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 May 4, 8:20 PM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 920 PM EDT WED MAY 4 2005 .DISCUSSION...THINGS HAVE QUIETED DOWN...FOR NOW. WSR-88D SHOWS PATCHY LIGHT RAIN...RESIDUE FROM EARLIER CONVECTION. BRIEF PERIOD OF CLEARING EARLIER OVER CENTRAL ZONES IS NOW MOSTLY CLOUDY. EARLY AFTN MESO-LOW NEARING THE NATURE COAST HAS BEEN REPLACED BY BROADER SFC TROUGH EXTENDING ACROSS THE E GULF JUST S OF THE AREA...PARTIALLY IN RESPONSE TO RAIN COOLED AIR OVER THE N AND S PORTIONS OF THE AREA...AND WINDS HAVE TEMPORARILY BACKED TO THE ENE. NOW COMES THE TRICKY PART. PATTERN AND SENSIBLE WX TODAY EERILY SIMILAR TO SOUTHWEST FLOW EVENTS IN SUMMER...WITH EARLY MORNING CONVECTION DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN THE E GULF AND OVERSPREADING THE COASTAL AREAS BEFORE MIDDAY AND INLAND AREAS DURING THE AFTN. WITH ANOTHER BURST OF ENERGY/UPPER JET DYNAMICS HEADED TOWARD US OVERNIGHT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SIMILAR ACTIVITY RE-FIRING TOWARD DAYBREAK THURS. WATER VAPOR CLEARLY SHOWS THIS BURST SLIDING THROUGH THE W GULF...AND CONVECTION HAS BEGUN AGAIN ABOUT 250 MILES WEST OF THE SUNCOAST BETWEEN SARASOTA AND MARCO ISLAND. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD LATER TONIGHT IN THE EASTERN GULF AS WAVE APPROACHES AND REORGANIZES SFC LOW SOMEWHAT. LATEST GFS AND ETA INDICATE MID LEVEL DESTABILIZATION AS WELL... WITH TEMPS DROPPING OFF AGAIN AT 500 MB (VALUES THIS EVENING ARE LIKELY CONTAMINATED BY EARLIER CONVECTION). AS FOR WHEN CONVECTION ARRIVES ON THE COAST...IT WILL LIKELY BE TOWARD SUNRISE AFTER 4 OR 5 AM. THE INITIAL AREAS WOULD LEAN TOWARD THE CENTRAL AND S ZONES...MOVING UP THE COAST AND INLAND DURING THE MORNING THURSDAY. FINALLY...WILL IT BE DEJA VU (MORNING HAIL) OR SOMEWHAT LESS? MODEL SOUNDING HODOGRAPHS SHOW SOME TURNING AS WINDS VEER TOWARD THE SE BUT SPEED SHEAR IS MARGINAL. HOW MUCH COOLING TAKES PLACE ALOFT IS ALSO KEY...AND THE JURY IS STILL OUT ON THAT ONE. FOR NOW...WILL ISSUE AN UPDATED HAZARDOUS WX OUTLOOK TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS BY DAYBREAK. WILL ALSO UPDATE THE GRIDDED DATA TO BUMP UP PCPN VALUES INTO THE EARLY/MID MORNING HOURS THURS. NEVER FEAR...THE END OF THIS ACTIVE PERIOD IS NEAR AS FRIDAY SHOULD SEE ONLY ISOLD ACTIVITY INLAND...IF AT ALL. A GREAT WEEKEND AWAITS && .MARINE...AS MENTIONED ABOVE...THINGS ARE QUIET NOW AND WINDS HAVE TURNED TO THE EAST...WITH A GENERAL 10 TO 15 KT RANGE. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN VEERING AND LIGHTENING AS THE SFC TROUGH EDGES N... OUTSIDE OF ANY CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS. && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. 88/GOLDSMITH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1002 PM EDT WED MAY 4 2005 FLZ042-048>051-055-060-050900- CITRUS-HERNANDO-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-SARASOTA- 1002 PM EDT WED MAY 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR FLORIDAS SUNCOAST. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY: ...ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG STORMS WITH HAIL POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL GULF THIS EVENING WILL HELP TO REDEVELOP SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EASTERN GULF AFTER MIDNIGHT. THESE STORMS MAY BEGIN TO MOVE ONSHORE BY OR JUST BEFORE DAYBREAK THURSDAY...MAINLY ALONG THE SUNCOAST BETWEEN SARASOTA AND CITRUS COUNTIES. COLD TEMPERATURES ABOVE 10000 FEET WILL ENHANCE THE THREAT FOR HAIL ONCE AGAIN. LARGE HAIL...PENNY SIZE OR GREATER...IS POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER CELLS. TURNING LOW LEVEL WINDS COULD ALSO INCREASE THE THREAT OF WATERSPOUTS AND ISOLATED SMALL TORNADOES NEAR THE COAST. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...STRONGER CELLS WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AS WELL AS TORRENTIAL RAINS REDUCING VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. RESIDENTS...PARTICULARLY MORNING COMMUTERS AND THOSE WHOSE WORKDAY BEGINS BEFORE DAWN...SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS...LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. ANOTHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM THURSDAY. IF LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS. IF THERE IS TIME...UNPLUG APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. WAIT UNTIL THE STORM ENDS BEFORE USING THE TELEPHONE OR RUNNING WATER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY: NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THURSDAY MORNING. && FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW (LOWER CASE) BSG
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:52 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several mobile homes damaged along with trees and power lines downed around the lake.
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