1 funnel cloud, 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 4, 12:44 PM EST, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 144 PM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - THU)...GFS/NAM/ECMWF/UKMET ALL IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH MOVING THE UPPER LOW...OVER THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTHWEST ACROSS SOUTH FL LATE TONIGHT AND DURING EARLY WED. THIS LOW MOVES THROUGH THE KEYS AND THE STRAITS LATE WED AND OUT OUT THE GULF THU WHERE IT WEAKENS AS AN UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE EASTERN U.S. AND A RIDGE OVER THE ATLANTIC BUILD SW TOWARD THE BAHAMAS. THERE IS LESS MODEL CONSENSUS WITH THE SURFACE WAVE OVER THE BAHAMAS...EMBEDDED IN A SURFACE RIDGE FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST. THE GFS/ECMWF/UKMET MOVE A WEAKENING WAVE OVER FL AND UP INTO THE NE GULF BY THE END OF WED. THE NAM DEEPENS THE WAVE INTO A LOW LATER TONIGHT AND MOVES IT UP EASTERN FL TO THE GA/SC COASTAL WATERS EARLY THU. MEANWHILE THE RIDGE HAS SHIFTED EASTWARD SOME DURING WED BUT THEN BUILDS BACK WEST SOME- WHERE OVER CENTRAL OR SOUTH FL. THE GFS FAVORS CENTRAL WHILE THE OTHER 3 PICK SOUTH FL. FOR NOW WILL LEAN TOWARD THE GFS/ECMWF/UKMET SOLUTION OF THE WAVE. NAM HAS BEEN HANDLING MOISTURE SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN THE GFS BUT HAVE LIMITED CONFIDENCE THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE. FOR NOW WILL KEEP POPS IN THE SCATTERED RANGE BOTH AFTERNOONS. TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO CLIMO WITH LITTLE DAY TO DAY CHANGE. .LONG TERM (THU NGT-TUE)...NOT MUCH CHANGE. MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE TROF DOWN THE EAST COAST OF THE U.S. INTO SAT WHILE ASSOCIATED SFC FRONT SAGS INTO THE DEEP SOUTH AS SFC RIDGE AXIS SINKS S. FRONT PULLS INTO THE W ATLANTIC AS DEEP LAYER MOISTURE REMAINS OVER THE AREA. SERIES OF VORT MAXES TO ROTATE OVER THE AREA AS WELL TO PRODUCE AT LEAST SCT DIURNAL SHRA/TSRA. HAVE KEPT HIGH END SCT POPS ATTM...MAY NEED TO GO HIGHER AS SCENARIO PLAYS OUT. SUN-TUE...UPPER TROF LIFTS N AS WEAK UPPER-SFC RIDGING BUILDS OVER THE REGION. PLENTY OF MOISTURE REMAINS TO CONTINUE NEAR CLIMO DIURNAL POPS. TEMPS GENERALLY NEAR NORMAL THRU THE PERIOD. && .MARINE...NO PROBLEMS WIND/SEA WISE ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE RW AND TSTM. EASTERLY FLOW...WITH AFTERNOON SEA BREEZES...SHIFTS TO SOUTH AND THE SOUTHWEST AS THE SFC RIDGE AXIS RELOCATES...MOVES SOUTH...AND THEN BACK NORTH THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH A RETURN TO MOVE EASTERLY WINDS. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING WITH MVFR/IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN AND NEAR CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. OVERNIGHT VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO FIRE WEATHER PROBLEMS ANTICIPATED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 75 90 75 89 / 10 50 20 40 FMY 74 91 74 91 / 20 50 20 50 GIF 73 91 74 92 / 10 50 20 50 SRQ 73 90 73 90 / 10 50 20 40 BKV 70 91 71 90 / 10 50 20 50 SPG 77 90 77 89 / 10 50 20 40 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM/MARINE...09 LONG TERM/AVIATION...25
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 507 AM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-041515- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 507 AM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DRY AIR WILL LIMIT THE COVERAGE OF OUR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE ALONG THE SEA BREEZE FRONTS...WITH CONVERGING SEA BREEZES LIKELY JUST A FEW MILES INLAND FROM THE GULF COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. WHEN SKIES DARKEN...MOVE INDOORS. IF THERE IS TIME...UNPLUG APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. WAIT UNTIL THE STORM ENDS BEFORE USING THE TELEPHONE OR RUNNING WATER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY MOISTURE WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BY WEDNESDAY...WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY FROM TAMPA BAY SOUTH. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND SOME GUSTY WINDS. THE MAIN THREAT ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EACH DAY THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY.
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 26 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A single funnel cloud was reported from numerous locations, including Palmetto, Bradenton, and Ellenton.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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