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Mesoscale Discussion 719

May 5, 200934 counties in Arkansas; 26 counties in Mississippi; Shelby County, Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 5, 2009, 10:07 PM CDT for 34 counties in Arkansas; 26 counties in Mississippi; Shelby County, Tennessee. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2009, 10:07 PM CDT (03:07 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2009, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 61 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Clark County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Conway County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Logan County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Perry County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Pike County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Yell County, AR, Benton County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Webster County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Shelby County, TN

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:08 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
May 5, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 49 more8 hr
May 5, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCSebastian6 hr
May 6, 12:53 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas and 14 more37 min
May 6, 12:54 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 20 more5 hr
May 6, 1:27 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha, Faulkner and 18 more3 hr
May 6, 2:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCSebastian2 hr
May 6, 2:26 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Faulkner and 23 more2 hr
May 6, 3:05 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark, Cleveland and 18 more115 min
May 6, 5:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColumbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more8 hr
May 6, 5:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland, Desha and 3 more7 hr
May 6, 6:58 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark, Cleveland and 13 more3 hr
May 6, 7:22 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley83 min
May 6, 11:34 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Claiborne, Copiah, Covington, Franklin, Hinds and 11 more86 min
May 6, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 28 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 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.