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Mesoscale Discussion 138

February 21, 20148 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Florida; 51 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 21, 2014, 3:33 AM CST for 8 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Florida; 51 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 21, 2014, 3:33 AM CST (09:33 UTC)
Expired: Feb 21, 2014, 5:00 AM CST
In force: 87 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 64 counties

Barbour County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Russell County, AL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Baldwin County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Butts County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Early County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Harris County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Miller County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Troup County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Webster County, GA

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 22Feb 21, 5:40 AM CST

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
Feb 20, 6:05 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bibb, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Greene, Hale and 7 more	7 hr
Feb 20, 6:49 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Autauga, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay and 25 more	6 hr
Feb 20, 8:01 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Colbert, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 5 more	89 min
Feb 20, 9:56 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bibb, Choctaw, Clarke, Greene, Hale, Marengo and 6 more	2 hr
Feb 20, 11:43 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock and 42 more	62 min
Feb 21, 12:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock and 40 more	7 hr
Feb 21, 5:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 17 more	9 hr
Feb 21, 7:17 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison, Suwannee	118 min
Feb 21, 9:13 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 17 more	92 min
Feb 21, 11:43 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon and 5 more	62 min
Feb 20, 9:29 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Dawson, Fannin and 10 more	61 min
Feb 20, 9:47 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson and 16 more	6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2014 Every mesoscale discussion in 2014

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.