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Mesoscale Discussion 1716

July 9, 200533 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 9, 2005, 6:13 PM EDT for 33 counties in Florida. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2005, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2005, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 33 counties

Alachua County, FL, Charlotte County, FL, Citrus County, FL, Collier County, FL, Columbia County, FL, DeSoto County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Glades County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Hendry County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Lake County, FL, Lee County, FL, Leon County, FL, Levy County, FL, Madison County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Marion County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Monroe County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Polk County, FL, Sarasota County, FL, Sumter County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 46 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 77 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
77 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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
Jul 8, 8:25 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBroward, Collier, Hendry, Lee, Miami-Dade, Monroe2 hr
Jul 8, 9:55 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 11 more9 hr
Jul 9, 6:45 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto and 27 more8 hr
Jul 9, 11:50 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBroward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 8 more115 min
Jul 9, 3:05 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto, Dixie and 21 more8 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.