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Mesoscale Discussion 559

April 4, 20085 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 4, 2008, 5:02 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 4, 2008, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2008, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 88 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 80 counties

Autauga County, AL, Baldwin County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Clay County, GA, Early County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Ascension Parish, LA, Assumption Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, East Feliciana Parish, LA, Iberville Parish, LA, Jefferson Parish, LA, Lafourche Parish, LA, Livingston Parish, LA, Orleans Parish, LA, Plaquemines Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, Saint Charles Parish, LA, Saint Helena Parish, LA, Saint James Parish, LA, Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Saint Tammany Parish, LA, Tangipahoa Parish, LA, Washington Parish, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, Amite County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Marion County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Pike County, MS, Stone County, MS, Walthall County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Wilkinson County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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 167Apr 4, 5:50 PM 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
Apr 4, 1:28 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Colbert, Lauderdale	2 hr
Apr 4, 2:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone	8 hr
Apr 4, 5:16 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone	89 min
Apr 4, 7:55 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blount, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 16 more	2 hr
Apr 4, 9:48 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 18 more	9 hr
Apr 4, 12:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Dallas, Greene and 5 more	89 min
Apr 4, 12:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chambers, Cleburne, Lee, Randolph	87 min
Apr 4, 1:27 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Barbour, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay and 14 more	9 hr
Apr 4, 3:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clay and 10 more	88 min
Apr 4, 5:48 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh and 11 more	6 hr
Apr 4, 4:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Burke, Richmond	66 min
Apr 4, 5:10 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond	7 hr
Apr 4, 12:48 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson and 8 more	117 min
Apr 4, 3:34 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, Franklin and 9 more	56 min
Apr 4, 3:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, East Carroll and 8 more	7 hr
Apr 4, 5:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Natchitoches, Sabine	6 hr
Apr 4, 4:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 1 more	84 min
Apr 3, 9:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alcorn, Benton, Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola and 4 more	86 min
Apr 3, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Benton, Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman and 3 more	4 hr
Apr 3, 11:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alcorn, Benton, Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola and 4 more	86 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 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.