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NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 22, 12:26 PM EST, 4 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 126 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - WEDNESDAY)...LITTLE CHANGE TO THE OVERALL FORECAST PHILOSOPHY DURING THIS TIME FRAME. SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY DIURNAL SEA/LAKE BREEZE DRIVEN CONVECTION WILL AGAIN WIND DOWN AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT WITH SKIES CLEARING OUT OVERNIGHT. MAY SEE SOME PATCHY LATE NIGHT FOG IN THE NORMALLY FAVORED LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE RAINFALL...BUT NOT EXPECTING ENOUGH COVERAGE TO WARRANT A MENTION IN THE GRIDS OR ZONES. ON TUESDAY WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE SOUTH-CENTRAL PENINSULA. ABUNDANT MOISTURE (PWS 2) COMBINED WITH A VERY WEAK FLOW WILL AGAIN SUPPORT DIURNAL CONVECTION DEVELOPING ALONG THE SEA AND LAKE BREEZE CIRCULATIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...AND WILL MAINTAIN MID RANGE (40%) SCATTERED POPS ACROSS THE BOARD. DURING WEDNESDAY THE GFS/NAM SHOW A TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHEAST. THE GFS/NAM CONTINUE TO DIFFER ON THE MOVEMENT AND EVOLUTION OF THIS SYSTEM...WITH THE NAM DEEPENING IT INTO A T.C. AS IT MOVES NWWD THROUGH THE BAHAMAS...WHILE THE GFS TAKES IT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA AND INTO THE EASTERN GULF. YESTERDAY THE NAM AND TO A LESSER EXTENT THE GFS WERE DEPICTING A SUBTLE DECREASE IN PWS AND AN INCREASE IN SUBSIDENCE ALOFT AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...WHICH WOULD TEND TO LOWER RAIN CHANCES. HOWEVER TODAY THE DRYING AND SUBSIDENCE IS NOT AS PRONOUNCED...SO WILL KEEP MID RANGE (40%) POPS IN PLACE ON WEDNESDAY WITH MORE AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND STORMS EXPECTED ALONG THE SEA/LAKE BREEZE BOUNDARIES. NO REAL CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES EXPECTED WITH READINGS REMAINING SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH DAYTIME HIGHS CLIMBING INTO THE LOWER/MIDDLE 90S...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID/UPPER 70S...EXCEPT 80 ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. .LONG TERM (WED NIGHT - MON)...MID LEVEL RIDGING WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN US AND THE CENTRAL GULF AREA UNTIL THURSDAY WHEN AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHEAST US WILL SAG INTO THE NORTHERNMOST AREAS OF FL...WEAKENING THE RIDGE AND BRINGING AN INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 10 WILL ALSO REACH FL FROM THE SOUTH...PROBABLY AS A TROPICAL WAVE...BRINGING ADDITIONAL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. GFS AND ECMWF BOTH AGREE IN BRINGING THE WAVE OVER SOUTHERN FLORIDA ON FRIDAY AND MOVING IT OUT INTO THE GULF BY SUNDAY. ETA KEEPS INTENSIFYING THE WAVE INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE AND MOVING IT EAST OF FL AND THEN INTO THE EASTERN US COAST. GFS SOLUTION OF A MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK SEEMS MORE REASONABLE AT THIS TIME SINCE ETA HAS BEEN UNDERESTIMATING THE STRENGTH AND SIZE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER OVER THE ATLANTIC FOR THE PAST WEEK. AGAIN...EXPECT PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES EVERY DAY WITH SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES FORMING EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON PERIODS WHICH WILL GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL LATE IN THE EVENING. AT THIS TIME POPS WILL REMAIN AT 50% EACH AFTERNOON DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD...BUT MAY NEED TO BE INCREASED FOR THE WEEKEND IF THE EXPECTED SCENARIO MATERIALIZES. TEMPERATURES SHOULD STAY ABOVE CLIMO THROUGH NEXT MONDAY WITH WINDS GENERALLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE...EXCEPT NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. && .MARINE...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE DELIGHTFUL BOATING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WATERS (OUTSIDE OF ANY TSTMS) THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH LIGHT WINDS...SLIGHT SEAS AND AN ONSHORE SEA BREEZE COMPONENT DEVELOPING NEAR SHORE EACH AFTERNOON. BY LATER WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND MAY SEE AN INCREASE IN WIND/SEAS AS A TROPICAL WAVE MOVES TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA. THERE IS STILL ALOT OF UNCERTAINTY BETWEEN THE MODELS AS TO PATH AND HOW THIS SYSTEM WILL EVOLVE...SO WILL CONTINUE TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION AND ONLY SHOW A SLIGHT INCREASE IN WIND/SEAS DURING THE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY TIME FRAME. && .FIRE