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NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 15, 7:53 PM EST, 37 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 853 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 2006 .UPDATE...ONCE AGAIN THIS EVENING...THE SOUTH HALF OF THE SUNCOAST IS RECEIVING LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT MOST OF IT HAS FALLEN IN RURAL AREAS...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BRADENTON WHICH IS GETTING SLAMMED FOR THE SECOND NIGHT IN A ROW. THE LINE WHICH FORMED ON COLLIDING BOUNDARIES WAS A BIT FARTHER TO THE EAST AT FIRST...AND HAS FALLEN APART SOMEWHAT ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COUNTIES OF CHARLOTTE LEE AND SARASOTA WHICH WERE THE JACKPOT THIS TIME YESTERDAY. UNFORTUNATELY...THE URBAN CENTERS LOWER RAIN TOTALS WILL BE SOME OF OUR RIVERS GAINS THIS TIME AROUND...AS BOTH THE LITTLE MANATEE AND MANATEE RIVER DRAINAGE BASINS HAVE BEEN SOAKED BY RADAR- ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES. THAT SAID...CURRENT GAGE READINGS ARE WELL BELOW ACTION AND FLOOD STAGES. STILL...THE GAGE AT MYAKKA HEAD NOTORIOUSLY SPIKES IN THESE SITUATIONS AND WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE IT REACH OR EXCEED THE CAUTION STAGE. OTHERWISE...GRIDS AND ZONES HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS. PRECIPITATION SHOULD QUICKLY TAPER OFF QUICKLY BETWEEN 9 AND 11 PM AS IT DID LAST NIGHT AND MID AND HIGH CLOUDS MELT AWAY QUICKLY THEREAFTER AS GENERAL MID AND HIGH LEVEL DRY AIR CONTINUES FOR ONE MORE NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL LEVEL OFF AND ACTUALLY RISE NEAR OPEN WATERWAYS LATER TONIGHT AS IS TYPICAL IN THIS SITUATION. && .MARINE...ACTIVITY IS JUST BEGINNING OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS...AND EXPECT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS ACTIVITY WITH SOME WESTWARD ACCELERATION SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT ONCE THE LINE AND ITS OUTFLOW SOLIDLY REACHES THE WATERS. ACTIVITY COULD RE-FIRE OVER THE WARMER WATERS BEYOND 20 NM AND MAY HAVE TO ISSUE STATEMENTS OR PERHAPS MARINE WARNINGS WHEN THIS HAPPENS. WILL BROAD BRUSH AS SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS BUT TAPER DOWN A BIT FOR THE LATE NIGHT. AWAY FROM CONVECTION...BENIGN CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT GENERALLY EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT LESS THAN 10 KNOTS. && .AVIATION...LINE OF CONVECTION MOVING TOWARD THE COAST BETWEEN KSRQ & KRSW WITH TEMPO MVFR VIS/CIG UNTIL 02/03Z. SCT SHRA APPROACHING KTPA & KPIE FROM THE NORTH BUT WEAKENING AS THEY DO. ACTIVITY WILL PUSH OFFSHORE BEFORE MIDNIGHT WITH VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILING OVER NIGHT. LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS BECOME SE AND S WED MORNING AND S AND SW IN THE AFTERNOON WITH PROB30 TSTMS & MVFR VIS/CIG. && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...88 LONG TERM....09
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 403 AM EDT TUE AUG 15 2006 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-151800- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 403 AM EDT TUE AUG 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. NORTH OF TAMPA BAY...THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE MORE ISOLATED. ANY OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. IF LIGHTNING IS OBSERVED OR THUNDER IS HEARD MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. DOWNPOURS MAY RESULT IN HEAVY PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. REMEMBER...NEVER CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 532 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 2006 FLZ050-051-152215- PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH- 532 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 2006 ...TORRENTIAL RAINS AFFECTING THE EVENING COMMUTE FOR THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN SUBURBS AND HEADED FOR CLEARWATER AND TAMPA... AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM PALM HARBOR SOUTHEAST THROUGH CARROLLWOOD WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH...REACHING CLEARWATER AND TAMPA BY 545 PM AND CONTINUING PAST 6 PM. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES..AND LOCATIONS UNDERNEATH SLOWER MOVING HEAVIER CELLS WILL ONCE AGAIN SEE MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN. MOTORISTS MAY WANT TO DELAY TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. BSG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 910 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 2006 FLZ055-160145- MANATEE- 910 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 2006 ...TORRENTIAL RAINS POUNDING AREAS WEST OF I 75 INCLUDING MUCH OF BRADENTON AND HEADING FOR THE BEACHES... THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT WHITFIELD... WEST SAMOSET...WEST BRADENTON AND SARASOTA BRADENTON AIRPORT...UNTIL 945 PM EDT. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. && SHOULD HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE LONGER THAN EXPECTED...AN URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED. BSG
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 26 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:31 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning sparked a fire that destroyed a 12 unit apartment complex on Manatee Avenue West.
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