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Mesoscale Discussion 1715

December 20, 2018Manatee County, Sarasota County, Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 20, 2018, 6:28 AM EST for Manatee County, Sarasota County, Florida. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 20, 2018, 6:28 AM EST (11:28 UTC)
Expired: Dec 20, 2018, 7:30 AM EST
In force: 62 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 20%

Counties Manatee County, FL, Sarasota County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Tornado Watch 439Dec 20, 7:55 AM EST

The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 20, 7:38 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brevard, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 11 more	97 min
Dec 20, 7:55 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Brevard, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 15 more	7 hr
Dec 20, 10:49 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brevard, Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry and 11 more	116 min
Dec 20, 1:41 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brevard, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Highlands, Indian River and 7 more	2 hr
Dec 20, 2:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Brevard, Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Indian River and 6 more	6 hr
Dec 20, 5:55 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Broward, Miami-Dade	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2018 Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.