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Mesoscale Discussion 1815

August 26, 201212 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 26, 2012, 12:58 PM EDT for 12 counties in Florida. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 2012, 12:58 PM EDT (16:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Broward County, FL, Collier County, FL, Glades County, FL, Hendry County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Lee County, FL, Martin County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Monroe County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 100 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, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1782 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, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 204 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
1782 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

736 
ACUS11 KWNS 261659
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 261658
FLZ000-261900-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1815
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1158 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 2012

AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS SRN FL AND KEYS

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 589...

VALID 261658Z - 261900Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 589 CONTINUES.

SUMMARY...POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL PERSIST INTO THE
AFTERNOON OVER S FL...BUT GREATEST THREAT IS EXPECTED TO EVOLVE OVER
THE SRN TIP OF THE PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON.

DISCUSSION...AT 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THE CENTER OF TS ISAAC WAS
LOCATED 180 KM SE OF KEY WEST MOVING WNW AT 15 KT. SEE LATEST
DISCUSSIONS FROM NHC FOR MORE INFORMATION. LATEST VISIBLE IMAGERY
SHOWS WIDESPREAD CLOUDS AND RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER
CONVECTIVE BANDS HAVE OVERSPREAD THE SRN HALF OF THE FL
PENINSULA...EFFECTIVELY LIMITING DESTABILIZATION.
MOREOVER...CONVECTIVE MODES HAVE BEEN PREDOMINANTLY LINEAR. THESE
FACTORS HAVE SO FAR SERVED TO LIMIT A MORE ROBUST TORNADO THREAT.
HOWEVER...AN AREA OF CLEARING EAST OF THE CENTER SHOULD EXPAND NWD
INTO THE SRN TIP OF FL THIS AFTERNOON WHERE LOW LEVEL HODOGRAPHS ARE
MAXIMIZED WITH 200-400 M2/S2 STORM RELATIVE HELICITY IN THE 0-1 KM
LAYER. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION MAY DEVELOP ALONG CONVERGENCE BANDS
WITHIN THIS ZONE OF BOUNDARY LAYER DESTABILIZATION THIS
AFTERNOON...LIKELY INCREASING THE THREAT FOR EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

..DIAL.. 08/26/2012

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...MFL...MLB...KEY...TBW...

LAT...LON   26048170 26748216 27548139 27658031 25798017 24948068
            24608176 25368136 26048170

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 7:05 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBroward, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee and 4 more2 hr
Aug 26, 8:29 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBroward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hendry and 9 more9 hr
Aug 26, 4:28 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBroward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Martin, Miami-Dade and 2 more62 min

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.