Hail in Florida, July 28, 2003

WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
200 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2003

CURRENT/SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-WED)...WEAK SURFACE RIDGE CONTINUES OVER
FA WITH LITTLE FLOW. SEA BREEZE AND CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS DEVELOPING
ALONG ENTIRE COAST. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IS FROM THE TAMPA BAY
AREA NORTH. WEAK RIDGING PATTERN CONTINUES TUESDAY BUT SHIFTS
OVER SOUTH FLORIDA. WITH THE WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT... THIS SHIFT
WILL NOT HAVE MUCH AFFECT EXCEPT TO BEGIN SEA BREEZES A BIT
EARLIER.

EXTENDED (THU THRU MON)...WEAK UPPER RIDGE DROPS INTO THE EASTERN
U.S. FOR THE WEEKEND BEFORE BEGINNING TO LIFT NORTHWARD MON. A
SURFACE RIDGE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE SOUTH-CENTRAL OR SOUTH CWFA
INTO MUCH OF THE WEEKEND BUT THEN MOVE NORTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS
A WEAK WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE SOUTHERN HALF OF FL. GENERALLY LIGHT
FLOW THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH COASTAL PRECIPITATION MOVING ONSHORE
IN THE MID MORNING AND THEN INLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON. POPS WILL
REMAIN IN THE SCATTERED RANGE WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL.

MARINE... NO CONCERNS EXCEPT SCATTERED TSTMS.

FIRE WEATHER... NO CONCERNS.

CCFTBW
TPA BB 076/090 077/090 078 03242
FMY BB 076/091 077/091 076 03242
GIF BB 075/092 076/092 074 03242
SRQ BB 075/089 076/089 076 03242
BKV BB 071/091 072/091 073 03242

.TBW...NONE.

CP/RR

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-281300-

WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
538 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY:

SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AS DAYTIME
TEMPERATURES TO 90 OR ABOVE WILL ACT ON A MOIST ATMOSPHERE. THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ON THE GULF AND EAST COAST SEA
BREEZES...WITH ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE IN LOCATIONS WHERE
THE BOUNDARIES COLLIDE IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL CONTAIN HAIL...HEAVY RAIN IN
EXCESS OF TWO INCHES...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH OR HIGHER. EXCESSIVE
LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH A FEW STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY:

WINDS WILL VEER TO THE SOUTHWEST BY TUESDAY AS LARGE UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH MOVES INTO THE EASTERN QUARTER OF THE U.S. THIS WILL
BRING LATE MORNING STORMS TO THE COAST AND SCATTERED STORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE REMINDED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER TO THE NWS OFFICE IN RUSKIN.

ALSHEIMER

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN  FL
303 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1210 PM    CLEARWATER                FL   LIGHTNING
07/28/03   PINELLAS                       *** 3 INJ ***
                                          THREE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
                                          EATING LUNCH UNDER A TREE
                                          WERE AFFECTED WHEN
                                          LIGHTNING HIT THE TREE. THE
                                          WORKERS WERE COMPLAINING OF
                                          MUSCLE TREMORS AND INTERNAL
                                          PAIN.