1 flash flood, 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 7, 12:48 PM EST, 34 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 148 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - SUN)...AN UPPER TROUGH AXIS OVER THE GULF THIS AFTERNOON WILL SHIFT ACROSS FL OVERNIGHT TO THE ATLANTIC WATERS SAT AFTERNOON AND THEN LIFT UP TO THE NORTH SOME DURING SUN. AS THE AXIS MOVES OVER THE CWFA...DEEP MOISTURE AND UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS WILL EXIT TO THE E AND NE AS SOME DRYER AIR WORKS IN FROM THE NW. AT THE SURFACE A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER NORTHERN FL SAGS SOUTH INTO NORTH-CENTRAL FL TONIGHT AND CENTRAL FL DURING SAT BEFORE REACHING THE SOUTH CWFA LATE SAT. THE BOUNDARY WILL WILL CONTINUE INTO SUN BUT GRADUALLY DISSIPATE AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN OVER THE NORTH HALF OF THE STATE BY LATE DAY SUN. GIVEN THE ENERGY ALOFT AND DEEP MOISTURE BOTH ALONG THE FRONT AND APPROACHING FROM THE S AND SW WILL KEEP LIKELY/NUMEROUS POPS IN OVER NIGHT AND THEN ALLOW THEN TO TREND DOWN/ FROM NORTH TO SOUTH/ SAT INTO SUN AS THE BOUNDARY MOVES THROUGH. .LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT - FRIDAY)...LITTLE CHANGE TO THE OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT WORK WEEK. AS BERMUDA HIGH GRADUALLY BUILDS WEST AND NORTH BEGINNING MONDAY...THE FAIRLY TYPICAL LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORM PATTERN WILL RESUME. COVERAGE COULD REMAIN A BIT LOW (30/40 PERCENT) NORTH OF TAMPA BAY WHERE REMAINING DRY AIR ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE DEPARTING 500 MB TROUGH COULD HANG TOUGH...BUT BEING DAY 3 PREFER TO LEAVE THE CLIMATOLOGICAL TYPE VALUES (50 PERCENT) AS IS. TUESDAY PROVIDES DEEPER MOISTURE BUT ALSO A BIT MORE EASTERLY FLOW...SUGGESTING SCATTERED EARLY ACTIVITY INLAND JUMPING TO OR NEAR THE COAST BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. AGAIN...UNCERTAINTY LENDS CREEDENCE TO A CONTINUED 50/50 CHANCE/COVERAGE FORECAST. THE EASTERLY WAVE CONTINUES TO BE FORECAST IN THE LATE TERM (DAYS 5-7) AND IS NOW JUST A TAD SLOWER THAN THE PREVIOUS RUN...LATE WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY. THIS WILL BOOST PRECIPITATION COVERAGE FOR A 12-18 HOUR PERIOD...BUT EXACTLY WHEN REMAINS FUZZY SO WILL CONTINUE WITH THE SLIGHT UPTICK IN SKY COVER AND LOWERING OF AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES. FOUR OF THE PAST FIVE GFS RUNS MOVE THE WAVE SOLIDLY INTO THE GULF UNDERNEATH THE STRONG 500 MB RIDGE...ALLOWING DRIER AIR TO RETURN ON THE BACKSIDE. THAT SAID...EASTERLY FLOW WEAKENS A BIT BY THE END OF THE WEEK WHICH MAY ALLOW BETTER COLLISIONS TOWARD THE COAST...SO HAVE ONLY DROPPED COVERAGE BACK A SMIDGE. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE WAVE SHOULD BE RIGHT IN LINE WITH MID JULY. && .MARINE...WINDS SHIFT AROUND AT 10 KTS OR LESS AS BOUNDARY MOVES DOWN THE WATERS THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH TSTMS PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS, HIGHER SEAS, AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. WINDS SHIFT TO EASTERLY AT 10KT OR 10-15KT FRO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE ATLANTIC. && .AVIATION...WHILE CONVECTION IS WIDESPREAD ITS ORGANIZATION IS NOT. MOST SITES HAVE MISSED THE MORE PERSISTENT ACTIVITY...BUT JUST ABOUT ALL HAVE SEEN BRIEF PERIODS OF THE FORECAST IFR CONDITIONS (AS DEFINED BY THE TEMPO GROUP). THE AFTERNOON SHOULD PROVIDE MORE OF THE SAME AS THE DEEPER CONVECTION CONTINUES TO REDEVELOP IN THE MORE UNSTABLE AIR MASS SOUTH OF THE THICKER MID LEVEL CANOPY OVER THE NATURE COAST. AS MENTIONED THIS MORNING...THINGS GET A BIT TRICKIER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...AM GAINING CONFIDENCE IN BETTER ORGANIZED BANDED PRECIPITATION...LOCALLY HEAVY...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN TERMINALS (KSRQ-KTPA) AS UPPER JET DYNAMICS COME TOGETHER. THE THINKING HERE IS SOMETIME BETWEEN 00Z AND 09Z BUT PERHAPS EASING SOUTH THEREAFTER. WILL DROP TO MVFR PREVAILING AND IFR TEMPO CONDITIONS BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A FEW CONSECUTIVE HOURS OF IFR WHERE THE BAND EVENTUALLY SETS UP. LEANING ON THE GFS SOLUTION ARGUES FOR ADDITIONAL MORNING ACTIVITY FROM KSRQ SOUTH AND PERHAPS MORE BARK (CLOUDS/LIGHTER RAINS) THAN BITE (HEAVY STORMS) FARTHER NORTH DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS...ALTHOUGH...SOME DRIER AIR/ BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY/ WILL PUSH AFTERNOON RH VALUES DOWN TO NEAR 40 % BOTH SAT & SUN ACROSS THE NORTH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 74 87 73 87 / 60 50 30 40 FMY 74 90 74 88 / 60 50 30 40 GIF 73 87 71 88 / 60 50 30 40 SRQ 74 87 73 87 / 60 50 30 40 BKV 69 87 67 89 / 60 30 20 20 SPG 76 86 75 87 / 60 50 30 40 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM/MARINE...09 LONG TERM/AVIATION...88
