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Mesoscale Discussion 1822

August 27, 201212 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 27, 2012, 2:28 PM EDT for 12 counties in Florida. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2012, 2:28 PM EDT (18:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%

Counties Citrus County, FL, DeSoto County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Polk County, FL, Sarasota County, FL, Sumter County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 45 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 2012-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 566 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 2012-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 391 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
566 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
391 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
419 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

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

095 
ACUS11 KWNS 271828
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 271828 
FLZ000-272000-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1822
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0128 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2012

AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NWRN FL PENINSULA

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE 

VALID 271828Z - 272000Z

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...40 PERCENT

SUMMARY...KINEMATIC ENVIRONMENT IS CONDUCIVE FOR ISOLATED/BRIEF LOW
LEVEL ROTATION/TORNADO THREAT...BUT THERMODYNAMICS ARE NOT
SUPPORTIVE AT THIS TIME FOR DEEP UPDRAFTS FAVORING LONGER-LIVED
STORMS.  CONVECTIVE TRENDS WILL BE MONITORED BOTH AT SPC AND LOCAL
WFO/S FOR ANY INCREASED TORNADO THREAT...AND THE SUBSEQUENT
POTENTIAL NEED FOR A TORNADO WATCH.

DISCUSSION...TRENDS IN SURFACE STREAMLINE ANALYSES AND TEMPERATURES
SUGGEST A BAROCLINIC ZONE EXTENDED FROM JUST N OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE
WWD TO INVOF SRQ.  ELY SURFACE TRAJECTORIES LOCATED N OF THIS
BOUNDARY VEERING TO SLY AT 2-3 KM AGL PER TBW WSR-88D VAD ARE
RESULTING IN LOW LEVEL HODOGRAPH CURVATURE AND SFC-1 KM SHEAR OF 30
KT.  RADAR DATA INDICATED CLOUD TOPS ARE RANGING FROM 20-30
KFT...WHILE LIGHTNING DATA HAS NOT DETECTED ANY CG STRIKES WITH THE
SHALLOW CONVECTIVE CELLS MOVING NNWWD THROUGH WEST CENTRAL FL. 
ALTHOUGH THE UPDRAFTS HAVE NOT BECOME DEEP ENOUGH FOR LIGHTNING
PRODUCTION...THE KINEMATIC ENVIRONMENT IS FAVORABLE FOR AT LEAST
ISOLATED/BRIEF LOW LEVEL ROTATION.  SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER
70S TO NEAR 80 F AND SOME SURFACE HEATING HAVE BOOSTED MLCAPE TO
AROUND 1000 J/KG. IF CONVECTIVE TRENDS INDICATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
DEEPER AND MORE PERSISTENT UPDRAFTS...A TORNADO WATCH WOULD NEED TO
BE CONSIDERED FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL INTO NWRN FL PENINSULA.

..PETERS/WEISS.. 08/27/2012

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

ATTN...WFO...MFL...MLB...TBW...JAX...

LAT...LON   28598324 29248303 29108223 28348151 27458111 27158117
            27078205 27308270 28598324

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 10:44 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBroward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hendry and 4 more2 hr
Aug 26, 11:24 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBrevard, Broward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades and 17 more12 hr
Aug 27, 3:44 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBroward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 16 more2 hr
Aug 27, 7:26 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrevard, Citrus, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hernando, Indian River and 13 more3 hr
Aug 27, 7:55 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBroward, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 16 more95 min
Aug 27, 11:54 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCIndian River, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Saint Lucie and 3 more2 hr

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.