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 31, 7:30 AM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 830 AM EDT THU AUG 31 2006 .DISCUSSION...ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL TROPICAL MOISTURE REMAINS OVER MOST OF THE STATE IN THE WAKE OF ERNESTO.SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN FORMING OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SHEAR TROUGH DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND ARE BEING PUSHED INLAND BY THE WESTERLY FLOW. AT 800 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING MOST OF THE RAINSHOWER ACTIVITY CONCENTRATED OVER CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES. AS THE SURFACE BOUNDARY GETS CLOSER TO THE AREA FROM THE WEST...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL SPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. LATEST TBW UPPER AIR SOUNDING WAS SHOWING 2.15 INCHES OF PW...LI OF -7 AND CAPES ABOVE 3500. RAIN IS LIKELY TO AFFECT MOST AREAS WITH SOME POSSIBLE LOCALIZED HEAVY DOWNPOURS AT ANY TIME TODAY. && .MARINE....WEST WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND REMAIN OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH DECREASING SPEEDS. WINDS BEGIN TO BACK OVER THE WEEKEND WITH A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE BUILDING OVER SOUTHERN FLORIDA WHICH THEN BEGINS MIGRATING NORTHWARD BY NEXT WEEK. WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW HIGHLIGHT CRITERIA EXCEPT IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH WILL BRING PERIODS OF ROUGH SEAS AND GUSTY WINDS. && .AVIATION...HIGH PWS...UNSTABLE AIRMASS...AND WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SCAT SHOWER AND TSTM ACTIVITY REST OF TODAY. TEMP IFR CONDITIONS POSBL IN THE HEAVIER TSTMS. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE LATER THIS EVENING. && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && DISCUSSION...AR AVIATION...NP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 534 AM EDT THU AUG 31 2006 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-311545- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 534 AM EDT THU AUG 31 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH OUT THE DAY ALONG WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS. HEAVY RAINS MAY RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF AND URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. REMEMBER...NEVER DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...OR WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME NUMEROUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:01 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning sparked a fire that destroyed a home on the 700 block of Shorecrest Drive.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, August 2006
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: 5526044.