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Mesoscale Discussion 408

March 14, 20084 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 14, 2008, 10:47 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 14, 2008, 10:47 PM CDT (03:47 UTC)
Expired: Mar 14, 2008, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 68 counties

Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Logan County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Perry County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Pope County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Scott County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Washington County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Yell County, AR, Cherokee County, KS, Labette County, KS, Barry County, MO, Christian County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:47 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
Mar 14, 7:14 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 22 more	7 hr
Mar 14, 8:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Washington	29 min
Mar 14, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more	5 hr
Mar 14, 9:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 23 more	55 min
Mar 14, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Baxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 32 more	7 hr
Mar 14, 11:55 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 15 more	65 min
Mar 14, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Crittenden, Mississippi	7 hr
Mar 15, 2:12 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Baxter, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden and 26 more	93 min
Mar 15, 4:30 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Lee, Monroe and 2 more	90 min
Mar 15, 10:23 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more	67 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.