Smallest Mesoscale Discussion Ever?

[John Farley]

Only covers parts of 2 counties.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md2128.html

Not sure why they didn't just do a local extension of the red boxes to the west/north. But this has to be the smallest MD I have ever seen!

NOTE: Link may be time-sensitive.

 

[Jason Bolt]

Sorry I don't remember the details right off the top, but there was a smaller one in 2008 or 2007 in the spring. It was on a long track TOR that ultimately hit a school in southern Alabama... surely someone can remember the date... SPC put out an MD just about that cell and it covered about a one county area IIRC.

 

[Wes Carter]

I like the text, "A non-zero tornado threat may exist for the next hour or so."

I guess it's hard to come up with something when the words "slight" and "moderate" are used in a context many people are not used to.

 

[mikedeason]

Sorry I don't remember the details right off the top, but there was a smaller one in 2008 or 2007 in the spring. It was on a long track TOR that ultimately hit a school in southern Alabama... surely someone can remember the date... SPC put out an MD just about that cell and it covered about a one county area IIRC.

The Enterprise tornado on March 1, 2007.

 

[Robert Dewey]

It's interesting that they issued such a small MCD for such a negligible threat (i.e. non-zero). Also, it seems like the local NWS office would already be aware of the situation.