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Mesoscale Discussion 794

May 8, 20067 counties in Arkansas; 24 parishes in Louisiana; 27 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 8, 2006, 4:42 PM CDT for 7 counties in Arkansas; 24 parishes in Louisiana; 27 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2006, 4:42 PM CDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2006, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 93 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 58 counties

Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Drew County, AR, Union County, AR, Avoyelles Parish, LA, 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, Rapides Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Attala 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, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Pike County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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.

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
May 8, 12:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 26 more	119 min
May 8, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne and 20 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2006 Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2006 Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 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.