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Mesoscale Discussion 178

February 28, 202442 counties in Georgia; 9 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 28, 2024, 2:59 PM EST for 42 counties in Georgia; 9 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 28, 2024, 2:59 PM EST (19:59 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2024, 5:00 PM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch
5%
All 51 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Coweta County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Hart County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Madison County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Pike County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Saluda County, SC

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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
Feb 28, 9:56 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson and 15 more2 hr
Feb 28, 5:46 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColumbia, Glascock, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Taliaferro and 1 more89 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2024Mesoscale Discussions in South Carolina, 2024Every mesoscale discussion in 2024

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.