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Mesoscale Discussion 1233

June 15, 201130 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 15, 2011, 4:29 PM EDT for 30 counties in Florida. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 2011, 4:29 PM EDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties

Brevard County, FL, Broward County, FL, Charlotte County, FL, Citrus County, FL, Collier County, FL, DeSoto 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, 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, Saint Lucie County, FL, Sarasota County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Sumter County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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 nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 58 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2011-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3657 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2011-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3657 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 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
Jun 15, 1:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrevard, Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 19 more2 hr
Jun 15, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto and 26 more6 hr
Jun 15, 7:30 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBroward, Collier, Monroe30 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.