1 hail, 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 Apr 9, 12:35 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
135 PM EDT SUN APR 9 2006
.SHORT TERM(TONIGHT - TUESDAY)...ANY ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN MOST FORECAST AREA ASSOCIATED WITH THE TAIL END OF THE UPPER
TROUGH AXIS...SURFACE COLD FRONT AND BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS WILL SLOWLY
WIND DOWN AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT AS THE AIR MASS ACROSS THESE AREAS SLOWLY
RESTABILIZES. DRIER AND COOLER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO ADVECT INTO THE
ENTIRE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL LEAD TO COOLER OVERNIGHT MIN
TEMPS COMPARED TO PREVIOUS NIGHTS WITH LOWS FALLING INTO THE MID/UPPER
50S FAR NORTH AND LOWER 60S CENTRAL AND SOUTH UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.
ON MONDAY THE FRONT WILL STALL OUT OVER THE STRAITS AS A LARGE AREA
OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD. MODELS THIS AFTERNOON
DIFFER SOME WITH RESPECT TO A POSSIBLE SURFACE LOW DEVELOPMENT ALONG
THE STALLED FRONT OVER THE STRAITS WITH THE GFS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE
WITH THIS TAKING THIS FEATURE EASTWARD AND INTO THE BAHAMAS THROUGH
TUESDAY...WHILE THE NAM ONLY DEPICT A WEAK INVERTED TROUGH AT BEST.
FOR NOW WILL FAVOR THE WEAKER NAM SOLUTION AS CURRENT MSAS ONLY DEPICTS
A WEAK WAVE OVER THE SE GULF AND UPPER PATTERN DOES NOT APPEAR FAVORABLE
FOR THE STRONGER LOOKING GFS SOLUTION AT THIS TIME. THE DRIER AND COOLER
AIR MASS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WILL SUPPORT DRY CONDITION ON MONDAY
UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.
DURING MONDAY NIGHT AND UESDAY UPPER/SURFACE TROUGHING OVER THE BAHAMAS
COMBINED WITH STRONG HIGH PRESSURE (1030MB) FROM THE NORTHEASTERN STATES
SOUTHWEST TO THE GULF WILL LEAD TO BREEZY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES DURING
THE PERIOD WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMATIC NORMS WITH DAYTIME HIGHS
80 AND OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 50S AND 60S FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. MAV/MET
TEMPS AGAIN CLOSE SO WILL USE A BLEND.
&&
.LONG TERM(TUE NIGHT - SUNDAY)...06Z GFS DEPICTED THE LOW CURRENTLY
OFF OUR SW CWA SPLITTING IN TWO WITH PART GOING SOUTH TO WRN CUBA
AND ANOTHER PART TRAVELING ACROSS THE STATE. THE LATTER TAKES
HOLD...DEEPENS...AND BY THE TUE NIGHT IS SITTING OVER THE BAHAMAS.
THIS FEATURE THEN WEAKENS A LITTLE AND RETROGRADES BACK TOWARDS
THE PENINSULA ON THU. ENSUING GRADIENT BRINGS STRONG NERLY WINDS...AS
WELL AS SOME RAIN CHANCES.
ALL THAT BEING SAID...THE 12Z GFS IS BACKING OFF ON THE STRENGTH OF
THIS SYSTEM AND HAS KEPT IT FURTHER SOUTH. THE OTHER MODELS HAVE
ANYWHERE FROM AN INVERTED SFC TROF TO RIDGING ACROSS THE AREA...BUT
MOST KEEP AN UPPER TROF TO OUR EAST. WILL GO WITH THE MAJORITY AND
HOLD OFF MAKING ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. SHUD THE GFS
VERIFY...WE MAY END UP HAVING A BETTER RAIN CHANCE LATER IN THE WEEK.
&&
.MARINE...LARGE AREA OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN OVER THE EASTERN
SEA BOARD FROM THE NORTHEASTERN STATES SOUTHWEST TO THE GULF COMBINED
WITH UPPER AND SURFACE TROUGHING OVER THE BAHAMAS WILL SET UP A 5-7MB
GRADIENT ACROSS THE PENINSULA AND ADJACENT GULF WATERS TONIGHT THROUGH
MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. THIS TIGHT GRADIENT WILL LEAD TO ROUGH BOATING
CONDITIONS ON THE GULF WATERS AS WELL AS THE BAY AND INLAND WATERWAYS.
