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Mesoscale Discussion 1293

July 3, 201529 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Georgia; 27 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 3, 2015, 5:36 PM CDT for 29 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Georgia; 27 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2015, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 84 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 61 counties

Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clay County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Heard County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Troup County, GA, Attala County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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 3, 9:26 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke and 48 more	3 hr
Jul 3, 10:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke and 46 more	6 hr
Jul 3, 12:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baldwin, Bleckley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler and 29 more	55 min
Jul 3, 2:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys and 10 more	3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2015 Every mesoscale discussion in 2015

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.