1 rip current, 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, 12:25 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 125 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 2006 .SHORT TERM (TNGT-TUE)...MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN U.S. WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN DURING THE PERIOD AS DEEP LAYER RIDGING BEGINS TO BUILD IN FROM THE EAST ACROSS FLORIDA AND INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. FOR TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE REMAINING ACROSS THE AREA. MAJORITY OF CONVECTION WILL MOVE EAST OUT OF FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH JUST A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING ACROSS THE REGION. LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING MORE CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND MOVE ONSHORE WITH THE RIDGE AXIS HAVING SHIFTED JUST FAR ENOUGH NORTH SO THAT BEST CHANCES WILL BE FROM ABOUT SARASOTA NORTHWARD. WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY OVER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND THIS SHOULD KEEP MOST OF THE CONVECTION OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. BY MIDDAY MONDAY DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO CAUSE MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA WHICH WILL SHIFT INLAND AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH REACHING THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA FROM ABOUT FORT PIERCE TO SARASOTA. THIS WILL PLACE MOST OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ZONES IN RATHER LIGHT FLOW WITH THE SEA BREEZES DEVELOPING AND PUSHING WELL INLAND CAUSING SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. ACROSS THE NATURE COAST SOUTHWEST TO WEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE WITH ISOLATED CONVECTION MOVING ONSHORE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING THEN BECOMING SCATTERED AND PUSHING WELL INLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGHS NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. .LONG TERM (TUE NGT-SUN)...NOT MUCH CHANGE TO THE EXTENDED. HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL RIDGE ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THE PERIOD. WILL HAVE ENOUGH MOISTURE IN PLACE TO ALLOW FOR SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG THE SEABREEZE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES EACH DAY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD STAY NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH HIGHS AROUND 90 TO THE LOWER 90S AND LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. && .MARINE...SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL BECOME RATHER LIGHT AND VARIABLE BY MID-WEEK AS THE RIDGE AXIS DRIFTS NORTH THEN BECOME SOUTHEASTERLY BY LATE IN THE WEEK AS THE RIDGE MOVES JUST NORTH OF THE AREA. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN 15 KNOTS WITH SEAS LESS THAN 3 FEET THROUGH THE PERIOD. MAIN HAZARD WILL BE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS EACH DAY. && .AVIATION...GENERALLY VFR EXPECTED...EXCEPT MVFR AND LCL IFR IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING TSTMS. ACTIVITY SHOULD SUBSIDE AT THE TERMINALS AROUND SUNSET AND THEN HAVE SOME REDEVELOPMENT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TOWARD MORNING. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 78 89 77 90 / 20 50 20 40 FMY 75 91 75 93 / 20 40 20 40 GIF 75 91 75 93 / 30 50 20 40 SRQ 77 90 77 90 / 30 50 20 40 BKV 73 90 73 91 / 20 60 20 40 SPG 78 90 78 90 / 30 50 20 40 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM/MARINE....PRC LONG TERM/AVIATION...JLC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 510 AM EDT SUN JUL 23 2006 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-231515- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- TAMPA BAY WATERS- 510 AM EDT SUN JUL 23 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 OVER THE INTERIOR COUNTIES...AND OVER CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES. GENERALLY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE ON MONDAY AND THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 354 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 2006 FLZ039-232045- LEVY- 354 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 2006 ...TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN LEVY COUNTY... A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...NEARLY STATIONARY...WILL AFFECT BRONSON AND CHIEFLAND...UNTIL 445 PM EDT. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OVER THE PAST TWO AND ONE HALF HOURS ARE NEARLY 2 INCHES IN SOME SPOTS. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD ADVISORIES. BSG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 422 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 2006 FLZ055-056-060-061-232100- MANATEE-DE SOTO-HARDEE-SARASOTA- 422 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 2006 ...TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CONTINUE IN A BAND FROM NEAR VENICE IN SARASOTA COUNTY NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST HARDEE COUNTY... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF SARASOTA COUNTY NORTHEAST THROUGH MUCH OF DESOTO AND SOUTHERN HARDEE COUNTY...WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 500 PM EDT. STRONGEST STORMS WITH BLINDING RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR WILL BE MOST COMMON BETWEEN ARCADIA AND WAUCHULA...PARTICULARLY ALONG STATE ROADS 70 AND 72 AS WELL AS FEDERAL HIGHWAY 17. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE RAINS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. BSG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A 31-year-old male swimming at a Treasure Island beach was pulled under by a rip current and was found 300 feet offshore.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, Pinellas | 2006-07-23 | 31 | Male | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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