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Mesoscale Discussion 829

May 24, 201736 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2017, 12:54 PM EDT for 36 counties in Florida. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2017, 12:54 PM EDT (16:54 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2017, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
95%
All 36 counties

Alachua County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Brevard County, FL, Broward County, FL, Charlotte County, FL, Citrus County, FL, Clay County, FL, Collier County, FL, DeSoto County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Glades County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Hendry County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Indian River County, FL, Lake County, FL, Lee County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Marion County, FL, Martin County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Polk County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL, Sarasota County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Sumter County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:56 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 123 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2017-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 608 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2017-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 199 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
608 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1065 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
8.3

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 3:45 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Bradford, Clay, Duval, Gilchrist, Levy and 3 more2 hr
May 24, 6:30 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Citrus, Clay and 33 more2 hr
May 24, 6:56 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Citrus and 30 more8 hr
May 24, 10:26 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Citrus and 32 more94 min
May 24, 11:03 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Nassau, Suwannee10 hr
May 24, 2:10 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Madison, Nassau and 1 more95 min
May 24, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrevard, Broward, Charlotte, Clay, Collier, DeSoto and 23 more7 hr
May 24, 5:25 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Madison, Nassau and 2 more65 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.