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Mesoscale Discussion 279

March 9, 201726 counties in Arkansas; 16 counties in Missouri; 5 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 9, 2017, 5:36 PM CST for 26 counties in Arkansas; 16 counties in Missouri; 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2017, 5:36 PM CST (23:36 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2017, 7:00 PM CST
In force
84 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 47 counties

Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Logan County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Pope County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Washington County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Barry County, MO, Christian County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

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 9, 1:04 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll86 min
Mar 9, 3:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more7 hr
Mar 9, 4:45 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Greene, Randolph90 min
Mar 9, 10:02 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Dade and 9 more88 min
Mar 9, 11:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cedar and 30 more10 hr
Mar 9, 5:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid and 4 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2017Every mesoscale discussion in 2017

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.