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Mesoscale Discussion 273

March 17, 201331 counties in Arkansas; 4 counties in Mississippi; 4 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 17, 2013, 10:58 PM CDT for 31 counties in Arkansas; 4 counties in Mississippi; 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 17, 2013, 10:58 PM CDT (03:58 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2013, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 39 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Clark County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Fayette County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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
Mar 18, 7:24 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland and 37 more	3 hr
Mar 18, 8:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Phillips	7 hr
Mar 18, 1:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Ashley, Chicot	8 hr
Mar 18, 7:40 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alcorn, Benton, Tippah	2 hr
Mar 18, 12:44 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alcorn, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Clay, Grenada and 15 more	91 min
Mar 18, 1:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Hinds, Holmes and 23 more	65 min
Mar 18, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Greene, Perry, Wayne	5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2013 Every mesoscale discussion in 2013

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.