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Mesoscale Discussion 112

February 3, 200622 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 3, 2006, 4:19 PM EST for 22 counties in Florida. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 3, 2006, 4:19 PM EST (21:19 UTC)
Expired: Feb 3, 2006, 6:15 PM EST
In force: 116 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 22 counties

Alachua County, FL, Bay County, FL, Citrus County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Levy County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Marion County, FL, Sumter County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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 watches that followed

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

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 101 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 638 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 127 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 2, 8:00 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 8 more	90 min
Feb 3, 1:53 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alachua, Bradford, Citrus, Dixie, Gilchrist, Levy and 2 more	97 min
Feb 3, 8:01 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brevard, Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, Orange, Osceola and 5 more	29 min
Feb 3, 8:15 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Brevard, Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough and 13 more	7 hr
Feb 3, 11:38 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brevard, Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Highlands and 9 more	2 hr
Feb 3, 2:39 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry and 9 more	66 min
Feb 3, 4:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Columbia and 21 more	3 hr
Feb 3, 5:10 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Broward, Collier, Palm Beach	95 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2006 Every mesoscale discussion in 2006

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.