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 29, 8:15 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 915 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 2006 .UPDATE...DESPITE AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY A RATHER WEAK AND LATE DAY WEST COAST SEA BREEZE KEPT CONVECTION BELOW SEVERE LIMITS DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT ONE STORM DID MANAGE TO PRODUCE A WIND GUST TO 45 MPH AT ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. 88D RETURNS STILL INDICATING SOME LINGERING SHOWERS/STORMS OVER PASCO AND CITRUS COUNTIES AS WELL AS OVER THE ADJACENT GULF EARLY THIS EVENING...AND MAY SEE A FEW OTHER SHOWERS OR STORMS DEVELOP ALONG EXISTING OUTFLOWS FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO...BUT AS THE AIR MASS CONTINUES TO COOL AND RESTABILIZE EXPECT ALL CONVECTION TO GRADUALLY END BY LATER THIS EVENING. SIMILAR TO LAST FEW NIGHTS WILL AGAIN WAIT UNTIL MOST OF THE CONVECTION WINDS DOWN...THEN WILL UPDATE THE ZONES TO REMOVE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WORDING...OTHERWISE NO OTHER ZONE CHANGES EXPECTED. && .MARINE...TRANQUIL BOATING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS OVERNIGHT AS SURFACE RIDGE AXIS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PENINSULA REMAINS IN CONTROL. ONGOING FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND ONLY PLAN ON REMOVING AFTERNOON AND EVENING WORDING IN THE NEXT FORECAST ISSUANCE LATER THIS EVENING. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH SOME BRIEF PERIODS OF LIGHT SHOWER UNTIL 04Z. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF MVFR AND IFR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && UPDATE/MARINE...JCM AVIATION...AR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 500 AM EDT SAT JUL 29 2006 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-291400- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 500 AM EDT SAT JUL 29 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL ONCE AGAIN COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING... THE SEA BREEZES... AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES TO CAUSE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY AND 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. PRC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 607 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 2006 FLZ050-292300- PINELLAS- 607 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MOST OF PINELLAS COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM EDT... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 12 MPH...WILL AFFECT THE MENTIONED AREA INCLUDING PINELLAS PARK...SAINT PETERSBURG...SEMINOLE AND LARGO...UNTIL 700 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 OCCURRING. 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. MOTORISTS DRIVING ALONG MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES MUST EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW ENOUGH SPACE BETWEEN VEHICLES. REYNES
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 609 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 2006 FLZ051-292300- HILLSBOROUGH- 609 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWEST HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH...WILL AFFECT WEST PARK...TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...TAMPA AND MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE...UNTIL 700 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 643 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 2006 FLZ050-051-055-292330- MANATEE-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH- 643 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWEST HILLSBOROUGH WESTERN MANATEE AND ALL OF PINELLAS COUNTY... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT WEST PARK...TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...SAINT PETERSBURG... LUTZ...CLEARWATER...PALM HARBOR...TOWN N COUNTRY...PINELLAS PARK...BRADENTON...PALMETTO...LEALMAN...REDINGTON SHORES...SAFETY HARBOR...CARROLLWOOD...AND OLDSMAR UNTIL 730 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. 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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
657 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0548 PM FUNNEL CLOUD SPRING HILL 28.44N 82.56W
07/29/2006 HERNANDO FL PUBLIC
FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED OVER WEEKI WACHEE.
0606 PM TSTM WND GST ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT 27.77N 82.63W
07/29/2006 M45 MPH PINELLAS FL ASOS
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JCMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 716 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 2006 FLZ049-300000- PASCO- 716 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PASCO COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT WESLEY CHAPEL...LAND O LAKES...AND DARBY UNTIL 800 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THIS STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL. 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. JCM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 934 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 2006 FLZ055-300230- MANATEE- 934 PM EDT SAT JUL 29 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN MANATEE COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM EDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT THE MENTIONED AREA INCLUDING WEST BRADENTON...PALMETTO...ELLENTON AND BRADENTON...UNTIL 1030 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REYNES
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 26 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:22 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning caused a fire in the attic of a home on the 1900 block of 85th Court NW. Firefighters took 25 minutes to bring the blaze under control.
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