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Mesoscale Discussion 828
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 6, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 90 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT (15:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2016, 12:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 90 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 20%
Counties Alachua County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Lake County, FL, Marion County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Sumter County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 419 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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ACUS11 KWNS 061501
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 061500
FLZ000-061630-
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0828
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1000 AM CDT MON JUN 06 2016
AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF NRN FL
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY
VALID 061500Z - 061630Z
PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...20 PERCENT
SUMMARY...CONVECTIVE BANDS WITHIN THE OUTER CYCLONIC ENVELOPE OF
TROPICAL STORM COLIN WILL CONTINUE ADVANCING NEWD THROUGH THE LATE
MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. LOCALLY DMGG WIND GUSTS AND
PERHAPS A BRIEF TORNADO OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE. WW ISSUANCE IS
PRESENTLY UNLIKELY IN THE SHORT TERM...BUT THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO
BE MONITORED FOR WW ISSUANCE LATER IN THE DAY.
DISCUSSION...CONVECTIVE BANDS WELL REMOVED FROM THE CENTER OF
TROPICAL STORM COLIN ARE ADVANCING NEWD ACROSS PARTS OF NRN FL. CG
LIGHTNING AND RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THAT THIS ACTIVITY IS
MAINTAINING AT LEAST MODEST DEPTH/INTENSITY FROM GILCHRIST COUNTY
SWD TO PASCO COUNTY. THE NRN PORTION OF THIS CONVECTION WILL
CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH A W/E-ORIENTED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ARCING
FROM VOLUSIA COUNTY TO MARION COUNTY. BAROCLINICITY RELATED TO THIS
BOUNDARY MAY LOCALLY ENHANCE THE SVR RISK IN AN ENVIRONMENT
CHARACTERIZED BY STRONG LOW-LEVEL SHEAR -- E.G. 30-40 KT OF 0-1-KM
BULK SHEAR BASED ON AREA VWP DATA. LOCALLY DMGG WIND GUSTS AND
PERHAPS A BRIEF TORNADO OR TWO MAY ACCOMPANY THIS CONVECTION AS IT
SPREADS ACROSS PARTS OF NRN FL THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND INTO
EARLY AFTERNOON. IT WILL LIKELY TAKE ADDITIONAL DIABATIC SFC-LAYER
HEATING BEFORE A MORE ROBUST SVR RISK MAY ENSUE LATER IN THE DAY.
..COHEN/WEISS.. 06/06/2016
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ATTN...WFO...MLB...TBW...JAX...
LAT...LON 28468240 29248249 29748263 30028239 29918145 28768148
28468240SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 4:25 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Charlotte, Lee, Manatee, Sarasota | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 10:39 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 96 min |
| Jun 6, 1:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry and 11 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Saint Johns, Volusia | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Hernando, Highlands and 14 more | 3 hr |
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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.