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Mesoscale Discussion 1660

July 31, 201225 counties in Alabama

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 31, 2012, 5:48 AM CDT for 25 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 31, 2012, 5:48 AM CDT (10:48 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2012, 6:45 AM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 25 counties

Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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
Jul 30, 11:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion and 5 more	114 min
Jul 31, 1:02 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Cullman, Fayette, Hale and 10 more	88 min
Jul 31, 1:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Autauga, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton, Clay and 19 more	6 hr
Jul 31, 7:47 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Geneva and 3 more	58 min
Jul 31, 11:01 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington	59 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2012 Every mesoscale discussion in 2012

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.