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Mesoscale Discussion 2101

December 28, 201540 counties in Alabama; 11 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 28, 2015, 10:21 AM CST for 40 counties in Alabama; 11 counties in Florida. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2015, 10:21 AM CST (16:21 UTC)
Expired: Dec 28, 2015, 11:45 AM CST
In force: 84 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 51 counties

Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Dale County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:24 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 576Dec 28, 11:05 AM CST

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 28, 6:41 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 27 more	5 hr
Dec 28, 8:38 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and 1 more	67 min
Dec 28, 11:04 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale and 4 more	7 hr
Dec 28, 2:27 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Pike	33 min
Dec 28, 3:31 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barbour, Russell	29 min
Dec 28, 5:07 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Houston	53 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2015 Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 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.