1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 13, 12:17 PM EST, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 117 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003 CURRENTLY...88D LOOKS SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY WITH LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NE GULF AND INTO LEVY COUNTY. CONVECTION IS ALONG A LINGERING BOUNDARY AND OVERALL LOW LEVEL INVERTED SFC TROF THAT EXTENDS WELL NE FROM CLAUDETTE. COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS MOVE WIDESPREAD OVER ECENT AND SCENT FL THAN IT WAS THIS TIME YESTERDAY...AND IT IS MOVING NW TOWARD THE FA. CIRRUS BLOW OFF FROM CONVECTION OVER THE NE GULF MAY STABILIZE THE N FA FOR A FEW MORE HOURS. --SHORT TERM-- A WEAK DEEP LAYER RIDGE AXIS WILL REMAIN OVER THE N FA THROUGH THE PERIOD (TUE)...WITH LIGHT SE LOW LEVEL FLOW...BECOMING ONSHORE NEAR THE COAST EACH DAY. BEST DEEP LAYER MOISTURE AND RESIDUAL SHEAR AXIS REMAINS OVER THE N FA AT LEAST THROUGH MON...THEN MOISTURE MAY LOWER A BIT BY TUES. THE ETA IS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH LOWER MOISTURE FROM S TO N BY TUES...BUT WILL KEEP FORECAST MORE CONSERVATIVE FOR NOW. THUS...WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS N FA MON...SCT REST OF THE AREA...THEN SCT/CHC POPS ALL AREAS ON TUE. TIMING FOR PRECIP SHOULD BE AFTN/EVENING. TEMPS HAVE BEEN TRICKY WITH CLOUDS AND RAIN. IF A PARTICULAR LOCATION DOESNT GET RAINFALL IN THE EVENING...MIN TEMPS WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S...OTHERWISE... LOWER 70S. --EXTENDED--(WED-SUN)SE FLOW TO CONTINUE WITH SFC RIDGE AXIS N OF THE AREA THRU LATE WEEK. EASTERLY WAVE TO MOVE FROM THE NW CRIB INTO THE SE GULF THEN CENTRAL GULF FROM MID TO LATE WEEK. GRADIENT BETWEEN RIDGE AND WAVE TO TIGHTEN PREVENTING SIGNIFICANT WEST COAST SEABREEZE. WILL ADJUST WINDS TO REFLECT THIS. TEMPS TO REMAIN NEAR CLIMO WITH ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE IN PLACE AND EXPECT HIGH END SCT DIURNAL POPS. BY NEXT WEEKEND SFC RIDGE TO SINK SOUTH WITH LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVING INTO THE DEEP SOUTH TRANSITIONING THE AREA INTO SW FLOW. --MARINE-- NO HIGHLIGHTS OR CONCERNS THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY TUES. BY TUES NIGHT AND WED...SE WINDS MAY INCREASE...ESPEC S WATERS...IN RESPONSE TO EASTERLY WAVE POSSIBLY MOVING IN TO THE S GULF. GFS HAS HAD DIFFERING FCST FOR THIS FEATURE...WITH THE LATEST ONE TAKING A WAVE INTO THE CENT GULF THURS AND FRI. WILL TREND WINDS UP LATER IN THE PERIOD TOWARD 15 KTS WITH SEAS 3-4 FT S WATERS FOR NOW...AND CONTINUE MONITORING TREND. PRELIM #S: BKV 071/090 071/090 3635 TPA 074/090 075/090 3535 GIF 073/091 074/091 2535 SRQ 072/089 072/090 3434 FMY 073/091 074/092 2424= .TBW...NONE. MORALES/DAVIS
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-131500- WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 550 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT: ...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY FROM TAMPA BAY NORTHWARD... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 1 PM AND 4 PM...MAINLY ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES ALONG THE GULF COAST SEA BREEZE AND WHERE STORM OUTFLOWS AND SEA OR BAY BREEZES INTERSECT. THESE INITIAL STORMS WILL CONTAIN BRIEF DOWNPOURS...WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH...AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. STORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AFTER 4 PM...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF A TAMPA TO WINTER HAVEN LINE. STRONGER CELLS WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAINS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING URBAN FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. ONE OR TWO STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AGAIN TODAY...WITH DAMAGING WIND THE PRIMARY THREAT. STORMS WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET...BUT OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS MAY CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY: FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AMPLE MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE THE LIKELIHOOD OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES CROSSING THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO MAY ENHANCE LOCAL RAINFALL...MAINLY FROM THE TAMPA BAY AREA NORTHWARD...AND ALLOW ONE OR TWO STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL OVERSPREAD THE PENINSULA AS A STRONGER DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE GULF FROM THE EAST. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA EACH DAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES...LATER TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW BSG
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:00 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning caused a fire that damaged the roof, attic, and laundry area of eight unit apartment complex.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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