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Mesoscale Discussion 1073

June 12, 20094 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 12, 2009, 10:03 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 12, 2009, 10:03 AM CDT (15:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2009, 11:30 AM CDT
In force: 87 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 84 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Benton County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Conway County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Desha County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Logan County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Madison County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Newton County, AR, Perry County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Polk County, AR, Pope County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Washington County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Yell County, AR, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Webster County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Fayette County, TN, Shelby County, TN

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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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 388Jun 12, 11:35 AM 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
Jun 12, 6:23 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Boone, Carroll, Conway, Crawford, Franklin and 11 more	67 min
Jun 12, 7:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more	7 hr
Jun 12, 9:38 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway, Dallas and 23 more	67 min
Jun 12, 11:01 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington	89 min
Jun 12, 11:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch PDS	SPC	Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley and 57 more	9 hr
Jun 12, 1:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley and 61 more	90 min
Jun 12, 3:22 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 33 more	83 min
Jun 12, 5:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Bradley, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Desha and 8 more	96 min
Jun 12, 1:01 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Harper, Kay, Major and 4 more	89 min
Jun 12, 2:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Harper, Kay, Noble and 4 more	6 hr
Jun 12, 2:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Comanche, Cotton and 15 more	89 min
Jun 12, 3:29 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Carter, Cotton, Jefferson, Love	9 hr
Jun 12, 6:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atoka, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 27 more	55 min
Jun 11, 7:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Benton, Campbell, Cannon, Cheatham, Claiborne and 36 more	58 min
Jun 11, 8:18 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley and 47 more	4 hr
Jun 11, 10:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon and 44 more	61 min
Jun 12, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	7 hr
Jun 12, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Giles, Grundy, Hickman and 9 more	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2009 Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2009 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2009 Every mesoscale discussion in 2009

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.