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Mesoscale Discussion 1872

December 24, 20204 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 24, 2020, 5:23 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 24, 2020, 5:23 AM CST (11:23 UTC)
Expired: Dec 24, 2020, 7:30 AM CST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch: 20%

Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf 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 11:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 24, 1:02 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	58 min
Dec 24, 1:42 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	7 hr
Dec 24, 12:11 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor and 1 more	94 min
Dec 24, 3:28 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Gilchrist and 5 more	92 min

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.