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Mesoscale Discussion 1984

August 12, 20046 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 12, 2004, 9:00 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 12, 2004, 9:00 PM EDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired: Aug 12, 2004, 11:30 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Charlotte County, FL, Collier County, FL, Hendry County, FL, Lee County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Monroe County, FL

The radar

The Key West radar (KBYX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

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

Tornado Watch 748Aug 12, 9:35 PM EDT

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 12, 9:35 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee and 4 more	10 hr
Aug 13, 2:21 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee and 4 more	114 min
Aug 13, 6:46 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 15 more	119 min
Aug 13, 7:30 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 15 more	10 hr
Aug 13, 11:04 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 15 more	86 min
Aug 13, 1:02 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto and 26 more	88 min
Aug 13, 1:45 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alachua, Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier and 29 more	12 hr
Aug 13, 4:06 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alachua, Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier and 29 more	84 min
Aug 13, 6:14 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Broward, Citrus, Collier, Glades, Hardee, Hendry and 14 more	61 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2004 Every mesoscale discussion in 2004

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.