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Mesoscale Discussion 1692

September 15, 2020Escambia County, Alabama; 15 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 15, 2020, 5:23 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama; 15 counties in Florida. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 15, 2020, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired: Sep 15, 2020, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...tornado watch likely
Chance of a watch: 95%

Counties Escambia County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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 490Sep 15, 5:50 PM CDT

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
Sep 15, 6:17 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Geneva, Mobile	2 hr
Sep 15, 6:45 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Baldwin, Mobile	11 hr
Sep 15, 10:15 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baldwin, Mobile	3 hr
Sep 15, 2:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile	119 min
Sep 15, 5:48 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Baldwin	12 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 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.