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Mesoscale Discussion 834
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 6, 2016, 3:42 PM EDT for 5 counties in Florida; Camden County, Glynn County, McIntosh County, Georgia. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2016, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2016, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 40%
Counties Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Volusia County, FL, Camden County, GA, Glynn County, GA, McIntosh County, GA
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 061943
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 061942
FLZ000-GAZ000-062145-
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0834
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0242 PM CDT MON JUN 06 2016
AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF NERN FL AND SERN GA
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE
VALID 061942Z - 062145Z
PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...40 PERCENT
SUMMARY...CONVECTION SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS MAY PRODUCE DMGG WIND GUSTS AND PERHAPS A FEW
TORNADOES. THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE WW
ISSUANCE.
DISCUSSION...A CONVECTIVE BAND ON THE OUTER/NERN FRINGES OF THE
CYCLONIC ENVELOPE ACCOMPANYING TROPICAL STORM COLIN IS SPREADING
NEWD ACROSS NERN FL...WITH AREAS OF MORE SEMI-DISCRETE CONVECTION
FARTHER S TOWARD VOLUSIA COUNTY. ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE
SPREADING NWD/NEWD DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AMIDST HIGH THETA-E IN
THE BOUNDARY LAYER /PARTLY SUPPORTED BY SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE
LOWER-MIDDLE 70S/. WITH THE JAX VWP SAMPLING 30-40-KT SLYS IN THE
1-3-KM-AGL LAYER...AND BACKED SFC WINDS N OF A W/E BOUNDARY ANALYZED
ACROSS FAR NERN FL...LOW-LEVEL SHEAR REMAINS SUFFICIENTLY STRONG FOR
BRIEF TORNADOES. LINE-EMBEDDED MESOVORTICES HAVE ALREADY BEEN
DETECTED WITH THE CONVECTIVE BAND APPROACHING THE JACKSONVILLE AREA
BASED ON KJAX RADAR DATA. THE SPATIAL EXTENT OF THE SVR RISK SHOULD
BE LIMITED AS CONVECTION SPREADS TOWARD THE COAST DURING THE NEXT
FEW HOURS...THOUGH CONVECTIVE TRENDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED
FOR POSSIBLE WW ISSUANCE.
..COHEN/WEISS.. 06/06/2016
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ATTN...WFO...CHS...MLB...JAX...
LAT...LON 28928086 28878119 29818179 30818196 31648149 31678103
30748117 29728108 28928086SPC 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, 11:00 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Bradford, Lake, Marion, Putnam, Sumter | 90 min |
| Jun 6, 1:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry and 11 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Hernando, Highlands and 14 more | 3 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2016Every mesoscale discussion in 2016
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.