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 Aug 17, 1:00 PM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY - RUSKIN FL 200 PM EDT THU AUG 17 2006 .SHORT TERM (REST OF THIS AFTERNOON-SAT)...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN REGION OF DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE. VERY WEAK SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE AREA WILL LEAD TO SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN LIKELY...WHICH MAY CAUSE BRIEF FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS. MAIN CONCENTRATION OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CURRENTLY ALONG THE WEST COAST SEABREEZE...BUT WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS BOUNDARY COLLISIONS OCCUR. SKIES WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR AFTER MIDNIGHT AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA. WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WILL BE ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE SURFACE HIGH WHICH WILL LEAD TO SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW. DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA...AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL ALLOW AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WITH SKIES BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL RUN NEAR CLIMATIC NORMALS. .LONG TERM (SAT NGT-THU)...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL RIDGE ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH SUNDAY...KEEPING GENERALLY E/SE FLOW IN PLACE. SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EACH DAY AS THE SEABREEZE FORMS AND PUSHES INLAND. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL THEN BE LIFTING THROUGH THE NE US MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT STALLING OUT OVER N FL/S GA. WEAK RIDGING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS OUR AREA THROUGH THU...BUT THE SAGGING FRONT WILL PUSH THE RIDGE AXIS TO ACROSS SOUTH FL AND ALLOW FOR MORE S/SW FLOW ACROSS THE AREA TUE THROUGH THU. THE AREA WILL REMAIN FAIRLY MOIST AND COULD GET SOME ADDITIONAL MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANT BOUNDARY TO CONTINUE THE CHANCES FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THU. TIMING OF STORMS WILL BE A BIT EARLIER WITH THE S/SW FLOW...WITH THE BEST CHANCES BEING MORE IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. TEMPS WILL CONTINUE NEAR NORMAL...WITH TUES THROUGH THU A DEGREE OR TWO COOLER FOR HIGHS AND WARMER FOR LOWS UNDER LIGHT S/SW FLOW. && .MARINE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...TEMPORARILY LOWERING CONDITIONS TO MVFR/LCL IFR MAINLY BETWEEN 19-23Z. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 78 91 77 91 / 30 50 20 50 FMY 76 94 76 94 / 20 40 20 40 GIF 74 94 75 94 / 30 50 20 50 SRQ 75 91 75 91 / 30 50 20 50 BKV 72 92 72 90 / 20 50 20 50 SPG 79 91 80 91 / 30 50 20 50 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...OGLESBY LONG TERM/AVIATION...COLSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 413 AM EDT THU AUG 17 2006 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-171800- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 413 AM EDT THU AUG 17 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 AGAIN TODAY. THE ACTIVITY WILL BE ISOLATED THIS MORNING...THEN BECOMING MORE SCATTERED BY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE SLOW MOVING HEAVY DOWNPOURS...EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND AND CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...FUNNEL CLOUDS AND WATERSPOUTS...AND SMALL HAIL. THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF AND POSSIBLY LEAD TO URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. REMEMBER... NEVER DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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 MAY BE REQUIRED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 341 PM EDT THU AUG 17 2006 FLZ049-172030- PASCO- 341 PM EDT THU AUG 17 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN PASCO COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS STATIONARY...WILL AFFECT LAND O LAKES AND MOON LAKE ESTATES...U S 41...STATE ROAD 52 AND THE VETERANS EXPRESSWAY...UNTIL 430 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. 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. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. MOTORISTS MAY WANT TO DELAY TRAVEL. RJS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 356 PM EDT THU AUG 17 2006 FLZ051-052-172045- POLK-HILLSBOROUGH- 356 PM EDT THU AUG 17 2006 ...TORRENTIAL RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS POUNDING WESTERN POLK COUNTY AND DEVELOPING FARTHER WEST INTO EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS...DEVELOPING WESTWARD INTO DISTANT EASTERN SUBURBS OF TAMPA BAY ..WILL AFFECT PLANT CITY...MULBERRY...TEMPLE TERRACE...AND THONOTOSASSA...UNTIL 445 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. 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. FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY BE SIGHTED ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS AS THEY CONTINUE DEVELOPING FROM SOUTHWEST POLK THROUGH NORTHEAST HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THIS AFTERNOON. BSG
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:20 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 16-year-old roofer weas struck and killed by lightning as he was reaching down for the nail gun.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Pasco | 2006-08-17 | 16 | Male | Long Span Roof | Direct |
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5525772.