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Mesoscale Discussion 1710

December 14, 20186 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 14, 2018, 2:20 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 14, 2018, 2:20 PM EST (19:20 UTC)
Expired: Dec 14, 2018, 4:45 PM EST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 40%

Counties Citrus County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Sumter County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 438Dec 14, 4:05 PM EST

The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 14, 4:03 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Manatee, Pasco and 4 more	6 hr
Dec 14, 6:50 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Manatee, Pasco and 4 more	115 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.