1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Dec 23, 9:05 AM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 905 AM EST THU DEC 23 2004 .DISCUSSION...SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES COLD FROM NEAR KTLH TO WEST OF BUOY 036. RADAR...METARS...AND STLT ALL INDICATING PCPN MOVING ONSHORE AND ACROSS MUCH OF THE COST FROM KSRQ TO LEVY COUNTY...WHILE PASCO AND HERNANDO ARE NOW JUST STARTING TO SEE SOME RAINFALL. SOUTH OF KSRQ THE RAIN IS STILL OFFSHORE BUT EXPECT IT TO MOVE ONSHORE LATE THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE TIMING OF THE PCPN IN THE SOUTH MAY BE SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN EXPECTED...THE WORDING IN THE PUBLIC ZONES GENERALLY COVER THIS AND THE GRIDS ARE FINE. && .MARINE...BUOY DATA AND 12Z RAOB SUPPORT ON GOING MARINE FORECAST WITH SCA GULF AND SCEC TAMPA BAY. ONLY CHANGE FOR THE 1030 ISSUANCE WILL BE TO USE WITH GUSTS TO 30KT TODAY ON THE GULF. WINDS WILL DROP SOME AS THE FRONT MOVES BY BUT THEN PICK BACK UP TO THE RESPECTIVE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THIS EVENING. && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY BONITA BEACH TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 60 NM SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION TAMPA BAY. && RKR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 521 AM EST THU DEC 23 2004 FLZ039-042-043-048-231600- CITRUS-HERNANDO-LEVY-SUMTER- 521 AM EST THU DEC 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR FLORIDAS NATURE COAST. ...TURNING SHARPLY COLDER FOR CHRISTMAS... .DAY ONE...TODAY: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH...AS WELL AS OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND A BRIEF DOWNPOUR...THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP STEADILY BEHIND THE FRONT...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 1 AND 3 PM TODAY. READINGS NEAR 70 AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 50 AND 55 BY SUNSET...AND CONTINUE DROPPING INTO THE 40S BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY: NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...RAINY RAW WEATHER IS EXPECTED LATER CHRISTMAS EVE THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES MAY NOT CRACK 50 EITHER DAY AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S. .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) FLZ049>052-055>057-060-061-231600- DE SOTO-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK- SARASOTA- 521 AM EST THU DEC 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. ...TURNING SHARPLY COLDER FOR CHRISTMAS... .DAY ONE...TODAY: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH...AS WELL AS OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND A BRIEF DOWNPOUR...THROUGH NOON TODAY. ONE OR TWO STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG...MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN POLK AND HIGHLANDS COUNTIES WHERE THE ATMOSPHERE MAY BECOME A BIT MORE UNSTABLE. SUCH A STORM WOULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR MORE ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP STEADILY BEHIND THE FRONT...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY: NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...RAINY RAW WEATHER IS EXPECTED LATER CHRISTMAS EVE THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO ONLY RANGE FROM 50 TO 55 EACH DAY AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 40S. .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) FLZ062-065-231600- CHARLOTTE-LEE- 521 AM EST THU DEC 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. ...TURNING COOLER FOR CHRISTMAS... .DAY ONE...TODAY: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND A BRIEF DOWNPOUR...LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY: NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...PERIODS OF COOL RAIN ARE EXPECTED LATER CHRISTMAS EVE THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES FRIDAY WILL ONLY REACH THE LOWER OR MID 60S...AND MAY REMAIN IN THE UPPER 50S ON CHRISTMAS DAY. .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) BSG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 910 AM EST THU DEC 23 2004 FLZ039-042-231500- CITRUS-LEVY- 910 AM EST THU DEC 23 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE NORTHERN NATURE COAST... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH...WILL AFFECT YANKEETOWN...LEBANON...OZELLO AND CRYSTAL RIVER...UNTIL 1000 AM EST. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SOME DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. MOTORISTS MAY WANT TO DELAY TRAVEL.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 953 AM EST THU DEC 23 2004 FLZ039-042-231545- CITRUS-LEVY- 953 AM EST THU DEC 23 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CRYSTAL RIVER... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH...WILL AFFECT YANKEETOWN...OZELLO...CRYSTAL RIVER AND HOMOSASSA SPRINGS...UNTIL 1045 AM EST. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SOME DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1032 AM EST THU DEC 23 2004 FLZ043-231615- SUMTER- 1032 AM EST THU DEC 23 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN SUMTER COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH...WILL AFFECT WILDWOOD AND LAKE PANASOFFKEE...FROM 1045 TO 1115 AM EST. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SOME DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. MOTORISTS MAY WANT TO DELAY TRAVEL.
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:46 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm developed as a cold front moved through the area, producing winds of 50 knots. This downed several trees and caused some roof damage to a mobile home.
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