WEATHER...HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH...SO NO WATCHES OR RED FLAG CONDITIONS EXPECTED. LIGHT WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT FAIR DISPERSION INDICES DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS...BECOMING POOR EACH NIGHT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 76 91 76 93/ 30 40 30 40 FMY 75 93 75 93/ 30 40 30 40 GIF 75 95 76 96/ 30 40 30 40 SRQ 75 90 75 93/ 30 40 30 40 BKV 71 93 72 94/ 30 40 30 40 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JCM LONG TERM....AR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 447 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2005 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-221530- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 447 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...HEAT INDEX AT OR ABOVE 105 BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS... HEAT: STATIONARY HIGH PRESSURE THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE THE OPPRESSIVE AIR MASS ACROSS THE AREA ONCE AGAIN TODAY. BY NOON...THE APPARENT TEMPERATURE WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 105. BY 3 PM...AREAS NEAR THE COAST NOT RECEIVING THUNDERSTORMS OR OUTFLOWS COULD SEE VALUES REACH 107. APPARENT TEMPERATURES OVER THE CENTRAL PENINSULA WILL RANGE FROM 103 TO 107...WITH AIR TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 92 TO 97. HIGHEST VALUES INLAND WILL BE NEAR LAKES. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...BEFORE YOU GET THIRSTY. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT AND LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING. RESERVE STRENUOUS EXERCISE FOR EARLY MORNING OR EVENING HOURS. STAY NEAR AIR CONDITIONED LOCATIONS IF POSSIBLE. STORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY ALONG THE GULF COAST SEA BREEZE BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM...MAINLY FROM HERNANDO COUNTY THROUGH SARASOTA COUNTY. OTHER ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 2 PM AND 4 PM OVER INTERIOR WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA ASSOCIATED WITH THE ATLANTIC SEA BREEZE. FROM 4 TO 6 PM...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP TOWARD THE SUNCOAST...ESPECIALLY FROM HERNANDO COUNTY SOUTHWARD AS BOUNDARIES FROM STORMS GENERATED BY THE ATLANTIC SEA BREEZE COLLIDE WITH THE GULF COAST BREEZE. SHOULD THIS OCCUR...A BROKEN LINE OF STORMS WOULD PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED AREAL COVERAGE OF RAIN TO THE SUNCOAST. THIS ACTIVITY COULD LAST UNTIL AFTER SUNSET AND GRADUALLY MOVE INTO THE NEAR SHORE WATERS BEFORE WINDING DOWN LATER THIS EVENING. STRONGER STORMS WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES...AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH. OUTFLOWS FROM THE STORMS SHOULD HELP ALLEVIATE THE EFFECTS OF THE HEAT IN MOST AREAS BY EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ...HEAT INDEX AT OR ABOVE 105 BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY... HOT AND HUMID LATE MORNINGS THROUGH MID AFTERNOONS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH MID WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE GRADUALLY WEAKENS. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY. EACH DAY WILL HAVE SCATTERED LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...WITH GENERALLY BELOW NORMAL AREAL COVERAGE. BY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...A STRONGER SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AREA MAY BUILD TOWARD THE REGION FROM THE NORTH WHILE WEAK LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER CENTRAL OR SOUTH FLORIDA. SHOULD THIS OCCUR...DEEP MOISTURE MAY POOL IN CENTRAL FLORIDA...INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN WHICH WOULD HELP COOL TEMPERATURES A LITTLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. BSG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1224 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2005 FLZ062-065-221730- CHARLOTTE-LEE- 1224 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND WESTERN LEE AND CHARLOTTE COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM EDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...NEARLY STATIONARY...WILL AFFECT THE MENTIONED AREA INCLUDING CAPE CORAL...PINE ISLAND...CHARLOTTE PARK...ROTONDA...AND NORTH FORT MYERS...UNTIL 130 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING UNDER HEAVY DOWNPOURS. AR
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:31 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a propane truck and injured a worker who was touching it at the time. The man was knocked to the ground, suffered minor burns to his left arm, was disoriented, and had a headache.
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