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 Jul 22, 1:30 AM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 230 AM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 .SHORT TERM (TODAY-MON)...A MOIST PATTERN OVER THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER THE AREA WITH A SURFACE RIDGE NEAR THE SOUTHERN TIP OF FLORIDA WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH SUNDAY...KEEPING WINDS GENERALLY FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. ALSO A MID LEVEL TROUGH IS DEVELOPING AND DROPPING OVER THE EASTERN STATES...REINFORCING SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT TONIGHT AND ON SUNDAY. LATEST GFS/ETA VERTICAL XSEC ANALYSES SHOW DEEP LAYER MOISTURE REMAINING OVER THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE PRESENCE OF A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE JUST SOUTH OF THE STATE WILL KEEP THE SOUTHERN AND INTERIOR COUNTIES UNDER HIGHER CHANCES OF RAIN TODAY FOR WHICH 70 POPS ARE IN PLACE...THEN KEEPING 60S AND 50S ELSEWHERE. EXPECT A RAINY DAY IN CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BECOMING BETWEEN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...AND WITH BASICALLY A REPEAT OF THE SAME SCENARIO ON SUNDAY. GFS/NGM MODEL SOUNDINGS FOR TPA...BKV AND FMY SHOW PWS OF 2 INCHES OR MORE THROUGH MONDAY...BUT BY THEN THE TROPICAL WAVE WOULD HAVE DEPARTED FROM THE AREA. POPS WILL NOT BE DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY ON MONDAY...KEEPING 50 PERCENT OVER ALL COUNTIES...SINCE EVEN WITH THE WAVE MOVING OUT OR DISSIPATING OVER THE AREA THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING INDUCED INSTABILITY TO PRODUCE AFTERNOON SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH NORMALS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD EXCEPT MAYBE AFTERNOON HIGHS TODAY WHICH MAY DROP BELLOW NORMALS IN AREAS WITH SIGNIFICANT CLOUD COVER AND RAIN ACTIVITY. && .LONG TERM (MON NGT-FRI)...RIDGING AT THE SFC AND ALOFT WILL PERSIST OVER THE CWA THRU THE LONG TERM PERIOD. EXPECT TYPICAL SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SEA BREEZE SHOWERS AND TSTMS EACH DAY AND TEMPS NEAR NORMAL. WITH THE SFC RIDGE LIFTING NORTH OF TAMPA BAY MONDAY NIGHT AND STAYING NORTH OF THE BAY THRU THE REST OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD...THE FOCUS FOR DAILY SEA BREEZE ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN CLOSER TO THE WEST COAST DUE TO LOW LEVEL E TO SE FLOW. GFS IS HINTING AT A POCKET OR TWO OF DRIER AIR COMING IN FROM THE EAST LATER IN THE LONG TERM PERIOD WITH SLIGHTLY LESS SEA BREEZE PCPN ACTIVITY...BUT THESE SMALL AND FAST MOVING POCKETS WILL BE TOUGH TO TIME AND WONT STICK AROUND LONG. AS SUCH...WILL STAY CLOSE TO CLIMO FOR POPS EACH DAY. && .MARINE...A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL EXPAND INTO THE SOUTHERN MARINE ZONES TODAY AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE PERIOD KEEPING SEAS AND WINDS BELOW HIGHLIGHT CRITERIA. ONLY EXCEPTION WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL BRING PERIODS OF ROUGH SEAS...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS SAILING CONDITIONS UNDER HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE WATER SPOUTS WITH THE STRONGEST CELLS. && .AVIATION...CURRENT SAT PIX AND MODEL GUID ALL SUGGEST MORE CLOUDS AND BETTER RAIN CHANCES ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN TERMINALS TODAY COMPARED TO OUR NORTHERN TERMINALS. WILL CARRY VFR REST OF OVERNIGHT...BUT INTRODUCE RAIN BY MID MORNING ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN TERMINALS AND DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS OUR NORTHERN TERMINALS. WITH WEST FLOW TAKING SHAPE DURING THE DAY...BEST RAIN COVERAGE SHOULD SHIFT INLAND DURING THE EVENING...THUS WILL RETURN TO MAINLY VFR LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. && .FIRE WEATHER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS AS DEEP LAYER MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION TODAY AND THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 88 76 88 77 / 60 30 50 30 FMY 88 76 89 76 / 70 30 60 30 GIF 90 75 89 75 / 70 40 60 30 SRQ 88 76 88 76 / 60 30 50 30 BKV 90 73 88 73 / 60 30 50 30 SPG 88 78 88 78 / 60 30 50 30 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM/MARINE...REYNES LONG TERM/AVIATION...PETRO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 515 AM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-211515- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- TAMPA BAY WATERS- 515 AM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TODAY OVER THE NORTHERN COUNTIES NORTH OF TAMPA...AND NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND SOUTHWARD...ESPECIALLY OVER CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES AS SEVERAL ATMOSPHERIC FEATURES WILL COMBINE TO BRING INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW AND BREEZE CONVERGENCE. WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS PEOPLE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS COULD EXPERIENCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE DEADLY LIGHTNING. SMALL TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. HEAVY RAINS WILL BRING INCREASING CHANCES FOR FLOODING WITH TOTALS AT 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED SPOTS OF HIGHER AMOUNTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BECOMING SCATTERED ON MONDAY AND BEYOND. ANY OF THESE STORMS WILL AGAIN BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL SIZE HAIL...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...OR ANY SIGHTINGS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS.
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:21 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning ignited a fire that destroyed a one story home on the 1500 block of 49th Terrace. The home owners were on vacation.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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