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Mesoscale Discussion 256

April 14, 201824 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Florida; George County, Greene County, Jackson County, Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 14, 2018, 12:41 PM CDT for 24 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Florida; George County, Greene County, Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 14, 2018, 12:41 PM CDT (17:41 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2018, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 94 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 28 counties

Autauga County, AL, Baldwin County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Butler County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Perry County, AL, Shelby County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Escambia County, FL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Jackson County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:40 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 4:35 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Colbert, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Marion and 1 more	115 min
Apr 14, 6:37 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Sumter	83 min
Apr 14, 9:40 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 18 more	95 min
Apr 14, 10:36 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Chilton and 22 more	8 hr
Apr 14, 2:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas, Lowndes, Mobile and 5 more	94 min
Apr 14, 6:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia and 2 more	118 min
Apr 14, 6:55 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 7 more	6 hr
Apr 13, 7:22 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adams, Bolivar, Claiborne, Franklin, Issaquena, Jefferson and 4 more	3 hr
Apr 13, 10:12 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adams, Alcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll and 33 more	10 hr
Apr 14, 2:10 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll and 32 more	2 hr
Apr 14, 6:57 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Amite, Attala, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Copiah and 30 more	7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2018 Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 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.