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Mesoscale Discussion 148

February 13, 200714 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 13, 2007, 8:52 AM CST for 14 counties in Florida. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 13, 2007, 8:52 AM CST (14:52 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2007, 9:45 AM CST
In force
53 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:51 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 75 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2007-02-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2007-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-254 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 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
Feb 13, 2:43 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa10 hr
Feb 13, 7:24 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEscambia, Santa Rosa96 min
Feb 13, 9:07 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more7 hr
Feb 13, 10:17 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCharlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lee and 5 more88 min
Feb 13, 11:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrevard, Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Flagler, Glades and 25 more5 hr
Feb 13, 12:08 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more67 min
Feb 13, 2:15 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrevard, Flagler, Glades, Hardee, Highlands, Indian River and 8 more60 min
Feb 13, 2:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 5 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2007Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

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.