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 453 AM EDT FRI JUL 7 2006 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-080900- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 453 AM EDT FRI JUL 7 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES SLOWLY TOWARDS CENTRAL FLORIDA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. WIND GUST TO 40 MPH IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL STALL ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING...MAINLY SOUTH OF TAMPA. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA BY EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 957 AM EDT FRI JUL 7 2006 FLZ060-062-071500- CHARLOTTE-SARASOTA- 957 AM EDT FRI JUL 7 2006 ...TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CONTINUE NEAR THE UPPER REACHES OF CHARLOTTE HARBOR... THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH...WILL AFFECT PUNTA GORDA...PORT CHARLOTTE...NORTH PORT AND CHARLOTTE HARBOR...UNTIL 1100 AM EDT. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE...AND SOME AREAS MAY RECEIVE IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES BEFORE 11 AM. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. && SHOULD CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO INCREASE...AN URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY MAY BE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. BSG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 1107 AM EDT FRI JUL 7 2006 FLZ052-071700- POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKELAND...WINTER HAVEN 1107 AM EDT FRI JUL 7 2006 ...STRONG STORMS WITH BLINDING RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS HEADED FOR POLK COUNTY... A SMALL BUT POTENT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES INTO INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR IN POLK COUNTY THROUGH THE LUNCH HOUR. THE STORMS WILL REACH WESTERN POLK COUNTY...INCLUDING LAKELAND BARTOW AND FORT MEADE...BY NOON. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL POLK COUNTY INCLUDING LAKE WALES...WINTER HAVEN AND AUBURNDALE BEFORE 1 PM. RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH...BLINDING RAINS REDUCING VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO FOR 15 MINUTES IN ANY ONE LOCATION...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS PLANNING LUNCHTIME TRIPS MAY WANT TO POSTPONE THEM UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE AFTER THE LINE PASSES. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS OR FLOOD ADVISORIES. BSG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1200 PM EDT FRI JUL 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1145 AM WATER SPOUT 15 W HUDSON 28.36N 82.95W
07/07/2006 XXX XX TRAINED SPOTTER
WELL DEFINED WATERSPOUT DISSIPATED AT 1150 AM. DURATION
ESTIMATED.
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BSGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1210 PM EDT FRI JUL 07 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1130 AM WATER SPOUT 3 NE FEATHER SOUND 27.94N 82.62W
07/07/2006 XXX XX AIRPLANE PILOT
REPORTED BY CESSNA 172 WHILE APPROACHING AIRPORT.
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BSGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 149 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2006 FLZ050-051-071900- PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH- 149 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2006 ...TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL AFFECT PINELLAS AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES UNTIL 3 PM... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WILL AFFECT SAINT PETERSBURG...TAMPA AND INTERSTATE 75 IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATER THIS AFTERNOON BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WAS HEADING TOWARD THE AREA FOR THE EVENING. NOAH
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:24 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Lee County Emergency Management reported numerous cars stalled in flooded streets in Cape Coral and Fort Myers. Water entered several homes in Fort Myers near Dean Park.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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