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Mesoscale Discussion 393

March 13, 20086 counties in Arkansas; 18 parishes in Louisiana; 11 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 13, 2008, 7:59 PM CDT for 6 counties in Arkansas; 18 parishes in Louisiana; 11 counties in Texas. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 2008, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2008, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 35 counties

Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Union County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Angelina County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Trinity County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 110Mar 13, 11:20 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
Mar 13, 9:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Hempstead and 16 more	65 min
Mar 13, 9:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Montgomery and 5 more	55 min
Mar 13, 10:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia and 29 more	27 min
Mar 13, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 39 more	5 hr
Mar 14, 1:34 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 50 more	86 min
Mar 14, 3:32 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Chicot, Desha, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln and 1 more	118 min
Mar 14, 6:59 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark, Cleveland and 12 more	31 min
Mar 13, 7:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ascension, Assumption, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafayette and 11 more	2 hr
Mar 14, 3:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts, Wheeler	3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 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.