WITH WIND/SEAS AROUND 20 KNOTS AND 6 FEET IN THE OFFSHORE BUOYS WILL
UPGRADE EXERCISE CAUTION FLAGS TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE OFFSHORE
WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH NORTH TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER...AND MAINTAIN
EXERCISE CAUTION FLAGS IN THE NEAR SHORE WATERS AND OVER THE TAMPA BAY
TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. LATER SHIFTS WILL LIKELY NEED TO EXTEND
THESE FLAGS OUT FURTHER IN TIME AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES.
&&
.AVIATION...SKIES CLEARING OVER THE IMMEDIATE TAMPA BAY AREA AS LOW
STRATUS THAT WAS MOVING IN IS BURNING OFF. SOME MID LEVEL CLOUDS ARE
MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH...MAINLY DEBRIS FROM EARLIER PRECIP.
EXPECT TSTMS TO DEVELOP MAINLY ACROSS S FL THIS AFTN...WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR SOME TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.
WILL PUT IN LOWER VSBY AND GUSTY WINDS IN 18Z TAFS FOR FMY AND RSW.
ONCE SUN GOES DOWN TONIGHT...EXPECTING CLOUDS TO RETURN AS SHALLOW
COOL AIR WILL PROMOTE ENUF OVERRUNNING FOR SCT TO BKN LOW STRATUS.
MODEL GUIDANCE APPEARS TO OPTIMISTIC FOR CIGS GIVEN LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE DEPICTED IN MODEL CROSS SECTIONS. WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY
SCT CLOUDS AT 1500 FEET WITH A BKN DECK AROUND 4 KFT.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...FORECAST TEMP/DEW POINT SPREAD WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH TO
SUPPORT A FEW HOURS OF LOW HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35% OVER LEVY COUNTY
ON MONDAY. THESE LOW HUMIDITY VALUES COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS IN THE
15-25 MPH RANGE MAY SUPPORT BRIEF RED FLAG CONDITIONS...SO WILL HOIST
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR LEVY. BRISK NORTHEAST
FLOW SHOULD KEEP HUMIDITY VALUES ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS ON TUESDAY...BUT
AGAIN WILL NEED TO MONITOR AS WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH
RANGE...AND WILL ONLY NEED RHS TO TOUCH 35% TO PRODUCE RED FLAG
CONDITIONS...SO STAY TUNED.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TPA 62 80 59 81 / 5 5 0 0
FMY 64 84 60 85 / 30 20 10 0
GIF 61 80 59 80 / 5 5 0 0
SRQ 62 82 61 84 / 5 5 0 0
BKV 56 80 56 82 / 5 5 0 0
&&
.TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
FOR LEVY COUNTY.
GULF WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT MONDAY FOR BONITA BEACH TO
ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO 60 NM-ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT
20 TO 60 NM-TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 TO 60
NM.
SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
FOR BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM-ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON
SPRINGS OUT 20 NM-TAMPA BAY WATERS-TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE
RIVER OUT 20 NM.
&&
SHORT TERM...MCMICHAEL
LONG TERM/AVIATION...SHARPHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 417 AM EDT SUN APR 9 2006 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-100830- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 417 AM EDT SUN APR 9 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY SOUTH OF TAMPA. A FEW STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH OF TAMPA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 205 PM EDT SUN APR 9 2006 FLZ061-091845- DE SOTO- 205 PM EDT SUN APR 9 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN DESOTO COUNTY... A THUNDERSTORM...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT ARCADIA AND BROWNVILLE...UNTIL 245 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED. RJS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 226 PM EDT SUN APR 9 2006 FLZ055-091915- MANATEE- 226 PM EDT SUN APR 9 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MANATEE COUNTY... A THUNDERSTORM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT RURAL WESTERN AND CENTRAL MANATEE COUNTY...UNTIL 315 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. MOTORISTS MAY WANT TO DELAY TRAVEL. EJ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 427 PM EDT SUN APR 9 2006 FLZ061-092130- DE SOTO- 427 PM EDT SUN APR 9 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN DE SOTO COUNTY... SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH...WILL AFFECT WESTERN DE SOTO COUNTY...INCLUDING PINE LEVEL...FORT OGDEN AND ARCADIA...UNTIL 530 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR. EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED IF OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. NP
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:46 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter size hail was reported by a trained spotter on Highway 72. The hail was partially covering the ground.
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