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Mesoscale Discussion 151

February 13, 20075 counties in Alabama; 17 counties in Florida; 8 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 13, 2007, 12:08 PM CST for 5 counties in Alabama; 17 counties in Florida; 8 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 13, 2007, 12:08 PM CST (18:08 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2007, 1:15 PM CST
In force
67 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties

Coffee County, AL, Dale County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Brooks County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Early County, GA, Grady County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Miller County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Thomas County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 23 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.

000 
ACUS11 KWNS 131808
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 131808 
FLZ000-GAZ000-ALZ000-131915-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0151
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1208 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

AREAS AFFECTED...FL PANHANDLE...SERN AL...SWRN GA

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 20...

VALID 131808Z - 131915Z

AIRMASS HAS STRUGGLED TO DESTABILIZE SIGNIFICANTLY INLAND ACROSS
MUCH OF THE FL PANHANDLE...AHEAD OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER WRN
PORTIONS OF WW.  HOWEVER...STRONG LOW-MID LEVEL SHEAR REMAINS
SUPPORTIVE FOR MAINTAINING DISCRETE UPDRAFTS...INCLUDING ISOLATED
SUPERCELLS.  STRONGEST SUPERCELL HAS MOVED INLAND OVER BAY COUNTY
FL...WHILE UPSTREAM STORMS OVER NWRN PORTIONS OF WW ARE MORE COMPLEX
WITH A PSEUDO SQUALL LINE NOW EVOLVING AS FLOW VEERS THROUGH A
DEEPER LAYER.  IN THE SHORT TERM...IT APPEARS STRONGEST LOW LEVEL
WARM ADVECTION...AND GREATEST TORNADO POTENTIAL...WILL REMAIN WITH
MORE DISCRETE STORMS AHEAD OF SQUALL LINE.

..DARROW.. 02/13/2007

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...TBW...JAX...TAE...BMX...MOB...

30068645 30388643 30388611 30488639 30988638 30998618
31598613 31608542 31708538 31758511 31498501 31488479
31428462 31268462 31258452 31078452 31068398 31008317
30958316 30938305 30868301 30778311 30618313 30618327
30398319 30248325 30128320 29958295 29828290 29598294
29358306 29188349 29538382 29728405 29568435 29338478
29258505 29348539 29528565 29748575 30008622

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 2:05 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMobile, Washington55 min
Feb 13, 2:43 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more10 hr
Feb 13, 4:50 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDallas, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter85 min
Feb 13, 5:26 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMobile, Washington94 min
Feb 13, 7:24 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe96 min
Feb 13, 9:07 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCCoffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston7 hr
Feb 13, 11:03 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Franklin, Lamar, Marion87 min
Feb 13, 12:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Colbert, Cullman and 21 more6 hr
Feb 13, 5:09 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Chilton and 21 more96 min
Feb 13, 5:18 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 29 more4 hr
Feb 13, 8:52 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 8 more53 min
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, 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
Feb 13, 1:14 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtkinson, Bacon, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb and 24 more91 min
Feb 13, 3:54 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBurke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 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.