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Mesoscale Discussion 589

April 8, 200831 counties in Arkansas; 4 counties in Mississippi; 16 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 8, 2008, 5:30 PM CDT for 31 counties in Arkansas; 4 counties in Mississippi; 16 counties in Texas. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 8, 2008, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 90 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 51 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Clark County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Little River County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Miller County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Pike County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, Sevier County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Union County, AR, Bolivar County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Delta County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 2:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway, Dallas and 36 more	60 min
Apr 8, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Arkansas, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 25 more	6 hr
Apr 7, 9:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Wichita, Wilbarger	63 min
Apr 8, 4:57 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Fannin	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 Mississippi, 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.