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Mesoscale Discussion 878

May 27, 201718 counties in Arkansas; 5 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 27, 2017, 6:17 PM CDT for 18 counties in Arkansas; 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 27, 2017, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2017, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 95%

All 23 counties

Baxter County, AR, Boone County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Howell County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Taney County, MO

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 10:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Crawford, Madison, Washington	54 min
May 27, 12:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Izard and 7 more	5 hr
May 27, 2:04 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Independence and 10 more	116 min
May 27, 3:54 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baxter, Boone, Clay, Craighead, Fulton, Greene and 7 more	2 hr
May 27, 4:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 3 more	6 hr
May 27, 6:12 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi and 1 more	2 hr
May 27, 4:01 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more	10 hr
May 27, 9:59 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden and 47 more	2 hr
May 27, 12:13 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Bollinger, Boone and 61 more	7 hr
May 27, 1:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Bollinger, Camden and 50 more	93 min
May 27, 1:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Perry, Scott and 1 more	59 min
May 27, 1:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cape Girardeau, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Saint Charles and 4 more	7 hr
May 27, 3:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bollinger, Butler, Carter, Crawford, Dent, Howell and 14 more	91 min
May 27, 3:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott	85 min
May 27, 4:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dent, Iron and 8 more	66 min
May 27, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch PDS	SPC	Cape Girardeau, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott and 1 more	7 hr
May 27, 5:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole, Cooper and 18 more	64 min
May 27, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barton, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cedar and 28 more	3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2017 Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2017 Every 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.