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Mesoscale Discussion 251

March 24, 200941 counties in Arkansas; 8 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 24, 2009, 2:33 PM CDT for 41 counties in Arkansas; 8 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 24, 2009, 2:33 PM CDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 2009, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 49 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Baxter County, AR, Clark County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Conway County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Cross County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Greene County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Pope County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Saline County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Butler County, MO, Carter County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Stoddard County, MO

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 3:22 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll83 min
Mar 24, 9:38 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 15 more97 min
Mar 24, 10:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more5 hr
Mar 24, 12:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 19 more88 min
Mar 24, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 17 more4 hr
Mar 24, 5:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 8 more54 min
Mar 23, 11:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Bates, Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Clinton and 3 more66 min
Mar 23, 11:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Bates, Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Clinton and 3 more115 min
Mar 23, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuchanan, Caldwell, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson and 2 more5 hr
Mar 24, 2:28 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBates, Caldwell, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Daviess and 5 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2009Every 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.