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Mesoscale Discussion 188

March 5, 200324 counties in Alabama

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 5, 2003, 3:19 PM CST for 24 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 5, 2003, 3:19 PM CST (21:19 UTC)
Expired: Mar 5, 2003, 5:15 PM CST
In force: 116 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 24 counties

Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clay County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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.

Tornado Watch 28Mar 5, 4:45 PM CST

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 5, 4:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee and 27 more	6 hr
Mar 5, 5:41 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bibb, Greene, Hale, Perry, Sumter	94 min

Nearby

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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.