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 5, 7:35 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 735 PM EST MON DEC 5 2005 .UPDATE...LINE OF TSTMS LOOKS TO HAVE ENUF TO KEEP ITSELF TOGETHER AT LEAST INTO OUR NRN COUNTIES THE REST OF THIS EVENING. THIS LINE FORMED ALONG A H50 NE TO SW ORIENTED VORTMAX FORECAST NICELY BY BOTH THE GFS AND THE ETA12. BOTH MODELS HAVE THE VORTMAX FALLING APART AFTER 06Z...AND WARMING TOPS ON SATELLITE INDICATE THIS IS BEGINNING TO OCCUR. WILL HOWEVER BUMP POPS UP TO CATEGORICAL THRU 06Z UP IN THE NATURE COAST AS BEST DYNAMICS WILL REMAIN UP THERE THE REST OF THIS EVENING AND TO MATCH CURRENT RADAR TRENDS. 00Z SOUNDING AND VAD WINDS INDICATE THAT LOW LEVEL WINDS ARE UNIDIRECTIONAL...SO MAIN THREATS WILL REMAIN HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS. CURRENT ZONES HAVE THIS WORDING IN ALREADY AND WILL KEEP FOR OVERNIGHT. FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH ZONES LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND UPPER SUPPORT LATER WILL WEAKEN THE LINE AS IT PUSHES ACROSS...SO NO CHANGE IN POPS ARE REQUIRED. FOR TEMPS...CURRENT OBS MATCH UP WELL TO FORECAST VALUES. MIN TEMPS WILL BE TRICKY GIVEN THE EXACT TIMING OF FROPA ACROSS OUR ZONES. CURRENT NUMBERS ARE CLOSE TO MAV GUIDANCE...AND WILL NOT ADJUST FOR NOW. && .MARINE...TIMING STILL LOOKS GOOD FOR SCA CONDITIONS BEGINNING IN THE NRN WATERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. BUOY 42036 IS IN A LULL WITH THE FRONT PASSING OVER ATTM. WINDS AT BUOY 42040 ARE AROUND 25 KTS FROM THE NNW AND EXPECT THESE TO FILTER IN LATER TONIGHT. STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN WHEN THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL MAKE IT INTO OUR SRN WATERS...SO WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION THAT SCA IS POSSIBLE ON TUE. && .AVIATION...TWO ITEMS OF INTEREST OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY. FIRST...CONVECTION. WITH NIGHTFALL...LOWERING TEMPERATURES...RELATIVELY COOL NEARSHORE WATERS AND LIMITED INFLOW EXPECT LITTLE THREAT OF THUNDER. THAT SAID...OBS MAY CARRY DISTANT LIGHTNING NORTHWEST...AND PILOTS PLANNING TO VENTURE MORE THAN 20NM WEST OF TAMPA BAY AND POINTS NORTH THROUGH 9 PM WILL ENCOUNTER A ROUGH GO WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 25 KT AND BRIEF IFR CEILING AND VISIBILITY. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL BACK DOWN TO MVFR AS THE LINE SLIDES THROUGH FROM SARASOTA THROUGH THE TAMPA BAY AIRPORTS BETWEEN 04 AND 07Z. FARTHER SOUTH...LIGHTER SOUTH FLOW MAY AID A BRIEF PERIOD OF IFR CEILING/MVFR VISIBILITY UNTIL ABOUT DAYBREAK. SECOND...CEILING BEHIND THE FRONT. AS ACTUAL FRONT BECOMES MORE SHALLOW...EXPECT STRONG COOL ADVECTION NEAR THE SURFACE TO OUTRACE ANY ABOVE IT...A SUREFIRE RECIPE FOR A LOW (IFR) OVERCAST BEGINNING AROUND 06-08Z FROM TAMPA BAY NORTH AND QUICKLY MOVING SOUTH...REACHING FORT MYERS BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. GIVEN LOW SUN ANGLE AND FAIRLY ROBUST SHALLOW COLD ADVECTION EXPECT THE IFR CONDITIONS TO STICK AROUND INTO MID MORNING...THEN LIFT TO MVFR AND FINALLY VFR IN THE TAMPA BAY/SARASOTA AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE CASE IN FMY...WHERE MVFR AND PERHAPS IFR CEILING HANGS ON FOR MOST OF THE DAY. VISIBILITY WILL REMAIN VFR AFTER THE FRONT. && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM ENGLEWOOD TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 TO 60 NM. SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION FROM ENGLEWOOD TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT TO 20 NM. && UPDATE...RJS AVIATION...BSG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 538 AM EST MON DEC 5 2005 FLZ039-042-043-048-049-051645- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO- 538 AM EST MON DEC 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT... PRECEDED BY AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS. THE RAIN SHOULD COME TO AN END BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING TONIGHT FOR THE WATERS BETWEEN 20 AND 60 NM. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS BEHIND THE FRONT WELL OFFSHORE...AND 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITHIN 20 NM OF THE COASTLINE. MARINERS IN SMALL CRAFT ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT AS CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ONCE THE FRONT HAS PASSED. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS TURN ONSHORE AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH ALONG THE COAST. BEACHGOERS AND SURFERS SHOULD USE CAUTION IF ENTERING THE WATER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY...POSING A THREAT TO MARINERS IN SMALL CRAFT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY FLZ050>052-055>057-060>062-065-051645- PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA- DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 538 AM EST MON DEC 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT NORTH OF ENGLEWOOD AND BETWEEN 20 AND 60 NM. WINDS NEAR SHORE NORTH OF ENGLEWOOD WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS TONIGHT...WHICH COULD POSE A HAZARD FOR SMALL CRAFT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ON TUESDAY BEHIND THE DEPARTING COLD FRONT. NORTHERLY WINDS MAY INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS...AND A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY JILLSON
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:36 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Citrus County Sheriff's office reported three areas of trees and limbs down along an eight mile stretch as a result of a dissipating thunderstorm.
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