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NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 11, 12:00 PM EST, 4 hours earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 100 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-THU)...BERMUDA HIGH CONTINUES WITH A RIDGE AXIS OVER N FL/S GA. A TROPICAL WAVE MOVING UNDER THIS RIDGE IS SPARKING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. SHARP MOISTURE GRADIENT IS SEEN BY MULTIPLE OBS PLATFORMS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...BUT LIKE YESTERDAY EXPECT NORTH TO STILL SEE SOME SCT SHOWERS BY LATE AFTN. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO QUIET DOWN AFTER SUNSET...BUT SHOULD STILL SEE SOME LOW END SCT SHOWERS TILL MIDNIGHT. ONCE THIS TROPICAL WAVE PASSES...ANOTHER WAVE CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS IS EXPECTED TO COME IN ON WEDNESDAY. NAM CONTINUES TO STRONGLY DIVERGE FROM OTHER MODELS BRINGING A TROPICAL CYCLONE ACROSS THE STATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. TPC HAS NO MENTION OF THE TROPICAL WAVE EVEN HAVING A CHANCE FOR DEVELOPING...AND AGREE WITH THAT ASSESSMENT ON THIS SIDE. STILL...AREA CAN EXPECT A CONTINUED HIGH CHANCE FOR RAINS FOR WED...AND EVEN SOME ON THU AS AREA WILL STILL HAVE PLENTY OF MOISTURE FOR AFTN TSTMS. INCREASED CLOUD COVER WEDNESDAY WILL KEEP TEMPS A DEGREE OR TWO BELOW NORMAL...AND THEN WILL SEE VALUES RECOVER BACK TO NORMAL ON THURSDAY. .LONG TERM (THU NGT - TUES)...NAM SUITE CONTINUES TO INDICATE A MID LEVEL TROUGH AND ATTENDANT SURFACE LOW IMPACTING THE PENINSULA AT THE START OF THE LONG TERM...WITH THE LATEST 12Z RUN TAKING THESE FEATURES FURTHER TO THE WEST OVER WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA THURSDAY...THEN INTO THE EASTERN GULF THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS SOLUTION CONTINUES TO LOOK OVERDONE AND WILL CONTINUE TO IGNORE FOR NOW AND FOLLOW CLOSER TO THE GFS DURING THIS TIME FRAME. THE GFS ON THE OTHER HAND IS SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS RUNS IN BUILDING DEEP LAYERED RIDGING (THE BERMUDA HIGH) FROM THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WEST ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH AND NORTH FLORIDA ON FRIDAY...THEN MERGING IT WITH ANOTHER STRONG BUILDING UPPER RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY AS THE ATTENDANT SURFACE RIDGE AXIS MEANDERS ABOUT THE NORTHERN PENINSULA. WITH THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS REMAINING TO OUR NORTH EXPECT TO SEE A CONTINUATION OF AN EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD. SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY THE GFS CONTINUES TO DEPICT DEPICT SOME DRIER MID LEVEL AIR AND SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUILDING UPPER RIDGE MOVING INTO THE FORECAST AREA DURING FRIDAY AND THE FIRST HALF OF THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. THIS DRIER SUBSIDENT AIR MASS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN LOWER CONVECTIVE COVERAGE ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LATEST GFS SOLUTION WOULD FAVOR LOWERING POPS TO 20% DURING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...BUT SEEING THAT IT IS SUMMER YOU REALLY HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD REASON FOR IT NOT TO RAIN OTHER THAN SOME MID LEVEL DRY AIR...SO WILL MAINTAIN LOW END SCATTERED RANGE (30%) POPS IN THE GRIDS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. DURING SUNDAY AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE AND LESS SUBSIDENCE SHOULD RESULT IN BETTER PROSPECTS FOR SEA BREEZE DRIVEN CONVECTION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ZONES WHERE 40% POPS WILL BE DEPICTED...BUT WILL MAINTAIN 30% POPS ACROSS THE FAR NORTH WHERE SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR WILL HANG ON A BIT LONGER. ON MONDAY NEAR CLIMO-LEVEL POPS ARE EXPECTED ALL ZONES AS THE AIR MASS CONTINUES TO MOISTEN. BY LATER MONDAY INTO TUESDAY THE GFS/DGEXS SHOWS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AN SOUTHEASTERN UPPER RIDGE RETROGRADING SOME WITH AN UPPER TROUGH EVOLVING OVER THE EASTERN U.S. IN RESPONSE TO VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE ENERGY MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND NORTHEASTERN