1 lightning, 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 27, 11:58 AM EST, 59 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 1258 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT-SAT)...THE UPPER TROUGH THAT MOVED OVER FLORIDA OVERNIGHT CONTINUES TO DIG SOUTHWEST PUSHING DRIER MORE STABLE AIR OVER NORTH FLORIDA. GFS AND NAM SOLUTIONS ARE A BIT DIFFERENT WITH NAM CONSOLIDATING PRECIP INTO A NARROW BAND OVER SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT WITH NORTHWARD MOVEMENT FRIDAY. WILL LEAN TO A MORE GENERALIZED SOLUTION AT THIS TIME WITH AFTERNOON PRECIPITATION BECOMING ISOLATED OVERNIGHT AND EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WITH RIDGE AXIS JUST NORTH OF TAMPA BAY TOMORROW WITH SCATTERED CONVECTION TOWARD THE WEST COAST. FOR SATURDAY SIMILAR FLOW AND CONVECTION WITH RIDGE AXIS JUST NORTH OF TAMPA BAY. IN SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR TONIGHT LOW TEMPS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL OVER THE NORTH ZONES OTHERWISE NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES. LONG TERM (SAT NGT-THU)...MODELS BEGIN THE PERIOD IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ATLANTIC RIDGING WEST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OR NORTH FL. THE ECMWF/UKMET MAINTAINS THIS RIDGE THROUGH OUT THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...THE GFS DEVELOPS A WAVE/LOW EAST OF THE BAHAMAS MON THAT COULD BE EAST OF FL BY THE END OF THE PERIOD WHILE THE DGEX MOVES A WAVE ACROSS SOUTH FL LATE SUN OR EARLY MON AND INTO THE GULF TUE WITH A SECOND WAVE MOVING OVER THE BAHAMAS WED AND OFFSHORE FL THU. FOR NOW WILL BASE THIS FORECAST ON THE RIDGE AXIS STAYING OVER OR NORTH OF THE NORTH CWFA WITH SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW. CONVECTION WILL BE IN THE SCATTERED RANGE AFTERNOONS AND ISOLATED IN THE EVENINGS. TEMPERATURES WILL RUN NEAR OR JUST ABOVE CLIMO. && .MARINE...WINDS GENERALLY EAST 15 KT OR LESS WITH AFTERNOON SEA BREEZES NEAR THE COAST AND SEAS AROUND 2FT THRU THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...VFR ATTM WITH SCT MID CLDS AND SCT V BKN CI ABOVE. ALTHOUGH KRSW DID SEE SOME BRIEF MVFR CIG. CURRENT TAFS VFR WITH CB AND/OR VCTS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS WINDS SHIFT TO ONSHORE IN THE SEA BREEZE. BASED ON RECENT STLT/RADAR TRENDS WILL KEEP 18Z TAFS SIMILAR. CONVECTION WILL END AROUND 00Z AS WINDS SHIFT BACK TO A LIGHT LAND BREEZE. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO FIRE WX CONCERNS THRU THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 77 90 76 92 / 20 40 20 40 FMY 75 90 75 91 / 20 40 30 40 GIF 76 91 76 92 / 20 40 20 40 SRQ 75 90 75 92 / 20 40 20 40 BKV 72 90 73 92 / 20 40 20 40 SPG 78 90 79 91 / 20 40 20 40 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...CP LONG TERM/AVIATION...RR
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.
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:54 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A Gibsonia resident was injured by lightning while standing under a tree during a thunderstorm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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