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Mesoscale Discussion 293

April 8, 201038 counties in Georgia; Abbeville County, Greenwood County, McCormick County, South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 8, 2010, 4:00 PM EDT for 38 counties in Georgia; Abbeville County, Greenwood County, McCormick County, South Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 8, 2010, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2010, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 41 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Macon County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Schley County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, McCormick County, SC

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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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 66Apr 8, 4:30 PM EDT

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 8, 12:24 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Decatur, Dooly and 19 more	66 min
Apr 8, 2:02 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more	4 hr
Apr 8, 4:28 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Bulloch, Burke, Candler and 53 more	7 hr
Apr 8, 5:37 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 27 more	83 min
Apr 8, 6:01 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 26 more	4 hr
Apr 8, 7:23 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Bulloch, Burke, Candler and 32 more	2 hr
Apr 8, 7:42 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks and 16 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2010 Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2010 Every mesoscale discussion in 2010

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.