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Mesoscale Discussion 317

March 24, 2013Russell County, Alabama; 60 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 24, 2013, 5:55 AM CDT for Russell County, Alabama; 60 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 24, 2013, 5:55 AM CDT (10:55 UTC)
Expired: Mar 24, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 61 counties

Russell County, AL, Baldwin County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:56 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
Mar 23, 9:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 30 more	61 min
Mar 23, 10:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Bibb, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Coosa and 11 more	92 min
Mar 24, 3:12 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Bullock, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke and 15 more	93 min
Mar 24, 3:12 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Houston	93 min
Mar 24, 3:42 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Henry, Houston	6 hr
Mar 23, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Baldwin, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Carroll and 64 more	7 hr
Mar 24, 3:46 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baldwin, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Carroll and 65 more	89 min
Mar 24, 6:54 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 31 more	66 min
Mar 24, 9:09 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brantley, Bryan, Camden, Charlton, Glynn, Liberty and 3 more	66 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2013 Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2013 Every mesoscale discussion in 2013

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.