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Mesoscale Discussion 1559

October 10, 20185 counties in Florida; 75 counties in Georgia; 6 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 10, 2018, 1:29 PM EDT for 5 counties in Florida; 75 counties in Georgia; 6 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 10, 2018, 1:29 PM EDT (17:29 UTC)
Expired: Oct 10, 2018, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 95%

All 86 counties

Baker County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Duval County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Union County, FL, Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Burke County, GA, Butts County, GA, Camden County, GA, Candler County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Schley County, GA, Screven County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Ware County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Beaufort County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:32 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 407Oct 10, 2:45 PM EDT

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
Oct 10, 4:45 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist and 12 more	3 hr
Oct 10, 5:46 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist and 13 more	11 hr
Oct 10, 8:06 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Wakulla	54 min
Oct 10, 11:30 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bay, Calhoun, Citrus, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden and 14 more	105 min
Oct 10, 2:44 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 20 more	11 hr
Oct 10, 4:32 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 15 more	118 min
Oct 10, 4:50 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston and 28 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2018 Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2018 Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2018 Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.