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Mesoscale Discussion 100

February 6, 202024 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 6, 2020, 8:47 PM EST for 24 counties in Florida. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 6, 2020, 8:47 PM EST (01:47 UTC)
Expired: Feb 6, 2020, 10:15 PM EST
In force: 88 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch: 80%

All 24 counties

Brevard County, FL, Charlotte County, FL, Citrus County, FL, DeSoto County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Indian River County, FL, Lake County, FL, Levy County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Marion County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Polk County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Sarasota County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Sumter County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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.

Tornado Watch 33Feb 6, 9:25 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
Feb 6, 7:32 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 12 more	118 min
Feb 6, 9:25 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Brevard, Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 15 more	6 hr
Feb 7, 12:38 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brevard, Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry and 9 more	2 hr
Feb 7, 1:57 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Indian River, Martin and 5 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2020 Every mesoscale discussion in 2020

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.