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Mesoscale Discussion 1262

June 24, 201223 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 24, 2012, 7:01 PM EDT for 23 counties in Florida. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2012, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 23 counties

Charlotte County, FL, Citrus County, FL, DeSoto County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Glades County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Hendry County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Lake County, FL, Levy County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Marion County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Polk County, FL, Sarasota County, FL, Sumter County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 240 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2447 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -46 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2447 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
459 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 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 23, 8:09 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCharlotte, Collier, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota66 min
Jun 24, 11:02 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBroward, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto, Dixie and 16 more2 hr
Jun 24, 11:47 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 16 more8 hr
Jun 24, 4:36 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBroward, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 15 more114 min
Jun 24, 7:46 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Brevard, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto and 28 more9 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2012Every mesoscale discussion in 2012

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.