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Mesoscale Discussion 2168
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 27, 2006, 6:35 PM EDT for 31 counties in Florida; Brooks County, Georgia. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 27, 2006, 6:35 PM EDT (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2006, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties
Alachua County, FL, Baker County, FL, Bay County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Duval County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Levy County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Marion County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Brooks County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 10:14 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Oct 27, 12:46 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Oct 27, 7:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton and 6 more | 92 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2006Every 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.