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Mesoscale Discussion 2392

September 21, 200317 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 21, 2003, 5:57 PM CDT for 17 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 21, 2003, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired: Sep 21, 2003, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 22 counties

Blount County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Marion County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Clay County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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
Sep 21, 2:26 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Wilkinson	94 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 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.