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Mesoscale Discussion 477

April 14, 200916 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 14, 2009, 8:47 AM EDT for 16 counties in Florida. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 14, 2009, 8:47 AM EDT (12:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2009, 10:15 AM EDT
In force: 88 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Brevard County, FL, Citrus County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Lake County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Marion County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Polk County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Sumter County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:47 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 nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 138 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1552 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 782 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.3
Supercell composite: 13.3

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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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 10:35 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Citrus, Flagler, Franklin, Hernando, Lake, Levy and 3 more	85 min
Apr 14, 3:47 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Citrus, Hernando, Levy, Pasco, Sumter	88 min
Apr 14, 6:15 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Brevard, Citrus, Flagler, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough and 14 more	6 hr
Apr 14, 7:36 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Levy, Manatee and 10 more	54 min
Apr 14, 11:52 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands and 6 more	53 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2009 Every mesoscale discussion in 2009

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.