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Mesoscale Discussion 207

March 7, 200325 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 7, 2003, 11:30 AM EST for 25 counties in Florida. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 2003, 11:30 AM EST (16:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2003, 1:30 PM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties

Alachua County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Citrus County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Lake County, FL, Levy County, FL, Marion County, FL, Orange County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Sumter County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2003-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2003-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 12:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlachua, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay, DeSoto and 24 more6 hr
Mar 7, 2:18 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay, Dixie and 23 more117 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.