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Mesoscale Discussion 85
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 15, 2026, 11:12 AM EST for 9 counties in Florida; 12 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 93 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2026, 11:12 AM EST (16:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2026, 12:45 PM EST
- In force
- 93 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Tornado watch 8
All 21 counties
Franklin County, FL, Gadsden County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Jefferson County, FL, Leon County, FL, Liberty County, FL, Madison County, FL, Taylor County, FL, Wakulla County, FL, Berrien County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Cook County, GA, Decatur County, GA, Grady County, GA, Irwin County, GA, Lowndes County, GA, Mitchell County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Tift County, GA, Worth County, GA
The radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:16 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 12:17 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 4:04 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 116 min |
| Feb 15, 7:45 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 15, 8:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 15, 12:09 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 11 more | 96 min |
| Feb 15, 12:59 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 15, 4:11 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 11 more | 94 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.