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 Jun 28, 11:45 AM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1245 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 .SHORT TERM (THIS AFTERNOON - THU)...A GRADUAL VEERING OF THE MEAN LOW LEVEL WINDS FROM SE TO SW OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS WILL ALTER THE BEST TIMING FOR PRECIPITATION...BUT CONTINUED DEEP MOISTURE AND POCKETS OF ENERGY ENSURE THAT ALL AREAS SHOULD SEE SOME RAIN THROUGH THE PERIOD. FOR THIS AFTERNOON...EVERYTHING GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN. SCATTERED/LOCALLY NUMEROUS SHOWERS/TSTMS MARCHING ACROSS THE PENINSULA...BUT AT THE IDEAL SPEED TO ALLOW GULF COAST SEA BREEZE TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY FROM SARASOTA NORTH. LOOKS LIKE A POTENTIALLY NASTY EVENING RUSH RAIN-WISE...BUT OTHERWISE THIS IS NORMALLY THE MOST COMMON SITUATION FOR LATE JUNE THROUGH MID JULY. UPDATED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS SITUATION...AND MAY ADD A REMAINDER OF AFTN/EARLY EVE PERIOD TO CONTINUE WIDESPREAD WORDING. AFTER SOME EVENING DEBRIS RAIN...EXPECT GRADUAL CLEARING OVERNIGHT BUT SHOULD STILL BE AREAS OF CIRRUS/ALTOSTRATUS WITH PATCHY CU UNDERNEATH...SO PARTLY CLOUDY WILL DO IT. TEMPS WILL ACTUALLY RISE A LITTLE AFTER THE WEATHER CLEARS...AGAIN NOTHING UNUSUAL. FOR WEDNESDAY...SUBTLE CHANGES IN MEAN WIND RELATED TO SOUTHWARD SAGGING SURFACE RIDGE FAVORS INITIAL SCATTERED ACTIVITY BY LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY NUMEROUS/WIDESPREAD STORMS BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. PREFERRED LOCATIONS SHOULD BE A BIT MORE INLAND EXCEPT OVER SOUTHWEST SECTIONS. AGAIN...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN STRONGER STORMS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BEGIN SIMILAR TO TONIGHT...BUT EXPECTED SOUTHWEST FLOW AFTER MIDNIGHT ESPECIALLY NORTH OF SARASOTA SHOULD ALLOW SCATTERED STORMS IN THE GULF WATERS TO BEGIN HEADING BACK TOWARD THE COAST. THAT SAID...GIVEN THAT FLOW MAY NOT BE CHANNELED ENOUGH AND GULF WATERS JUST A SMIDGE COOL PREFER ISOLATED MENTION FOR COASTAL COMMUNITIES/URBAN CENTERS TOWARD DAYBREAK. NO CHANGES TO THURSDAY AS PRECIPITATION SHOULD BLOSSOM A BIT EARLIER ACROSS THE NORTH WITH SLIGHTLY INCREASED SW FLOW...CARRYING WELL INLAND BY AFTERNOON WITH A LIKELY TAILOFF NEAR THE COAST (NORTH OF SARASOTA) BY LATE AFTERNOON. HAVE GENERALLY LEFT TEMPERATURES/DEWPOINTS ALONE...EXCEPT TAKEN DOWN A COUPLE DEGREES THURSDAY GIVEN ONSHORE FLOW AND EXPECTED RAINS AND/OR RESIDUAL CLOUDS. CONTINUED WARM TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND DEEP MOISTURE LEAVE PRIMARY HAZARDS AS RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING...THOUGH CANT RULE OUT THE ISOLATED SPIN-UP SPOUT OR SMALL TORNADO. .LONG TERM (THU NIGHT-TUE)...BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD...UPPER LEVEL TROUGH LIFTS OUT OF THE STATE AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE REGION FROM THE SE. THIS UPPER RIDGE SLOWLY SLIDES NORTHWARD THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. SFC RIDGE AXIS OVER S FL MOVES N OVER CENTRAL FL BY MONDAY AND CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO N FL. THESE FEATURES SHOULD PROVIDE SW FLOW IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD WITH COASTAL MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING INLAND IN THE AFTERNOON. TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEKEND AS THE SFC RIDGE LIFTS NORTHWARD...FLOW BECOMES SE RETURNING US TO A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN WITH SCT AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN AROUND CLIMO. && .MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW HIGHLIGHT CRITERIA THROUGH THE PERIOD. SCATTERED LATE AFTN/EVE ACTIVITY WILL FADE TO ISOLATED OVERNIGHT...EXCEPT THURS MORNING WHEN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STORMS ARE EXPECTED. STRENGTHENING AND MORE CHANNELED SOUTHWEST FLOW FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY WILL FAVOR LATE NIGHT/MORNING ACTIVITY WITH A GRADUAL RETURN TO MORE SEASONABLE CONDS BY INDEPENDENCE DAY. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 75 89 76 86 / 30 70 30 70 FMY 75 90 75 88 / 30 70 30 60 GIF 74 90 74 89 / 30 70 30 60 SRQ 74 88 74 85 / 30 70 30 70 BKV 73 89 73 87 / 30 70 30 70 && SHORT TERM...BSG LONG TERM....RKR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1053 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-290000- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 1053 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAINS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON... DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE COMBINED WITH A LIGHT SOUTHEAST FLOW AND A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. INITIAL SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL PENINSULA AROUND NOON...WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE 2 PM. