1 tornado, 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 Aug 11, 8:30 AM EST, 58 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 930 AM EDT FRI AUG 11 2006 .DISCUSSION...12Z SOUNDING SHOWS SUBTLE MOISTURE INCREASE COMPARED TO THIS TIME YESTERDAY. HOWEVER STILL DRIER THAN NORMAL AIRMASS AND RIDGING OVERHEAD SHOULD PRECLUDE MOST TYPICAL AFTERNOON TSTM ACTIVITY. ALTHO CANT RULE OUT A VERY ISOLD RW OR TSTM LATE THIS AFTERNOON...POPS WILL REMAIN BELOW 20%. HOT AGAIN WITH DRY AIRMASS...HIGHS TODAY 92-96. CURRENT PACKAGE IN GOOD SHAPE AND NO SIGNIF CHANGES PLANNED FOR THE MORNING UPDATE. && .MARINE...LIGHT AND VRBL WINDS SOUTH OF TAMPA BAY THIS MORNING...BUT NORTH OF THE BAY THE WINDS ARE SHIFTING TO WEST AND INCREASING TO AROUND 10 KTS IN RESPONSE TO THE TIGHTENING PRES GRAD AND TROUGH TO OUR NORTH. CURRENT CWF DEPICTS THIS TRANSITION AND NO CHANGES TO CURRENT MARINE PRODUCTS. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED NEXT 24 HOURS AS HOT AND DRY PATTERN CONTINUES. && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && NP/EJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 452 AM EDT FRI AUG 11 2006 FLZ039-042-043-048-111400- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO- 452 AM EDT FRI AUG 11 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NATURE COAST OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A VERY DRY AND STABLE AIR MASS COVERING THE NATURE COAST WILL LIMIT THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT TODAY WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A STRAY STORM OVER FAR INTERIOR LOCATIONS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN INLAND THUNDERSTORM DURING THE AFTERNOON. A SOUTHWARD MOVING LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL INCREASE CHANCES FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY. SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. IF HAZARDOUS WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FLZ049>052-055>057-060>062-065-111400- PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS- SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 452 AM EDT FRI AUG 11 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HOT AND UNUSUALLY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TODAY...WITH ONLY A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE OF A LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM MAINLY INLAND FROM THE COAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN INLAND THUNDERSTORM DURING THE AFTERNOON. A SOUTHWARD MOVING LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL INCREASE CHANCES FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY...WITH BEST CHANCES FROM THE BAY AREA NORTH. SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. IF HAZARDOUS WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. JCM
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:29 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A pilot reported several waterspouts just offshore of Venice. A trained spotter reported that one of the thin waterspouts that briefly moved onshore as a tornado before dissipating. No damage was reported.
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