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Mesoscale Discussion 1267

June 25, 201227 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 25, 2012, 4:07 AM EDT for 27 counties in Florida. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2012, 4:07 AM EDT (08:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2012, 5:30 AM EDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 27 counties

Bradford County, FL, Charlotte County, FL, Clay County, FL, Collier County, FL, DeSoto County, FL, Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Glades County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Hendry County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Lake County, FL, Lee County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Marion County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Polk County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Sarasota County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Sumter County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 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

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 00:00Z on 2012-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2192 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2012-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 287 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
322 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.4
Supercell composite
15.2

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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 24, 10:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrevard, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto, Dixie and 20 more59 min
Jun 25, 12:46 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Dixie, Gilchrist and 14 more89 min
Jun 25, 4:37 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Brevard, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, DeSoto and 35 more9 hr
Jun 25, 12:06 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay, Dixie and 25 more54 min
Jun 25, 1:48 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Charlotte, Citrus and 45 more9 hr
Jun 25, 6:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Charlotte, Citrus and 45 more63 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.