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Mesoscale Discussion 524
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 31, 2008, 3:04 PM CDT for 19 counties in Arkansas; 17 counties in Missouri; 12 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2008, 3:04 PM CDT (20:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2008, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 48 counties
Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Fulton 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, Van Buren County, AR, Washington County, AR, Yell County, AR, Barry County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Howell County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Maries County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Coal County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 8:44 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Washington | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Washington | 60 min |
| Mar 31, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Cross and 34 more | 62 min |
| Mar 31, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia and 34 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrew, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass and 23 more | 59 min |
| Mar 31, 4:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Clinton and 14 more | 91 min |
| Mar 31, 7:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Bates, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Newton and 1 more | 85 min |
| Mar 31, 1:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clark, Clay and 22 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Dent, Franklin, Gasconade, Iron, Jefferson and 16 more | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 30, 8:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Garfield, Grant and 4 more | 55 min |
| Mar 30, 10:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Creek and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Creek and 16 more | 88 min |
| Mar 31, 2:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Garfield, Grant, Kay, Logan, Noble, Osage and 2 more | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 4:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Pawnee | 90 min |
| Mar 31, 4:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Craig, Creek, Kay, Mayes, Nowata, Osage and 5 more | 91 min |
| Mar 31, 5:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Craig, Delaware, Kay, Mayes, Nowata, Osage and 6 more | 88 min |
| Mar 31, 12:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Cotton, Jefferson and 4 more | 55 min |
| Mar 31, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Jefferson, Johnston and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Jefferson, Johnston and 3 more | 56 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2008Every 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.