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Mesoscale Discussion 448

April 8, 200315 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 8, 2003, 2:32 PM EDT for 15 counties in Florida. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2003, 2:32 PM EDT (18:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2003, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Alachua County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Clay County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Levy County, FL, Marion County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 103 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2003-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2003-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
688 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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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
Apr 7, 9:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and 2 more62 min
Apr 8, 11:32 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Bradford, Clay, Dixie, Flagler, Franklin and 9 more3 hr
Apr 8, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 15 more5 hr
Apr 8, 4:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Bradford, Clay, Dixie, Flagler, Franklin and 9 more114 min

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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.