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Mesoscale Discussion 45
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 25, 2011, 7:20 PM EST for 13 counties in Florida. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2011, 7:20 PM EST (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2011, 8:15 PM EST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Brevard County, FL, Charlotte County, FL, Collier County, FL, DeSoto County, FL, Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Indian River County, FL, Lee County, FL, Martin County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 1046 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 8.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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ACUS11 KWNS 260020
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 260020
FLZ000-260115-
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0045
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0620 PM CST TUE JAN 25 2011
AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL/SRN FL
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 7...
VALID 260020Z - 260115Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 7 CONTINUES.
QLCS/DISCRETE SUPERCELLS CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE ESE ACROSS CNTRL/SW
FL...WELL-AHEAD OF MESOSCALE MODEL TIMING. PRIMARY UNCERTAINTY FOR
THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL BE HOW FAR S THE SEVERE THREAT WILL EVOLVE.
HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL EXIST
FROM AREAS NW-N OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE INTO THE VERO BEACH-MELBOURNE
REGION THROUGH 01Z. HERE...CORE OF SSWLY LLJ OF 40-50 KTS
EXISTS...YIELDING STRONGLY VEERING 0-1KM PROFILES WITH SRH OF
350-400 M2/S2 BASED OFF THE MLB VWP.
STRONGEST PORTION OF THE LLJ WILL BEGIN SHIFTING NE AWAY FROM FL BY
LATE EVENING AS THE SRN STREAM WAVE ACCELERATES ENE. AIR MASS ACROSS
S FL WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE...AND WITH AT LEAST WEAK HEIGHT FALLS
SPREADING ACROSS THE REGION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE S
OF THE CURRENT WATCH THIS EVENING. WIND PROFILES BECOME
INCREASINGLY VEERED WITH TIME WITH AT LEAST 35-40 KTS OF H85-H7
FLOW. THIS SUGGESTS THAT STORMS MAY AT LEAST POSE AN ISOLATED
DAMAGING WIND THREAT ACROSS S FL.
..RACY.. 01/26/2011
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ATTN...WFO...MFL...MLB...TBW...
LAT...LON 26388254 27728147 28358081 28658059 28408018 27318009
26298054 25838133 25798198 26138246 26388254SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 8:03 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Indian River, Martin and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 25, 9:51 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 54 min |
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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.