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Mesoscale Discussion 222

March 29, 201415 counties in Florida; 13 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 29, 2014, 5:58 AM EDT for 15 counties in Florida; 13 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 29, 2014, 5:58 AM EDT (09:58 UTC)
Expired: Mar 29, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 28 counties

Baker County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Madison County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Atkinson County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Cook County, GA, Echols County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Ware County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Tornado Watch 42Mar 29, 9:45 AM 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
Mar 29, 8:10 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Citrus, Flagler, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Levy and 8 more	2 hr
Mar 29, 9:43 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alachua, Brevard, Citrus, Flagler, Gilchrist, Hardee and 18 more	7 hr
Mar 29, 11:38 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brevard, Citrus, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Hardee and 15 more	97 min
Mar 29, 2:25 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brevard, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 16 more	95 min
Mar 29, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Martin, Miami-Dade and 4 more	6 hr
Mar 29, 7:25 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe	2 hr
Mar 29, 1:30 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Evans, Screven	3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 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.