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NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 27, 7:12 PM EST, 8 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 812 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006 .UPDATE...AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...DAYTIME HEATING...SEA BREEZE CONVERGENCE COUPLED WITH A SHORT WAVE TROUGH AND ATTENDANT COLDER MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES MOVING ACROSS THE PENINSULA HELPED TO IGNITE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FORECAST AREA EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON WITH LARGE HAIL BEING REPORTED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. 88D TRENDS THIS EVENING SHOW THE AFTERNOON CONVECTION HAS COME TO AN END AS THE AIR MASS COOLS AND RE-STABILIZES WITH JUST SOME PATCHES OF LINGERING LIGHT RAIN NOTED FROM THE BAY AREA SOUTH WHILE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS CONTINUE OVER THE NEAR AND OFFSHORE WATERS. AS THE EVENING CONTINUES EXPECT THE LINGERING AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN TO END AND THE CONVECTION OVER THE WATERS TO PUSH FURTHER TO THE WEST AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE. DEBRIS CLOUDINESS SHOULD ALSO THIN OUT WITH SKIES BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WILL REMOVE EVENING RAIN CHANCES FROM THE ZONES IN AN UPDATE LATER THIS EVENING...OTHERWISE NO OTHER ZONE CHANGES EXPECTED. && .MARINE...ONSHORE SEA BREEZE COMPONENT WILL AGAIN COLLAPSE IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AS LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING CONTINUES WITH A LIGHT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW REDEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. ONGOING FORECAST IN GOOD SHAPE...AND NO CHANGES EXPECTED IN THE NEXT FORECAST ISSUANCE LATER TONIGHT. && .AVIATION...SOME LIGHT RAINS CONTINUE FROM TAMPA BAY TO KPGD. CONDITIONS AT ALL ASOS SITES IN THAT AREA CONTINUE TO BE VFR WITH VSBY STAYING ABOVE 5SM AND CLOUD DECKS ABOVE 3 KFT. AS WEST COAST SAW QUITE A BIT OF RAIN TONIGHT...EXPECT IT TO TAKE A LITTLE LONGER TO BREAK OUT OF THESE MID CLOUD DECKS...BUT SHUD BY MIDNIGHT. NEXT CONCERN WILL AGAIN BE TOMORROW AFTN WITH THE NEXT ROUND OF TSTMS BRINGING IFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS AS WELL AS BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && UPDATE/MARINE...JCM AVIATION...RJS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 319 AM EDT THU JUL 27 2006 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-271800- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 319 AM EDT THU JUL 27 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IN A STURDY STRUCTURE IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. NEVER CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS..AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 425 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006 FLZ052-272115- POLK- 425 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN POLK COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH...WILL AFFECT EAST LAKELAND...MULBERRY...CRYSTAL LAKE...UNTIL 515 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR. EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED IF OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. MOTORISTS MAY WANT TO DELAY TRAVEL. STORMS OVER THE TAMPA BAY AREA HAVE COME IN WITH LARGE HAIL EARLIER IN THE DAY. IF THE STORMS OVER POLK COUNTY STRENGTHEN FURTHER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE ISSUED. STAY TUNED. RJS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 506 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006 FLZ051-272145- HILLSBOROUGH- 506 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH...WILL AFFECT FORT LONESOME...PLANT CITY...WIMAUMA...LITHIA...VALRICO...AND BOYETTE...BLOOMINGDALE...AND PLANT CITY...UNTIL 545 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. MINOR 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. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. JCM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 530 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006 FLZ042-272215- CITRUS- 530 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN CITRUS COUNTY... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT CRYSTAL RIVER...UNTIL 615 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED IF OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. MOTORISTS MAY WANT TO DELAY TRAVEL. RJS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
628 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0157 PM LIGHTNING 2 N GIBSONIA 28.15N 81.97W
07/27/2006 POLK FL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREE WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. RESIDENT STANDING NEARBY
WAS INJURED.
0320 PM HAIL 4 ENE PALM HARBOR 28.10N 82.69W
07/27/2006 M1.00 INCH PINELLAS FL PUBLIC
BAY NEWS 9 RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT OF HAIL AT THE YMCA AT
EAST LAKE.
0324 PM HAIL PALM HARBOR 28.09N 82.76W
07/27/2006 M1.00 INCH PINELLAS FL TRAINED SPOTTER
0422 PM HAIL NEW PORT RICHEY 28.25N 82.72W
07/27/2006 M0.88 INCH PASCO FL TRAINED SPOTTER
0430 PM HAIL 4 SE LAKELAND 28.01N 81.91W
07/27/2006 E0.50 INCH POLK FL TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER RELAYED AMATEUR RADIO REPORT OF DIME SIZED HAIL
ALONG U.S. 98 AND WESTWOOD ESTATES.
0432 PM FUNNEL CLOUD LAKELAND 28.04N 81.96W
07/27/2006 POLK FL TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED ON LEADING EDGE OF STORM OVER LAKELAND.
0440 PM HAIL 1 W HUDSON 28.36N 82.72W
07/27/2006 M0.25 INCH PASCO FL TRAINED SPOTTER
0448 PM HAIL 5 WSW AUBURNDALE 28.05N 81.87W
07/27/2006 M0.75 INCH POLK FL PUBLIC
BAY NEWS 9 RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT RIGHT IN BETWEEN
LAKELAND AND AUBURNDALE.
0508 PM TSTM WND GST 4 N SPRING HILL 28.50N 82.57W
07/27/2006 M56.00 MPH HERNANDO FL TRAINED SPOTTER
0543 PM HAIL OZELLO 28.83N 82.66W
07/27/2006 E0.50 INCH CITRUS FL TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZED HAIL.
0552 PM TSTM WND GST OZELLO 28.83N 82.66W
07/27/2006 E50.00 MPH CITRUS FL TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE.
0554 PM TSTM WND GST 2 SW PARRISH 27.57N 82.44W
07/27/2006 E50.00 MPH MANATEE FL NWS EMPLOYEE
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RJSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
634 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM TSTM WND GST 10 NNW BRADENTON 27.62N 82.66W
07/27/2006 M45 MPH GMZ830 FL MESONET
MEASURED AT SUNSHINE SKYWAY BRIDGE.
&&
RJSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
820 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM LIGHTNING 11 E DESOTO LAKES 27.40N 82.31W
07/27/2006 MANATEE FL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
SPARKED A HOUSEFIRE ON NIGHT HERON WAY SOUTH OF STATE
ROAD 70 AND LAKE MANATEE STATE PARK.
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RJSThe Tampa radar (KTBW), 26 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:22 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning sparked a house fire on Night Heron Way in the Panther Ridge subdivision. Firefighters had to battle the roof blaze from the ground because lightning in the area would have made it too dangerous to use extension ladders.
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