21, 200613 counties in Arkansas; 7 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 21, 2006, 7:50 PM CDT for 13 counties in Arkansas; 7 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 21, 2006, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired: Sep 21, 2006, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 115 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Clark County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Garland County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Logan County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Yell County, AR, Atoka County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 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 784Sep 21, 9:30 PM CDT

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
Sep 21, 7:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Madison, Washington	2 hr
Sep 21, 9:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Arkansas, Clark, Conway, Crawford, Faulkner, Franklin and 24 more	8 hr
Sep 21, 11:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clark, Conway, Crawford, Franklin, Garland, Hot Spring and 16 more	2 hr
Sep 22, 4:08 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden and 23 more	67 min
Sep 22, 4:39 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Fulton and 17 more	5 hr
Sep 22, 8:35 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 53 more	85 min
Sep 22, 9:10 AM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	Arkansas, Baxter, Boone, Clark, Clay, Cleburne and 46 more	9 hr
Sep 22, 11:10 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Sebastian, Washington	95 min
Sep 22, 12:06 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more	9 hr
Sep 22, 12:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Carroll and 64 more	90 min
Sep 22, 3:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark and 58 more	90 min
Sep 22, 5:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clark, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crawford, Cross and 38 more	92 min
Sep 22, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Baxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Fulton and 16 more	7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2006 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2006 Every mesoscale discussion in 2006

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.