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Mesoscale Discussion 211
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 12, 2008, 2:41 PM EST for 34 counties in Florida. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 2008, 2:41 PM EST (19:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2008, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 34 counties
Alachua County, FL, Brevard County, FL, Broward County, FL, Charlotte County, FL, Citrus County, FL, Collier County, FL, DeSoto County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Glades County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Hendry County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Indian River County, FL, Lake County, FL, Lee County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Marion County, FL, Martin County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Monroe County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Polk County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL, Sarasota County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Sumter County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 1:12 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:34 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:18 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Bradford, Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus and 34 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:19 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, Washington | 116 min |
| Feb 12, 6:49 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and 2 more | 116 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.