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Mesoscale Discussion 681

May 23, 2020Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas; 18 parishes in Louisiana; 19 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 23, 2020, 11:56 AM CDT for Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas; 18 parishes in Louisiana; 19 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2020, 11:56 AM CDT (16:56 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2020, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 94 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch: 5%

All 39 counties

Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Amite County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Madison County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 7:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Crawford, Franklin, Garland, Howard, Johnson, Logan and 8 more	58 min
May 22, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Clark, Cleveland, Conway, Crawford, Dallas, Faulkner and 27 more	8 hr
May 22, 9:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Conway, Crawford, Faulkner, Franklin, Garland, Johnson and 9 more	91 min
May 22, 11:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Conway, Crawford, Faulkner, Franklin, Garland, Grant and 12 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 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.