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Mesoscale Discussion 2222

December 8, 200924 counties in Alabama; 18 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 8, 2009, 9:47 PM CST for 24 counties in Alabama; 18 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 8, 2009, 9:47 PM CST (03:47 UTC)
Expired: Dec 8, 2009, 11:15 PM CST
In force: 88 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 42 counties

Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Washington County, AL, Winston County, AL, Clarke County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Greene County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Marion County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Perry County, MS, Smith County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Dec 8, 6:12 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bibb, Blount, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Fayette and 15 more	8 hr
Dec 8, 10:24 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa and 10 more	96 min
Dec 8, 11:09 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Autauga, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 17 more	5 hr
Dec 9, 2:20 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Coffee, Conecuh and 16 more	85 min
Dec 9, 3:32 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	5 hr
Dec 8, 8:08 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Attala, Choctaw, Copiah, Hinds, Lawrence, Leake and 7 more	97 min
Dec 8, 8:33 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adams, Amite, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 27 more	5 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.