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Mesoscale Discussion 83

February 15, 20264 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; George County, Greene County, Jackson County, Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 15, 2026, 3:04 AM CST for 4 counties in Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; George County, Greene County, Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 15, 2026, 3:04 AM CST (09:04 UTC)
Expired
Feb 15, 2026, 5:00 AM CST
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Tornado watch 7

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Jackson County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:07 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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 192 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2026-02-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 52 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2026-02-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
52 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-150 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 14, 10:43 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMobile, Washington2 hr
Feb 14, 11:17 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Washington6 hr
Feb 15, 1:15 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMobile, Washington2 hr
Feb 15, 6:45 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston2 hr
Feb 15, 7:35 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCDale, Geneva, Henry, Houston8 hr
Feb 15, 10:12 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFranklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty and 3 more93 min
Feb 15, 11:09 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 11 more96 min
Feb 15, 11:59 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 10 more7 hr
Feb 15, 3:11 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 11 more94 min
Feb 14, 6:02 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds and 6 more118 min
Feb 14, 6:54 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds and 6 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2026Mesoscale Discussions in Florida, 2026Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2026Every mesoscale discussion in 2026

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.