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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0474
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0544 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2013
AREAS AFFECTED...FL SPACE COAST TO THE FL BIG BEND
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 106...
VALID 142244Z - 150015Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 106 CONTINUES.
SUMMARY...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE DURING
THE EARLY EVENING WITH A CLUSTER OF QUASI-DISCRETE STORMS OVER
PORTIONS OF N-CNTRL FL AND WITH A SQUALL LINE MOVING EWD FROM THE FL
BIG BEND VICINITY.
DISCUSSION...SURFACE MESOANALYSIS SHOWS A STALLED WARM FRONT FROM
DAB TO 15 MI WSW CTY WITH THE EAST SEA BREEZE FRONT APPROXIMATELY 50
MI INLAND. LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IS MAXIMIZED ALONG THESE
BOUNDARIES AND AT THEIR INTERSECTION...SERVING AS PREFERRED STORM
EMBRYO LOCATIONS. WEAK SUPERCELLS EXHIBITING WEAK LOW LEVEL
ROTATION HAVE BEEN OBSERVED OVER THE PAST HOUR OVER INTERIOR
PORTIONS OF N-CNTRL FL. THIS ACTIVITY WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE TO
POSE AT LEAST ISOLD DMGG WIND POTENTIAL AND A MARGINAL TORNADO
THREAT.
FARTHER W...40 KT EWD MOTION OF A MATURE SQUALL LINE AND WEAK
CYCLONIC SHEAR IN THE FORM OF WEAK MESOVORTICES COULD POSE THE
POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE. A BRIEF/WEAK TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT
WITH THE SQUALL LINE INVOF THE DECAYING WARM FRONT INTERSECTION OVER
THE NEXT FEW HOURS. CONSIDERABLE CONVECTION AHEAD OF THE LINE IN
AREAS FARTHER N TOWARDS THE FL/GA BORDER HAS HINDERED SURFACE-BASED
DESTABILIZATION WITH ISOLD DMGG WIND POTENTIAL THE PRIMARY THREAT.
..SMITH.. 04/14/2013
ATTN...WFO...MLB...TBW...JAX...TAE...
LAT...LON 28508179 29378222 29648375 30248337 29748163 28498048
28508179
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