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Mesoscale Discussion 204

March 6, 200311 counties in Alabama; 38 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 6, 2003, 7:37 AM CST for 11 counties in Alabama; 38 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 6, 2003, 7:37 AM CST (13:37 UTC)
Expired: Mar 6, 2003, 9:00 AM CST
In force: 83 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 49 counties

Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Lee County, AL, Macon County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6:58 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bibb, Chilton, Perry	62 min
Mar 5, 8:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Autauga, Calhoun, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa and 9 more	4 hr
Mar 5, 9:49 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb and 16 more	116 min
Mar 6, 3:30 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Bibb, Butler, Chambers, Chilton, Choctaw and 17 more	90 min
Mar 6, 5:39 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Clarke and 16 more	96 min
Mar 5, 7:57 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baldwin, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee and 34 more	63 min
Mar 5, 9:28 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bibb, Butts, Clayton, Crawford, DeKalb, Fayette and 19 more	62 min
Mar 5, 9:52 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Burke, Columbia, Emanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Jenkins and 7 more	53 min
Mar 5, 10:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Baldwin, Barrow, Bibb, Burke, Butts, Clarke and 36 more	5 hr
Mar 5, 11:45 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Burke, Columbia, Glascock, Jefferson, Lincoln, McDuffie and 4 more	60 min
Mar 6, 2:16 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baldwin, Barrow, Bibb, Burke, Butts, Clarke and 36 more	59 min
Mar 6, 11:58 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Camden and 15 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2003 Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

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.