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Mesoscale Discussion 586

April 8, 200842 counties in Arkansas; McCurtain County, Oklahoma; 19 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 8, 2008, 2:30 PM CDT for 42 counties in Arkansas; McCurtain County, Oklahoma; 19 counties in Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 8, 2008, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2008, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 62 counties

Calhoun County, AR, Clark County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Conway County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Little River County, AR, Logan County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Miller County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Pope County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Yell County, AR, McCurtain County, OK, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Delta County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Morris County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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 173Apr 8, 2:50 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
Apr 8, 2:34 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Crawford, Franklin, Washington	56 min
Apr 8, 2:52 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more	6 hr
Apr 8, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Arkansas, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 25 more	6 hr
Apr 8, 5:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia and 25 more	90 min
Apr 7, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Blaine, Canadian, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Custer and 23 more	8 hr
Apr 7, 9:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 42 more	63 min
Apr 7, 11:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Creek, Lincoln, Pawnee, Payne, Tulsa	85 min
Apr 8, 4:57 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Garvin and 7 more	63 min
Apr 8, 3:09 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bandera, Bell, Blanco, Burnet, Cherokee and 27 more	2 hr

Nearby

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