1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 14, 1:00 PM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 200 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 .SHORT TERM (TON-MON)...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO...WITH BROAD SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL PROMOTE LATE NIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WHICH WILL MOVE LOCALLY ONSHORE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION ON SUNDAY WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY WITH WEAK EASTERLY FLOW DEVELOPING AND MORE TYPICAL SUMMER WEATHER FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .LONG TERM (TUE-FRI)... UPPER TROF OVER THE EASTERN U.S. TO CONTINUE TO LIFT WITH SOME UPPER RIDGING OVER THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEK. EASTERLY SFC FLOW TO BECOME SE LATE IN THE PERIOD. LATEST NHC FCST BRINGS TD FIVE TO HURRICANE FORCE AND REMAINS IN THE NW CARIB THRU DAY 5. WILL KEEP TEMPS AND POPS AROUND CLIMO ATTM. && .MARINE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW TODAY INTO SUNDAY WILL BECOME MORE EASTERLY EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH NO FLAGS ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 76 89 76 90 / 30 50 20 50 FMY 75 90 75 91 / 30 50 20 50 GIF 75 90 75 91 / 30 50 20 50 SRQ 75 89 75 90 / 30 50 20 50 BKV 72 89 72 90 / 30 60 20 50 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. SHORT TERM...EO LONG TERM...RD
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
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
25PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
243 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1205 PM TORNADO BROOKSVILLE 28.55N 82.39W
08/14/2004 HERNANDO FL EMERGENCY MNGR
THREE SEPERATE TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN NEAR LAKE LINDSEY
ROAD AND BROAD STREET BETWEEN 1205 TO 1210 PM.
0210 PM TORNADO NEW PORT RICHEY 28.25N 82.72W
08/14/2004 PASCO FL EMERGENCY MNGR
TORNADO NEAR OSCEOLA DRIVE AND MASSACHUSITS. NO DAMAGE
YET.
0230 PM HEAVY RAIN JASMINE ESTATES 28.29N 82.69W
08/14/2004 0.00 INCH PASCO FL TRAINED SPOTTER
MULTIPLE ROADS UNDER WATER IN THE JASMINE LAKES AREA.
ONGOING. RAIN FALL AMOUNT UNKNOWN.
&&
NOAHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 627 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 FLZ039-142300- LEVY- 627 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE OCCURRING IN NORTHERN LEVY COUNTY... AT 625 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS IN EXTREME NORTHERN LEVY COUNTY. ONE WAS LOCATED WEST OF STATE ROAD 129 AND COUNTY ROAD 346. THE OTHER WAS LOCATED NEAR COUNTY ROAD 346A AND COUNTY ROAD 321. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE STORM MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY AFFECT... FANNING SPRINGS. RURAL NORTHERN LEVY COUNTY. FUNNEL CLOUDS CAN BECOME BRIEF...SMALL...BUT DANGEROUS TORNADOES. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 2959 8298 2953 8295 2956 8271 2963 8284 24
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:30 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Two people were injured by a nearby lightning strike while on St Pete Beach and two others were injured by lightning on Upham Beach.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, August 2004
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5422762.