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Mesoscale Discussion 173

February 28, 200923 counties in Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 28, 2009, 5:40 AM CST for 23 counties in Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 28, 2009, 5:40 AM CST (11:40 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2009, 7:45 AM CST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 24 counties

Autauga County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Wayne County, MS

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Tornado Watch 41Feb 28, 7:25 AM 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, 6:38 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 30 more	97 min
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, 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

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2009 Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 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.