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December 31, 20208 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 31, 2020, 2:16 AM CST for 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 31, 2020, 2:16 AM CST (08:16 UTC)
Expired: Dec 31, 2020, 8:15 AM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Heavy snow

Counties Brewster County, TX, Crane County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Upton County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:22 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 30, 8:15 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brewster, Crane, Pecos, Presidio, Upton	6 hr
Dec 31, 7:10 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin, Harris and 3 more	95 min
Dec 31, 7:40 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin, Harris and 7 more	7 hr
Dec 31, 9:09 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Borden, Callahan, Childress, Clay and 39 more	6 hr
Dec 31, 11:21 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chambers, Galveston, Hardin, Harris, Jefferson, Liberty and 2 more	114 min
Dec 31, 1:27 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Newton, Orange	8 hr
Dec 31, 2:44 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Newton, Orange	2 hr
Dec 31, 2:59 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baylor, Callahan, Coke, Cottle, Fisher, Foard and 16 more	4 hr

Nearby

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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.