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Mesoscale Discussion 603

April 9, 2008Columbia County, Lafayette County, Miller County, Arkansas; 13 parishes in Louisiana; Cass County, Harrison County, Marion County, Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 9, 2008, 4:01 PM CDT for Columbia County, Lafayette County, Miller County, Arkansas; 13 parishes in Louisiana; Cass County, Harrison County, Marion County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 9, 2008, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Columbia County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Miller County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Cass County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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, 7:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 50 more	117 min
Apr 8, 10:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 19 more	84 min
Apr 8, 11:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 2 more	5 hr
Apr 9, 3:29 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 2 more	61 min
Apr 9, 5:38 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	5 hr
Apr 8, 8:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bell, Bosque, Burnet, Coryell, Ellis, Falls and 16 more	114 min
Apr 8, 8:48 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bell, Burnet, Coryell, Falls, Gillespie, Kimble and 11 more	2 hr
Apr 9, 6:00 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran and 22 more	60 min
Apr 9, 6:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Andrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Carson and 36 more	8 hr
Apr 9, 9:06 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Andrews, Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Borden and 64 more	54 min
Apr 9, 9:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Fisher, Foard, Hardeman and 14 more	6 hr
Apr 9, 12:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Armstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Childress and 37 more	66 min
Apr 9, 12:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche and 41 more	59 min
Apr 9, 1:20 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche and 40 more	7 hr
Apr 9, 3:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis and 16 more	27 min
Apr 9, 3:48 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	Anderson, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 22 more	7 hr
Apr 9, 5:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Bell, Borden, Bosque, Brown and 51 more	63 min
Apr 9, 6:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd and 13 more	63 min
Apr 9, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Cottle, Dickens and 8 more	8 hr
Apr 9, 6:59 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 34 more	61 min

Nearby

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