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Mesoscale Discussion 313

April 7, 201411 counties in Florida; 5 counties in Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 7, 2014, 3:00 PM EDT for 11 counties in Florida; 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 2014, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Dixie County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Brooks County, GA, Grady County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Thomas County, GA

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 58 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2014-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2014-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 283 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1052 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
283 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
339 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
Apr 6, 11:10 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton2 hr
Apr 7, 1:50 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa25 min
Apr 7, 2:16 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa7 hr
Apr 7, 6:42 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson and 7 more2 hr
Apr 7, 8:46 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 13 more7 hr
Apr 7, 11:04 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Bay, Calhoun, Columbia, Franklin, Gadsden and 15 more116 min
Apr 7, 1:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Duval and 10 more60 min
Apr 7, 2:02 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCHamilton, Suwannee7 hr
Apr 7, 3:33 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCDixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson, Lafayette and 5 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2014Every mesoscale discussion in 2014

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.