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Mesoscale Discussion 1842

November 29, 20168 counties in Alabama

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 29, 2016, 4:46 PM CST for 8 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Nov 29, 2016, 4:46 PM CST (22:46 UTC)
Expired: Nov 29, 2016, 7:15 PM CST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

Counties Fayette County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Marion County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Tornado Watch 506Nov 29, 5:35 PM CST

The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 28, 6:36 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington	2 hr
Nov 28, 7:00 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 7 more	90 min
Nov 28, 8:39 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Choctaw, Washington	96 min
Nov 28, 11:38 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Butler, Clarke, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes and 5 more	3 hr
Nov 29, 3:08 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Colbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Marion	2 hr
Nov 29, 3:48 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	7 hr
Nov 29, 5:24 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Colbert, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 5 more	96 min
Nov 29, 5:37 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marion, Pickens and 4 more	3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2016 Every mesoscale discussion in 2016

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.