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Mesoscale Discussion 214

February 12, 200819 counties in Alabama; 8 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 12, 2008, 5:49 PM CST for 19 counties in Alabama; 8 counties in Florida. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 12, 2008, 5:49 PM CST (23:49 UTC)
Expired: Feb 12, 2008, 7:45 PM CST
In force: 116 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 27 counties

Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Calhoun County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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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 54Feb 12, 7:30 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
Feb 12, 9:53 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Mobile	67 min
Feb 12, 12:12 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke and 19 more	2 hr
Feb 12, 12:34 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw and 24 more	7 hr
Feb 12, 2:19 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee and 18 more	116 min
Feb 12, 1:41 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alachua, Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier and 28 more	2 hr
Feb 12, 2:18 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alachua, Bradford, Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus and 34 more	8 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2008 Every mesoscale discussion in 2008

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.