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Mesoscale Discussion 444

March 17, 20084 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 17, 2008, 7:34 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 17, 2008, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired: Mar 17, 2008, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 52 counties

Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Pope County, AR, Scott County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, Yell County, AR, Cherokee County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Polk County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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 128Mar 17, 10:15 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 17, 9:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 20 more	114 min
Mar 17, 10:16 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 31 more	8 hr
Mar 18, 1:13 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Washington	62 min
Mar 18, 2:23 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Madison and 2 more	2 hr
Mar 18, 2:46 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baxter, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford, Faulkner, Franklin and 27 more	89 min
Mar 18, 5:54 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Washington	2 hr
Mar 18, 9:26 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Calhoun, Clark, Columbia, Conway, Dallas, Garland and 19 more	2 hr
Mar 18, 10:16 AM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	Arkansas, Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia and 48 more	7 hr
Mar 18, 10:59 AM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	Union	8 hr
Mar 18, 11:54 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 6 more	3 hr
Mar 18, 12:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway, Craighead and 47 more	2 hr
Mar 18, 1:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Polk, Sevier	3 hr
Mar 18, 3:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clark, Cleburne, Columbia, Dallas, Faulkner, Garland and 21 more	2 hr
Mar 18, 4:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Clark, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 19 more	59 min
Mar 18, 5:19 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Cleburne and 43 more	11 hr
Mar 18, 6:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Cross and 20 more	3 hr
Mar 18, 6:47 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Union	9 hr
Mar 17, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche and 19 more	7 hr
Mar 17, 10:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal and 25 more	54 min

Nearby

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