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Mesoscale Discussion 169

February 27, 20095 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 27, 2009, 6:38 PM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 27, 2009, 6:38 PM CST (00:38 UTC)
Expired: Feb 27, 2009, 8:15 PM CST
In force: 97 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 81 counties

Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Clay County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Stewart County, GA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Attala County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 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 39Feb 27, 7:45 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 27, 7:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 28 more	7 hr
Feb 27, 8:48 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Colbert, Cullman, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 4 more	117 min
Feb 27, 10:47 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 23 more	118 min
Feb 28, 2:15 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 25 more	90 min
Feb 28, 2:52 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 15 more	9 hr
Feb 28, 5:40 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Bullock, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 17 more	2 hr
Feb 28, 9:49 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 8 more	86 min
Feb 28, 10:39 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	7 hr
Feb 28, 3:57 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Colbert, Lauderdale	4 hr
Feb 28, 5:43 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	8 hr
Feb 28, 11:47 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Craighead, Fulton, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi and 3 more	4 hr
Feb 28, 7:25 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Crawford and 43 more	3 hr
Feb 28, 12:50 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 37 more	85 min
Feb 28, 3:27 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Camden and 16 more	93 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2009 Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2009 Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2009 Every mesoscale discussion in 2009

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.