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Mesoscale Discussion 161

March 31, 201538 counties in Alabama; 65 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 31, 2015, 12:47 PM CDT for 38 counties in Alabama; 65 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2015, 12:47 PM CDT (17:47 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2015, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 118 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 103 counties

Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marion County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Appling County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Ben Hill County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Dougherty County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Lee County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Tift County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Turner County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Worth County, GA

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 9Mar 31, 1:25 PM CDT

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 31, 1:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 27 more	9 hr
Mar 31, 3:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 28 more	64 min
Mar 31, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more	7 hr
Mar 31, 6:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton and 20 more	60 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 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.