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Mesoscale Discussion 87

February 6, 20207 counties in Alabama; George County, Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 6, 2020, 4:33 AM CST for 7 counties in Alabama; George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 6, 2020, 4:33 AM CST (10:33 UTC)
Expired: Feb 6, 2020, 6:00 AM CST
In force: 87 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Chilton County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Perry County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, George County, MS

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:38 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
Feb 5, 6:33 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Jackson, Limestone, Madison	117 min
Feb 5, 9:43 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Choctaw, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Pickens and 2 more	2 hr
Feb 5, 11:15 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bibb, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Greene and 9 more	2 hr
Feb 5, 11:48 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 18 more	8 hr
Feb 6, 2:02 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Coffee and 18 more	88 min
Feb 6, 3:27 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 20 more	9 hr
Feb 6, 6:40 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Elmore, Randolph and 2 more	95 min
Feb 6, 10:00 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw and 9 more	2 hr
Feb 6, 11:17 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston	8 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2020 Every mesoscale discussion in 2020

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.