Tornado Warning 20, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
900 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004

.FOR THE MORNING UPDATE...DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE REMAINS OVER THE
REGION IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE CHARLIE.  DEEP SOUTHWEST FLOW
REMAINS OVER THE AREA...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO SPREADING ONSHORE OF THE
NORTHERN FORECAST AREA.  A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS
ALSO OVER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA LIFTING SLOWLY NORTH.  DAYTIME HEATING
WILL LEAD TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION
THIS AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.  CURRENT FORECAST IS ON
TRACK WITH NO UPDATE TO THE ZONES PLANNED.

&&

.TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

OGLESBY

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
530 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-141430-
CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-
LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER-
530 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY:

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS LEFTOVER
MOISTURE FROM HURRICANE CHARLEY COMBINES WITH AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION.  THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM
STRONGER CELLS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY
WINDS TO 40 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT COULD CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY:

SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED EACH DAY.  THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM STRONGER CELLS WILL BE
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW (LOWER CASE)

PRC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1144 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004

FLZ039-042-043-048-049-051-055-141645-
CITRUS-HERNANDO-HILLSBOROUGH-LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-SUMTER-
1144 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004

...FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE IN MANATEE...EASTERN
HERNANDO...EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH...EASTERN CITRUS...EASTERN
LEVY...SUMTER AND EASTERN PASCO COUNTIES...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST INTO INTERIOR SECTIONS OF
COASTAL COUNTIES HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FUNNEL CLOUDS EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 1145 AM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN
SUMTER COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
FUNNEL CLOUDS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

FUNNEL CLOUDS CAN BECOME BRIEF...SMALL...BUT DANGEROUS TORNADOES.
MOVE INDOORS ..AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 2932 8253 2746 8253 2739 8234 2742 8206
      2822 8212 2931 8206

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1215 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004

FLZ052-056-057-061-141700-
DE SOTO-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-POLK-
1215 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004

...FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE IN DESOTO...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS AND POLK
COUNTIES...

AT 1215 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FUNNEL
CLOUDS...OVER DESOTO...POLK...HIGHLANDS...AND HARDEE
COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

FUNNEL CLOUDS CAN BECOME BRIEF...SMALL...BUT DANGEROUS TORNADOES.
MOVE INDOORS...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 2707 8203 2724 8109 2806 8147 2827 8202

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1250 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004

FLZ042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-141800-
CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE
SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-MANATEE-PASCO-
PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER-
1250 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004

...FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE IN MANATEE...CHARLOTTE...LEE...
PINELLAS...DESOTO...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS...POLK...HERNANDO...SARASOTA..
.HILLSBOROUGH...CITRUS...SUMTER AND PASCO COUNTIES AS WELL AS TAMPA
BAY...

AT 1250 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE ALSO REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS EARLIER
OVER THE NATURE COAST.

FUNNEL CLOUDS CAN BECOME BRIEF...SMALL...BUT DANGEROUS TORNADOES.
MOVE INDOORS...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 2900 8270 2785 8287 2652 8225 2648 8158
      2700 8153 2722 8090 2827 8155 2841 8190
      2901 8186

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