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Mesoscale Discussion 316

March 30, 2011Baldwin County, Escambia County, Mobile County, Alabama; 4 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 30, 2011, 1:51 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Escambia County, Mobile County, Alabama; 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 30, 2011, 1:51 AM CDT (06:51 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2011, 3:45 AM CDT
In force: 114 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 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 78Mar 30, 4:05 AM 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
Mar 29, 9:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Mobile, Washington	7 hr
Mar 29, 10:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 27 more	58 min
Mar 30, 4:07 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Baldwin, Escambia	6 hr
Mar 30, 7:28 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay and 26 more	2 hr
Mar 30, 10:10 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay and 27 more	8 hr
Mar 30, 2:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 17 more	58 min
Mar 30, 3:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brevard, Flagler, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole and 1 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2011 Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2011 Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.