1 hail, 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 Jul 20, 12:23 PM EST, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 123 PM EDT THU JUL 20 2006 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FOUND SOUTH OF A PUNTA GORDA TO ORLANDO LINE MOVING NORTHWEST. ISOLATED STORMS WERE FOUND NEAR CEDAR KEY ALONG THE SEA BREEZE FRONT. .SHORT TERM (TGT-SAT)...WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWED DRY AIR CONTINUING TO MARCH SOUTH AND NOT STALLING LIKE EXPECTED. IT HAS TO END SOMETIME SOON AS IT COLLIDES WITH TROPICAL WAVE TO THE SOUTH. COULD SEE LIMITED CONVECTION NORTH OF INTERSTATE 4 THIS EVENING... THE EXCEPTION BEING ALONG THE SEA BREEZE FRONT. EXPECT COVERAGE AND INTENSITY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 4 TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE BOUNDARY COLLISIONS GET GOING. FOR THIS EVENING...EXPECT SCATTERED STORMS TO DIMINISH OR PUSH OFFSHORE. GFS AND THE GFS MOS TAKES CLOUDS/RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL WAVE NEAR MIAMI AND PARKS IT OVER FORECAST AREA FRIDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. WILL FORECAST BREAKS OF SUN WITH HIGHS IN UPPER 80S...BUT WILL KEEP HIGH POPS. A CHANGE IS THE PATTERN IS EXPECTED FOR SATURDAY. A STRONG LONG WAVE TROUGH IS FORECAST TO DIG INTO EASTERN U.S. WITH THE BERMUDA HIGH PRES RIDGE AXIS MOVING SOUTH INTO THE FLORIDA STRAITS. THIS WILL CAUSE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER FORECAST AREA WHICH WILL LEAD TO NIGHT/MORNING SHOWERS ALONG THE COAST BEFORE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ACROSS ENTIRE FORECAST AREA IN THE AFTERNOON. .LONG TERM (SAT NGT-THU)...MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL LINGER OVER THE EASTERN U.S. INTO TUESDAY THEN RIDGING WILL BUILD IN FROM THE EAST FOR THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT WEEK. AT THE SURFACE...THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS WILL START OUT SOUTH OF THE REGION SUNDAY THEN BEGIN TO SHIFT SLOWLY NORTH REACHING CENTRAL FLORIDA TUESDAY AND THEN NORTH FLORIDA THURSDAY. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW SUNDAY INTO MONDAY WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS THE RIDGE SHIFTS NORTH AND THEN EAST TO SOUTHEAST FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE THE BEST TIMING OF CONVECTION FROM MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON NEAR THE COAST SHIFTING INLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY TO AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL BE IN PLACE EARLY IN THE WEEK ALLOWING FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION (40 TO 50 POPS) EACH DAY THEN SOME DRIER AIR WILL MOVE IN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY DECREASING RAIN CHANCES TO 20 TO 30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL REMAIN NEAR NORMAL. HOWEVER...COULD SEE SOME WARM OVERNIGHT READINGS NEAR THE COAST SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OFF THE WARM GULF KEEPS TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. && .MARINE...SCATTERED STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE FOUND ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS OVERNIGHT. BETTER CHANCE FOR WATER SPOUTS ON SATURDAY MORNING NEAR THE COAST DUE TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING CAUSING SOME MVFR/IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN LATER THIS EVENING AS CONVECTION WINDS DOWN. && .FIRE WEATHER...INCREASING MOISTURE AND AREAL COVERAGE OF RAIN MEANS NO PROBLEMS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 75 88 76 88 / 40 60 40 60 FMY 74 88 75 89 / 50 70 50 60 GIF 74 88 75 89 / 40 50 30 60 SRQ 75 87 75 88 / 50 60 40 60 BKV 72 88 72 88 / 30 50 30 50 SPG 78 88 78 88 / 40 60 40 60 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...NOAH LONG TERM....PRC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 508 AM EDT THU JUL 20 2006 FLZ039-042-043-048-049-201415- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO- 508 AM EDT THU JUL 20 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA FROM PASCO COUNTY NORTH. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BRING BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. MOTION ON THESE STORMS WILL BE SLOW INCREASING THE CHANCE FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL AS PONDING ON ROADWAYS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR FUNNEL CLOUD IS ALSO POSSIBLE AS BOUNDARIES FROM STORMS TO THE SOUTH INTERACT WITH THE AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. THESE STORMS WILL AGAIN BRING BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. FLZ050>052-055>057-060>062-065-201415- PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA- DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 508 AM EDT THU JUL 20 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA FROM THE TAMPA BAY AREA SOUTH. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY BEGINNING AROUND NOON AS A TROPICAL WAVE MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BRING BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY A SMALL TORNADO OR FUNNEL CLOUD. IN ADDITION...THE STORMS WILL BRING HEAVY RAINS INCREASING THE CHANCE FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL AS PONDING ON ROADWAYS. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. THESE STORMS WILL AGAIN BRING BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PHONE IN RAINFALL TOTALS WITH THE HEAVIER STORMS TODAY. RJS
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:06 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter reported nickel size hail at the intersection of Dale Mabry Highway and Hudson Lane.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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