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Mesoscale Discussion 1769

October 28, 202014 counties in Alabama; 9 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 28, 2020, 11:04 PM CDT for 14 counties in Alabama; 9 counties in Florida. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 28, 2020, 11:04 PM CDT (04:04 UTC)
Expired: Oct 29, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 116 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Tornado watch 502

All 23 counties

Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Macon County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:07 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 503Oct 28, 11:35 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
Oct 28, 11:34 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry and 5 more	7 hr
Oct 29, 2:11 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry and 5 more	94 min
Oct 29, 4:16 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Leon and 2 more	119 min

Nearby

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.