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 23, 1:30 AM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 230 AM EDT SUN JUL 23 2006 .SHORT TERM (TODAY-TUE)...THE RAINY TREND CONTINUES TODAY WITH PLENTY OF LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINING OVER THE AREA. A SURFACE RIDGE OVER THE WEST ATLANTIC IS EXPANDING AND REACHING THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE...WHICH WILL BE PUSHED FURTHER SOUTH BY A AMPLIFIED MID LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN STATES. THE COMBINATION OF BOTH FEATURES WILL ENSURE THE CONTINUATION OF PREVAILING DEEP SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW TODAY AND TONIGHT. GFS LEANS TOWARDS MORE ACTIVE AFTERNOON CONVECTION AND SHOWERS RIGHT ALONG THE COASTLINE WHILE NAM/NGM/HPC SHOW BETTER CHANCES OF SIGNIFICANT RAIN OVER THE INTERIOR AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES. THE FORECAST WILL FOLLOW PREVIOUS PHILOSOPHY OF FAVORING INTERIOR AREAS AS THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE LOWER LEVELS AND PUSHING THE STRONGER CELLS INLAND. IN TERMS OF POPS THERE WILL BE NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES SINCE THEY WILL BE RAISED TO 60 PERCENT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES...AND 70 FOR THE INTERIOR AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES. EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BECOMING NUMEROUS OVER THE INTERIOR AREAS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. FOR MONDAY THERE IS GOOD CONSENSUS IN THE LATEST MODEL DATA THAT THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL BEGIN MIGRATING NORTHWARD AS THE MID LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EAST COAST AND ITS ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT MOVE AWAY INTO THE ATLANTIC. LATEST GFS/NAM XSEC ANALYSIS SHOW THAT THE MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL DECREASE WHILE THE LOW LEVELS BECOME MORE STABLE. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR MAINLY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. FOR TUESDAY MODEL DATA SUGGESTS THE REINFORCEMENT OF THE RIDGE OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE PUSHING DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION. POPS WILL DECREASE TO 40 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR NORMAL VALUES THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. && .LONG TERM (TUE NGT-SAT)...THE LONG TERM PERIOD WILL GENERALLY BE DOMINATED BY DEEP LAYER RIDGING AND AN AIRMASS THAT WILL BE A LITTLE DRIER THAN USUAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. THE EXCEPTION MAY BE EARLY IN THE LONG TERM PERIOD...WITH A SHORT WAVE PASSING BY TO OUR NORTH...STRONG AFTERNOON AND EVENING SFC CONVERGENCE...AND PWS REMAINING AROUND 2 INCHES...WE SHOULD SEE DECENT COVERAGE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING RW/TSTM ACTIVITY ON WED. THEN ON THU...A SLIGHTLY DRIER AIRMASS WILL ADVECT TOWARD THE CWA FROM THE EAST WITH A STACKED RIDGE PERSISTING OVER THE AREA THRU THE REST OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. AS SUCH...POPS FROM WED NT THRU SAT WILL GENERALLY BE AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR... AND TEMPS A DEGREE OR TWO ABOVE NORMAL. && .MARINE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MARINE ZONES TODAY AND THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. WITH WINDS AND SEAS REMAINING BELOW HIGHLIGHT CRITERIA. ONLY EXCEPTION WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL BRING PERIODS OF ROUGH SEAS...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. && .AVIATION...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE TAF SITES...WITH ASSOC MVFR CONDITIONS FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE DAY. A COUPLE OF THESE CELLS MAY RESULT IN IFR FLIGHT CATEGORIES FROM TIME TO TIME. ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT WITH VFR CONDITIONS RETURNING. && .FIRE WEATHER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 88 78 90 78 / 60 30 50 20 FMY 89 76 92 76 / 70 30 50 20 GIF 89 76 92 76 / 70 30 50 20 SRQ 88 78 90 77 / 60 30 50 20 BKV 88 74 90 74 / 60 30 50 20 SPG 88 79 90 79 / 60 30 50 20 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && CORRECTED HEADER SHORT TERM/MARINE...AR LONG TERM/AVIATION...NP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 507 AM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-221515- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- TAMPA BAY WATERS- 507 AM EDT SAT JUL 22 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 AREA BECOMING NUMEROUS IN THE AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY OVER THE INTERIOR COUNTIES...AND OVER CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...SOUTHERLY AND SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AND SEA BREEZE CONVERGENCE WILL COMBINE THROUGH THE DAY TO GENERATE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. PEOPLE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE DEADLY LIGHTNING. SMALL TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. HEAVY RAINS WILL BRING INCREASING CHANCES FOR FLOODING WITH TOTALS AT 2 TO 3 INCHES...AND ISOLATED SPOTS OF HIGHER AMOUNTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 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 08:13 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning ignited a fire that destroyed a home on the 1500 block of SW 29th Terrace. The owners were not home at the time and the hurricane shutters had to be cut off the home so fire fighters could battle the blaze. Damage was estimated at $185,000 for the structure and $15,000 for the contents.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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