1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jul 7, 8:10 AM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 910 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 .DISCUSSION...FOR TODAY...RIDGE AXIS TO INFLUENCE OUR WX FOR ONE MORE DAY. THIS WILL MEAN ANOTHER DAY OF LOW POPS AND HIGH TEMPS WELL INTO THE 90S. GIVEN THAT THE RIDGE AXIS IS NOW SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AND OFFSHORE...OUR 12Z SOUNDING SHOWED A QUICK RISE IN PW (COMPARED TO OUR 00Z SOUNDING) WITH WINDS GENERALLY SOUTHEAST BELOW 10K FEET. CURRENT POP/WX GRIDS INDICATING SLIGHT CHANCE POPS INLAND AND SOUTH FROM TAMPA BAY...AND DRY NORTH OF THE BAY. THIS STILL LOOKS GOODS BASED ON THE RIDGE AXIS POSITION...AND SOMEWHAT OF A WESTERLY COMPONENT TO THE LOW LEVEL FLOW NORTH OF THE BAY...AND MORE OF AN E-SE LOW LEVEL FLOW SOUTH OF THE BAY. NO SIGNIF CHANGES TO CURRENT GRIDS FOR THE MORNING UPDATE. OF COURSE MAIN FORECASTING CONCERN TODAY WILL BE DENNIS...AND WILL DISCUSS THIS IN MORE DETAIL IN EARLY AFTERNOON AFD AFTER A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE MODELS THIS MORNING. && .MARINE...LIGHT WINDS AND FAIR SEAS TODAY. MARINE CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO WORSEN TONIGHT...AND RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY. && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. NP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 358 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-080800- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 358 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES UNDER A DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO SOAR ONCE AGAIN TODAY. BY NOON...READINGS WILL HAVE APPROACHED 90 AT MOST LOCATIONS...AND TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE UPWARD INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S AT MOST LOCATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM. OVER MOST LOCATIONS...THE APPARENT OR FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURE WILL BE BETWEEN 95 AND 100...EXCEPT BETWEEN 100 AND 105 NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. SIMILAR TO THE PAST TWO NIGHTS...READINGS WILL ONLY SLOWLY FALL ONCE AGAIN THIS EVENING AS COOLING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FEW...IF ANY. APPARENT TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER AROUND OR ABOVE 90 UNTIL MIDNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS AND NEAR THE COAST. 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 CONDITINED LOCATIONS IF POSSIBLE. DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN LOCKED VEHICLES TEMPERATURES CAN RISE ABOVE 130 DEGREES IN MINUTES...QUICKLY INCREASING THE CHANCE FOR HEAT STROKE AND POSSIBLE DEATH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ...DENNIS MAY BE A MENACE TO SOME THIS WEEKEND... HURRICANE DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY INTENSIFY WHILE MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN CARIBBEAN SEA AND CUBA TODAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY...AND EMERGE INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF LATER FRIDAY. THE CURRENT TRACK TAKES DENNIS THROUGH THE EAST CENTRAL GULF FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...WITH LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST SOMETIME ON SUNDAY. THE TWO PRIMARY EFFECTS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WILL BE MARINE HAZARDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL TORNADOES INLAND. MARINE HAZARDS: THE LARGE CIRCULATION OF DENNIS WILL LIKELY INCREASE WAVES IN THE GULF TO AT LEAST 12 FEET...ESPECIALLY BEYOND 20 NM OUT...BEGINNING FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY. SQUALLS AROUND THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF DENNIS WILL PRODUCE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE BEYOND 20 NM SHOULD THE TRACK OF DENNIS EDGE A BIT CLOSER TO THE SUNCOAST. AT THE COAST...THE INCREASING SWELL WILL GRADUALLY BUILD WAVE HEIGHTS...WITH HIGH SURF A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY BY SATURDAY. AS THE STORM MOVES NORTH...TIDES WILL RISE ABOVE NORMAL...AND BEACH EROSION...OVERWASH...AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. LAND HAZARDS: CURRENT DATA SUGGEST DENNIS CENTER WILL REMAIN WELL OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA BEGINNING FRIDAY...AND CONTINUING IN EARNEST SATURDAY AND PERHAPS SUNDAY. BANDS OF SQUALLY WEATHER WILL EXTEND WELL EAST OF THE EYE...AND ADDITIONAL CONVERGENCE MAY ENHANCE THESE BANDS INTO STRONGER STORMS...SOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WEAK BUT DANGEROUS TORNADOES. OTHERWISE...LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO WHEN THE BANDS PASS THROUGH. THOUGH FOR MANY THE RAIN WILL ALLEVIATE THE RECENT HOT AND DRY SPELL...MANY AREA RIVERS REMAIN HIGH AND SOME IN FLOOD. ANY STATIONARY OR REPEATING BANDS OVER RIVER BASINS IN OR NEAR FLOOD COULD PUSH THE LEVELS BACK OVER FLOOD STAGE BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES...AS WELL AS WATCHES WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES THIS WEEKEND. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY BUT MAY BE NECESSARY IN SOME AREAS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. BSG
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:30 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning strike by passed a home surge protecter and entered through the cable TV system. The strike destroyed a high definition TV, a computer, a pool pump, and the phone system.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 2005
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: 5463526.