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Mesoscale Discussion 2159

August 25, 20088 counties in Alabama; 63 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 25, 2008, 11:36 PM CDT for 8 counties in Alabama; 63 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 25, 2008, 11:36 PM CDT (04:36 UTC)
Expired: Aug 26, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 84 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 71 counties

Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Dale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Russell County, AL, Baker County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Early County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lee County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 865Aug 26, 1:40 AM CDT

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
Aug 26, 1:36 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Dale, Geneva and 7 more	7 hr
Aug 26, 4:45 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barbour, Henry, Houston, Russell	90 min
Aug 26, 7:16 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cherokee	89 min
Aug 26, 8:37 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Banks and 72 more	23 min
Aug 26, 9:00 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Ben Hill, Berrien and 101 more	9 hr
Aug 26, 1:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Ben Hill, Berrien and 96 more	58 min
Aug 26, 3:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baker, Baldwin, Barrow, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb and 89 more	65 min
Aug 26, 5:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baldwin, Bleckley, Burke, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert and 29 more	61 min
Aug 26, 5:52 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Burke and 53 more	12 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 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.