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Mesoscale Discussion 165

March 11, 202020 counties in Arkansas; 14 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 11, 2020, 9:54 AM CDT for 20 counties in Arkansas; 14 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 11, 2020, 9:54 AM CDT (14:54 UTC)
Expired: Mar 11, 2020, 12:00 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 34 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Cross County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Grant County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Perry County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Bolivar County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:55 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 45Mar 11, 12:30 PM CDT

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
Mar 11, 4:27 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Izard and 6 more	2 hr
Mar 11, 12:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Attala, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay and 12 more	5 hr
Mar 11, 2:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Attala, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay and 16 more	91 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2020 Every mesoscale discussion in 2020

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.