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Mesoscale Discussion 246

April 13, 2018Howard County, Montgomery County, Yell County, Arkansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 13, 2018, 7:06 PM CDT for Howard County, Montgomery County, Yell County, Arkansas. It was in force for 24 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 13, 2018, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired: Apr 13, 2018, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Howard County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Yell County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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.

Tornado Watch 45Apr 13, 9:50 PM CDT

The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 7:22 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Arkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Desha, Drew, Lincoln and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 13, 8:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Garland, Howard, Pike	54 min
Apr 13, 8:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Cleburne and 47 more	66 min
Apr 13, 9:53 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 37 more	8 hr
Apr 13, 10:12 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Ashley, Chicot, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 8 more	10 hr
Apr 14, 2:10 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Desha, Drew and 3 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2018 Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.