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Mesoscale Discussion 178

March 9, 202621 counties in Arkansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 9, 2026, 8:32 AM CDT for 21 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2026, 8:32 AM CDT (13:32 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2026, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 88 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch likely
Chance of a watch: 95%

All 21 counties

Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Clark County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Drew County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sevier County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 28Mar 9, 8:45 AM 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 9, 7:10 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clark, Conway, Crawford, Dallas, Faulkner, Franklin and 22 more	2 hr
Mar 9, 8:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia and 28 more	6 hr
Mar 9, 12:03 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Chicot, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha and 18 more	87 min
Mar 9, 12:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Ashley, Chicot, Crittenden	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2026 Every mesoscale discussion in 2026

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.