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Mesoscale Discussion 998

May 24, 200830 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2008, 10:18 AM EDT for 30 counties in Florida. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2008, 10:18 AM EDT (14:18 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2008, 11:15 AM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 30 counties

Brevard County, FL, Broward County, FL, Charlotte County, FL, Collier County, FL, DeSoto County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Glades County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Hendry 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, 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), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:20 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 346May 24, 11:05 AM EDT

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
May 24, 11:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 18 more	10 hr
May 24, 1:18 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 17 more	57 min
May 24, 3:18 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brevard, Broward, Glades, Hendry, Indian River, Martin and 5 more	57 min
May 24, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Saint Johns	3 hr
May 24, 6:20 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brevard, Broward, Glades, Indian River, Lake, Martin and 7 more	55 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2008 Every mesoscale discussion in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.