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP BETWEEN 1 AND 3 PM WITHIN 10 MILES OF THE SUNCOAST FROM PASCO COUNTY NORTH AND PERHAPS FROM SOUTHERN SARASOTA COUNTY SOUTH. ACTIVITY SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER 4 PM...FAVORING THE COASTAL COUNTIES ESPECIALLY IN THE TAMPA BAY AND SARASOTA BRADENTON METRO AREAS. A GRADUAL END TO THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED AFTER 6 PM. URBAN LOCATIONS EXPERIENCING TORRENTIAL RAINS OF 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL SEE POOR DRAINAGE URBAN FLOODING. AREA RIVERS REMAIN HIGH...WITH SOME IN ACTION STAGE. FOR RAPIDLY RISING RIVERS...ALL IT WILL TAKE IS A SLOW MOVING STORM THAT PRODUCES 3 OR MORE INCHES OF RAIN IN ITS TRIBUTARY BASIN TO PRODUCE MINOR RIVER FLOODING TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE RAINS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFETY BEFORE THE STORMS DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS...AS WELL AS POSSIBLE URBAN FLOOD ADVISORIES AND RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THURSDAY KEEPING ABOVE NORMAL CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. BY FRIDAY AND CONTINUING INTO THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY WEEKEND...THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS IS EXPECTED TO SETUP SOUTH OF THE REGION AND THIS WILL LEAD TO A SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WITH THE BEST CHANCES OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER INLAND AREAS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS MAY REPORT HEAVY RAIN ACCUMULATION AS NECESSARY. BSG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 433 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 FLZ060-282115- SARASOTA- 433 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTEN SARASOTA COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT WARM MINERAL SPRINGS...LAUREL...SOUTH VENICE...ENGLEWOOD...VENICE GARDENS...AND VENICE...UNTIL 515 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. MOTORISTS MAY WANT TO DELAY TRAVEL. JCM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 433 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 FLZ060-282115- SARASOTA- 433 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN SARASOTA COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT WARM MINERAL SPRINGS...LAUREL...SOUTH VENICE...ENGLEWOOD...VENICE GARDENS...AND VENICE...UNTIL 515 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. MOTORISTS MAY WANT TO DELAY TRAVEL. JCM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 445 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 FLZ050-051-055-282230- MANATEE-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH- 445 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL AFFECT MOST OF MANATEE...HILLSBOROUGH AND PINELLAS COUNTIES INCLUDING MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES UNTIL 630 PM EDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHWEST AT AROUND 20 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MANATEE...HILLSBOROUGH AND PINELLAS COUNTIES...INCLUDING LUTZ...TEMPLE TERRACE...BRANDON SAINT PETERSBURG AND TAMPA...UNTIL 630 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH MAY OCCUR. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING UNDER HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS. SLOW DOWN ESPECIALLY IF DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 275...4 OR 75. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE IF WATER IS COVERING THE ROAD. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. MAY WANT TO DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES AND STATEMENTS. AR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 507 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 FLZ050-282145- PINELLAS- 507 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN PINELLAS COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT SAINT PETERSBURG...GULFPORT...LEALMAN AND TREASURE ISLAND...UNTIL 545 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. MOTORISTS MAY WANT TO DELAY TRAVEL. JCM
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:15 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning damaged several gas tanks at a station near the intersection of 48th Street and 62nd Avenue. One tank was lifted 3 feet from the ground and a two tanks with about 5,000 gallons of gas each were damaged.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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