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Mesoscale Discussion 234

March 18, 20164 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 18, 2016, 9:51 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 18, 2016, 9:51 AM CDT (14:51 UTC)
Expired
Mar 18, 2016, 11:15 AM CDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 45 counties

Clark County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Garland County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Webster Parish, LA, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McClain County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Bowie County, TX, Cass County, TX, Delta County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Morris County, TX, Red River County, TX, Titus County, TX

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:53 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.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 1:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Columbia, Drew and 7 more59 min
Mar 18, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Columbia, Drew and 7 more6 hr
Mar 18, 3:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Columbia, Drew and 7 more118 min
Mar 18, 10:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAscension, Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines and 7 more95 min
Mar 18, 6:04 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Comanche and 12 more2 hr
Mar 18, 1:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr and 8 more2 hr
Mar 18, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco and 31 more7 hr
Mar 18, 6:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco and 23 more55 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2016Every mesoscale discussion in 2016

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.