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Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, December 2020
18 mesoscale discussions in December 2020. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of mesoscale discussions reaches back to 2003.
Mesoscale Discussions by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in December 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 18
- Busiest day
- December 31, 20207 mesoscale discussions
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 3:15 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Matagorda | 90 min |
| Dec 2, 3:57 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 4 hr |
| Dec 2, 8:01 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hansford, Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 5 hr |
| Dec 13, 1:00 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hansford, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 13, 1:46 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin, Harris and 11 more | 119 min |
| Dec 15, 10:01 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hemphill, Lipscomb | 4 hr |
| Dec 19, 12:59 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aransas, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston and 8 more | 91 min |
| Dec 23, 3:27 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Angelina, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Nacogdoches and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Dec 23, 5:59 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Sabine and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 29, 7:43 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Borden, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson and 12 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 4:48 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Angelina, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston and 17 more | 2 hr |
| Dec 30, 8:15 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brewster, Crane, Pecos, Presidio, Upton | 6 hr |
| Dec 31, 2:16 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brewster, Crane, Glasscock, Pecos, Reagan, Sterling and 2 more | 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, 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, 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hardin County7
- Orange County7
- Galveston County6
- Jefferson County6
- Liberty County6
- Brazoria County5
- Fort Bend County5
- Chambers County5
- Harris County5
- Newton County5
- Matagorda County4
- Lipscomb County4
- Jasper County4
- Tyler County4
- Ochiltree County3
- Jackson County3
- Polk County3
- Wharton County3
- Sabine County3
- Cottle County3
- Foard County3
- Hardeman County3
- Kent County3
- King County3
- Knox County3
- Stonewall County3
- Wilbarger County3
- Crane County3
- Upton County3
- Hansford County2
- Hemphill County2
- San Jacinto County2
- Calhoun County2
- Angelina County2
- San Augustine County2
- Borden County2
- Childress County2
- Dawson County2
- Dickens County2
- Garza County2
51 more counties
- Montgomery County2
- Brewster County2
- Pecos County2
- Glasscock County2
- Reagan County2
- Sterling County2
- Baylor County2
- Callahan County2
- Coke County2
- Fisher County2
- Haskell County2
- Jones County2
- Mitchell County2
- Nolan County2
- Runnels County2
- Scurry County2
- Shackelford County2
- Taylor County2
- Throckmorton County2
- Wichita County2
- Hutchinson County1
- Moore County1
- Roberts County1
- Sherman County1
- Aransas County1
- Refugio County1
- Victoria County1
- Nacogdoches County1
- Panola County1
- Shelby County1
- Collingsworth County1
- Crosby County1
- Hall County1
- Lynn County1
- Motley County1
- Waller County1
- Presidio County1
- Terrell County1
- Archer County1
- Clay County1
- Concho County1
- Crockett County1
- Ector County1
- Howard County1
- Irion County1
- Martin County1
- Midland County1
- Schleicher County1
- Stephens County1
- Tom Green County1
- Young County1
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Sources
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