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Mesoscale Discussion 2056

December 24, 201522 counties in Alabama; 42 counties in Georgia; Clay County, North Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 24, 2015, 3:27 AM CST for 22 counties in Alabama; 42 counties in Georgia; Clay County, North Carolina. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 24, 2015, 3:27 AM CST (09:27 UTC)
Expired: Dec 24, 2015, 5:00 AM CST
In force: 93 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 65 counties

Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Perry County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Hart County, GA, Heard County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Clay County, NC

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Dec 23, 6:35 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and 1 more	55 min
Dec 23, 7:41 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar and 8 more	2 hr
Dec 23, 8:20 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar and 7 more	8 hr
Dec 23, 10:11 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 12 more	2 hr
Dec 23, 10:33 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and 2 more	5 hr
Dec 24, 3:10 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Coffee and 19 more	2 hr
Dec 24, 4:09 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry and 5 more	7 hr
Dec 24, 7:07 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Henry and 2 more	83 min

Nearby

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