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Mesoscale Discussion 231
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 9, 2022, 10:15 AM EST for 15 counties in Florida; 10 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 90 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2022, 10:15 AM EST (15:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2022, 11:45 AM EST
- In force
- 90 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Tornado watch 40
All 25 counties
Baker County, FL, Bradford County, FL, Clay County, FL, Columbia County, FL, Duval County, FL, Gilchrist County, FL, Hamilton County, FL, Lafayette County, FL, Madison County, FL, Nassau County, FL, Saint Johns County, FL, Suwannee County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Union County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Brantley County, GA, Camden County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Echols County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Ware County, GA
The radar
The Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 935 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 474 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 1:58 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, Washington | 2 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:21 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:28 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Holmes, Okaloosa, Walton, Washington | 92 min |
| Mar 9, 5:47 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gadsden, Hamilton, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison and 2 more | 118 min |
| Mar 9, 6:18 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton, Jefferson and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 9, 8:15 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:03 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brevard, Citrus, Flagler, Hernando, Lake, Levy and 8 more | 117 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2022Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2022Every mesoscale discussion in 2022
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.