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Mesoscale Discussion 105

January 29, 200820 counties in Arkansas; Alexander County, Illinois; 18 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 29, 2008, 10:54 AM CST for 20 counties in Arkansas; Alexander County, Illinois; 18 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 29, 2008, 10:54 AM CST (16:54 UTC)
Expired: Jan 29, 2008, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 66 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 39 counties

Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Sharp County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Iron County, MO, Madison County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Perry County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:55 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 24Jan 29, 11:35 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
Jan 29, 7:57 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 22 more	93 min
Jan 29, 10:21 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi and 1 more	54 min
Jan 29, 11:32 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Fulton and 18 more	7 hr
Jan 29, 12:19 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Boone, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Lee and 8 more	4 hr
Jan 29, 1:24 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar and 11 more	66 min
Jan 29, 3:56 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Cumberland, Edwards and 24 more	64 min
Jan 29, 7:39 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atchison	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2008 Every mesoscale discussion in 2008

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.