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Mesoscale Discussion 425

April 3, 201723 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 3, 2017, 6:57 PM EDT for 23 counties in Florida. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2017, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2017, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 23 counties

Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Duval County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Lake County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Volusia County, FL, Wakulla County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2017-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 546 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2017-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
546 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.9

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 7:43 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes, Jackson, Okaloosa and 3 more2 hr
Apr 3, 8:06 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more6 hr
Apr 3, 10:25 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Washington65 min
Apr 3, 1:32 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCCalhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson and 6 more6 hr
Apr 3, 3:21 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson and 5 more54 min

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.