Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1040 AM EST WED APR 3 2002

UPDATE: HAD TO INCREASE POPS FOR CENTRAL COASTAL COUTNIES AS LINE
SHOWS NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN.

REST OF BELOW UNCHANGED.

AS EXPECTED...INITIAL BATCH OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHEAST
GULF...WHICH BLOSSOMED EARLY THIS MORNING IN POCKET OF MID LEVEL
INSTABILITY NOTED BY DRY PATCH ON THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...IS
BEGINNING TO WEAKEN. WE HAVE STARTED THE DIURNAL PROCESS OF
STABILIZATION OVER THE GULF AND DESTABILIZATION OVER LAND. ALREADY
78 DEGREES HERE IN RUSKIN WHERE THE CLOUDS HAVE NOT IMPINGED YET...
APPROACHING THIS AFTERNOONS TRIGGER TEMPERATURE OF 83.

COULD SEE A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS INLAND THIS AFTERNOON AS
ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE DECENT
SUNSHINE. WILL ALSO SEE BEST CONVERGENCE INLAND AS GULF BREEZE
PROPAGATES EASTWARD WITH TIME. WILL NUDGE POPS UP TO LIKELY THERE
FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

MARINE: PUTTING OUT MARINE WEATHER STATEMENTS ON PROGRESS OF
THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING. WILL MENTION HIGHER GUSTS NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS IN CWF TEXT.

.TBW...NONE.

ALSHEIMER

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WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
640 AM EST WED APR 3 2002

...PATCHY DENSE FOG EARLY THIS MORNING...
...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...

ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND NEAR CALM WINDS HAVE ALLOWED AREAS
OF DENSE FOG TO FORM EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH LOCAL VISIBILITIES
1/4 MILE OR LESS.  THE FOG SHOULD LIFT BY 9 AM...BUT UNTIL THIS TIME
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN IN AREAS WITH FOG...USE LOW BEAM
HEADLIGHTS...AND MAINTAIN A SAFE FOLLOWING DISTANCE BETWEEN
VEHICLES.

FOR THE REST OF THE DAY...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL
COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND THE GULF COAST SEA BREEZE TO CAUSE
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP.  THESE STORMS WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.  REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE SEVERAL
MILES AWAY FROM THE CORE OF THE STORM.  IF YOU CAN SEE LIGHTNING OR
HEAR THUNDER...YOU SHOULD MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE THREAT HAS PASSED.

PRC

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WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
900 AM EST WED APR 3 2002

...SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING OVER THE REGION COMBINED WITH
ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...DAYTIME HEATING AND THE GULF COAST SEA
BREEZE TO CAUSE SCATTERED TO NUMBEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.  SOME
STORMS MAY BE STRONG CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...HEAVY FLOODING RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

WHEN SKIES DARKEN...MOVE INDOORS. IF YOU CAN SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR
THUNDER...YOU SHOULD MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE THREAT HAS PASSED. IF
THERE IS TIME...UNPLUG APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. WAIT
UNTIL THE STORM ENDS BEFORE USING THE TELEPHONE OR RUNNING WATER.
REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE CORE OF
THE STORM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
UPDATES.