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Mesoscale Discussion 501

May 2, 201914 counties in Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 2, 2019, 1:47 PM CDT for 14 counties in Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2019, 1:47 PM CDT (18:47 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2019, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 118 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

Counties Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Cross County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Prairie County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 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 1, 8:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clark, Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River and 8 more	2 hr
May 1, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more	7 hr
May 1, 11:37 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clark, Columbia, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard and 11 more	113 min
May 2, 2:13 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Cross, Greene, Independence and 8 more	5 hr
May 2, 4:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Mississippi	54 min
May 2, 4:49 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Mississippi	5 hr
May 2, 6:37 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Mississippi	83 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2019 Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2019 Every mesoscale discussion in 2019

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.