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Mesoscale Discussion 1607

August 31, 20179 counties in Alabama; 7 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 31, 2017, 2:35 PM CDT for 9 counties in Alabama; 7 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 31, 2017, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2017, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Colbert County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Greene County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Marion County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Chickasaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Noxubee County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 10:31 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChoctaw, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marion and 5 more119 min
Aug 31, 11:13 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBibb, Blount, Chilton, Colbert, Coosa, Cullman and 22 more11 hr
Aug 31, 5:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBibb, Chilton, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin and 16 more88 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2017Every mesoscale discussion in 2017

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.