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Mesoscale Discussion 1729

October 10, 202011 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 14 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 10, 2020, 2:23 AM CDT for 11 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; 14 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 10, 2020, 2:23 AM CDT (07:23 UTC)
Expired: Oct 10, 2020, 4:30 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch possible
Chance of a watch: 60%

All 28 counties

Baldwin County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Clarke County, MS, Forrest County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Newton County, MS, Perry County, MS, Smith County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:25 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 497Oct 10, 3:50 AM 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
Oct 10, 4:00 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more	10 hr
Oct 10, 7:09 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe	2 hr
Oct 10, 11:13 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee and 14 more	2 hr
Oct 10, 12:47 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Barbour, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne and 15 more	7 hr
Oct 10, 3:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barbour, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne and 12 more	96 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2020 Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2020 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.