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Mesoscale Discussion 313

March 30, 202518 counties in Arkansas; East Carroll Parish, Morehouse Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana; 17 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 30, 2025, 8:37 PM CDT for 18 counties in Arkansas; East Carroll Parish, Morehouse Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana; 17 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 30, 2025, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2025, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch possible
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 38 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Grant County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Union County, AR, East Carroll Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Washington County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 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 81Mar 30, 10:55 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 30, 8:02 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Mississippi	118 min
Mar 30, 10:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Crittenden, St. Francis	57 min
Mar 30, 11:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Phillips	6 hr
Mar 31, 12:39 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Ashley, Chicot	2 hr
Mar 31, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Ashley, Chicot, Union	6 hr
Mar 30, 9:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bienville, Caddo, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine and 1 more	2 hr
Mar 31, 3:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Jefferson and 16 more	7 hr
Mar 31, 5:25 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Saint Bernard	95 min
Mar 31, 6:16 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville and 18 more	89 min
Mar 31, 2:21 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Itawamba, Monroe, Prentiss, Tishomingo	114 min
Mar 31, 4:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	7 hr
Mar 31, 6:04 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Noxubee and 1 more	86 min
Mar 31, 6:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2025 Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2025 Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2025 Every mesoscale discussion in 2025

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.