Alert archive / Florida / Mesoscale Discussions in 2005
Mesoscale Discussion 358
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 23, 2005, 2:17 AM EST for 13 counties in Florida. It was in force for 118 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2005, 2:17 AM EST (07:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2005, 4:15 AM EST
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Citrus County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Lake 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, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 700 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1179 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 8:39 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon and 4 more | 36 min |
| Mar 23, 12:37 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Holmes | 83 min |
| Mar 23, 2:35 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 6 more | 85 min |
| Mar 23, 4:50 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Citrus, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Manatee and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 23, 6:21 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Citrus, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Manatee and 9 more | 114 min |
| Mar 23, 8:46 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 23 more | 59 min |
| Mar 23, 10:46 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 11 more | 29 min |
| Mar 23, 2:20 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Broward, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee and 4 more | 85 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.