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Mesoscale Discussion 279

March 31, 20204 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 31, 2020, 6:38 PM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2020, 6:38 PM EDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2020, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Alachua County, FL, Clay County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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
Mar 31, 9:51 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more	6 hr
Mar 31, 11:42 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and 2 more	93 min
Mar 31, 1:09 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon and 4 more	96 min
Mar 31, 2:22 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval and 14 more	6 hr
Mar 31, 4:40 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee and 1 more	65 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.