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Mesoscale Discussion 262
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 16, 2026, 2:37 AM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 113 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2026, 2:37 AM CDT (07:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2026, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe potential...watch possible
- Chance of a watch
- 60%
All 101 counties
Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Macon County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Holmes County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Butts County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clay County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Early County, GA, Elbert County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Franklin County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Habersham County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Hart County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Quitman County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Randolph County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stephens County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Terrell County, GA, Towns County, GA, Troup County, GA, Union County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Webster County, GA, White County, GA, Clay County, NC, Oconee County, SC
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 84 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 7:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 19 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 15, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 15, 8:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Clarke, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Mobile and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee and 29 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 15, 10:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Lauderdale, Limestone | 88 min |
| Mar 15, 10:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:21 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Chilton, Clarke, Coosa, Dallas, Marengo and 3 more | 54 min |
| Mar 16, 3:10 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Clay and 21 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 16, 6:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson and 4 more | 96 min |
| Mar 16, 6:59 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 16, 9:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 9 more | 84 min |
| Mar 16, 11:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 14 more | 86 min |
| Mar 16, 12:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Duval and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 16, 12:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brevard, Broward, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry and 13 more | 62 min |
| Mar 16, 3:21 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Rabun, Towns, Union | 114 min |
| Mar 16, 3:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Lincoln, Rabun and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 16, 5:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 41 more | 89 min |
| Mar 16, 6:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Bibb, Butts, Chattahoochee, Clarke, Crawford and 28 more | 97 min |
| Mar 16, 7:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson and 23 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:54 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 9:52 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus and 22 more | 90 min |
| Mar 16, 12:18 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus, Craven and 27 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Halifax and 5 more | 90 min |
| Mar 16, 2:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret and 28 more | 116 min |
| Mar 16, 4:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Bertie, Bladen, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland and 29 more | 118 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.