STATES WITH AN ATTENDANT COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE SERN STATES. CONFIDENCE IN THIS SOLUTION IS LOW RIGHT NOW...SO WILL NOT MAKE TOO MANY CHANGES TO THE GRIDS WITH NEAR CLIMO-LEVEL POPS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON TUESDAY. SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY WITH HIGHS CLIMBING INTO THE LOWER 90S AND OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S FAR NORTH...AND MID/UPPER 70S CENTRAL/SOUTH. && .MARINE...ASSUMING THE GFS SOLUTION VERIFIES...KEEPING JUST A TROPICAL WAVE MOVING THRU THE WATERS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...THEN MARINERS CAN EXPECT ERLY WINDS BELOW 15 KTS. ONLY EXCEPTION WOULD BE IN AND AHEAD OF ANY TSTMS THAT COME FROM THE LAND AND MOVE OFFSHORE. && .AVIATION...MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WITH LOCALIZED IFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS AT ALL TERMINAL SITES AS NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 KNOTS. MVFR CONDITIONS EARLY THIS EVENING WILL GIVE WAY TO VFR BY LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WIND DOWN OVER THE EASTERN GULF WATERS. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 76 89 76 91 / 40 70 40 50 FMY 75 89 75 91 / 40 70 40 50 GIF 75 89 75 91 / 30 70 30 40 SRQ 75 89 74 90 / 40 70 40 50 BKV 73 90 73 91 / 30 70 30 50 SPG 78 89 78 90 / 40 70 40 50 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RJS LONG TERM/AVIATION...JCM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 422 AM EDT TUE JUL 11 2006 FLZ039-042-043-048-111430- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO- 422 AM EDT TUE JUL 11 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM DURING THE LATE MORNING AND THEN INCREASE TO SCATTERED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINFALL...AND OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. THEN A MORE TYPICAL SUMMER PATTERN WILL PREVAIL WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FLZ049>052-055>057-060>062-065-111430- PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS- SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 422 AM EDT TUE JUL 11 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN LATE IN THE MORNING AND THEN BECOME NUMEROUS FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. THEN A MORE TYPICAL SUMMER PATTERN WILL PREVAIL WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 119 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 2006 FLZ065-111745- LEE- 119 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN LEE COUNTY... A THUNDERSTORM...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT WHISKEY CREEK...PAGE PARK-PINE MANOR...FORT MYERS VILLAS...FORT MYERS AND CAPE CORAL...UNTIL 145 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. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. MOTORISTS MAY WANT TO DELAY TRAVEL. FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY BECOME BRIEF SMALL TORNADOES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 143 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 2006 FLZ055-111815- MANATEE- 143 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN MANATEE COUNTY... A THUNDERSTORM...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT WEST SAMOSET...WEST BRADENTON...SAMOSET AND PALMETTO...UNTIL 215 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. 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 321 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 2006 FLZ050-051-112015- PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH- 321 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWEST HILLSBOROUGH AND NORTHERN PINELLAS COUNTY... A THUNDERSTORM...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT WEST PARK... TAMPA AND LUTZ...UNTIL 415 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SOME 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. EJ
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:00 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning strike caused a fire at the Arbor Apartments on Plantation Pine Lane. Firefighters found flames and smoke coming from the roof of a three-story, 18-unit apartment building.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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