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November 17, 2015Columbia County, Lafayette County, Arkansas; 11 parishes in Louisiana; 16 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 17, 2015, 8:24 AM CST for Columbia County, Lafayette County, Arkansas; 11 parishes in Louisiana; 16 counties in Texas. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Nov 17, 2015, 8:24 AM CST (14:24 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2015, 9:30 AM CST
In force: 66 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 80%

All 29 counties

Columbia County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Beauregard Parish, LA, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Angelina County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Marion County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Newton County, TX, Panola County, TX, Polk County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:25 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 17, 4:35 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Crawford, Franklin, Howard, Johnson, Logan and 9 more	115 min
Nov 17, 4:48 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Howard, Little River, Miller, Sevier	4 hr
Nov 17, 6:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Conway and 21 more	6 hr
Nov 17, 8:55 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more	7 hr
Nov 17, 9:59 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun and 58 more	2 hr
Nov 17, 11:07 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 21 more	6 hr
Nov 17, 12:19 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ashley, Chicot	116 min
Nov 17, 12:36 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Ashley, Chicot	7 hr
Nov 17, 1:35 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Cleburne, Cleveland, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 25 more	115 min
Nov 17, 3:15 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips and 2 more	4 hr
Nov 17, 3:19 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Fulton, Greene, Izard, Lawrence, Randolph and 1 more	116 min
Nov 17, 5:36 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Monroe, Phillips, Poinsett and 1 more	84 min
Nov 17, 2:51 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Caldwell and 20 more	84 min
Nov 17, 3:33 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 6 more	4 hr
Nov 17, 5:54 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 6 more	96 min
Nov 16, 6:10 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Andrews, Borden, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 22 more	8 hr
Nov 16, 8:07 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Armstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 38 more	83 min
Nov 16, 8:16 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Andrews, Borden, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 26 more	89 min
Nov 16, 8:17 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Archer, Armstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Childress and 31 more	7 hr
Nov 16, 10:19 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Callahan, Clay, Coke, Coleman and 16 more	86 min
Nov 16, 10:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Collin, Comanche and 33 more	7 hr
Nov 17, 12:58 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Wichita	2 hr
Nov 17, 2:17 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bosque, Brown, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell and 21 more	118 min
Nov 17, 4:18 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Bowie, Brazos, Camp and 39 more	57 min
Nov 17, 3:43 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dallam, Sherman	4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2015 Every mesoscale discussion in 2015

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.