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Mesoscale Discussion 1723
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 19, 2015, 3:43 PM CDT for 32 counties in Alabama; 17 counties in Georgia; Itawamba County, Lowndes County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 2015, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2015, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 20%
All 52 counties
Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Greene County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marion County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Dade County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Itawamba County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Monroe County, MS
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 12:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 15 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Bolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Grenada, Lafayette and 10 more | 3 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2015Every 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.