1 tornado, 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 Jun 24, 12:25 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 125 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-MON)...SIGNIF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GFS AND NAM WITH HANDLING THE LOW PRES SYSTEM TO OUR EAST. NAM WANTS TO DEEPEN THE LOW...IN MORE OF A TROPICAL FASHION...TONIGHT AND TAKE IT INTO NE FL SUN AFTERNOON. THIS LOOKS OVERDONE...ESP SINCE THE MODEL INITIALIZED WITH A WELL DEFINED CLOSE SFC LOW...WHEREAS CURRENT SAT PIX AND MARINE OBS CANT PARTICULARLY VERIFY THAT...AND THERES A LOT OF SHEAR WITH WESTERLY WINDS ALOFT. THE GFS ON THE OTHER HAND...SEEMS MORE REASONABLE WITH REGARD TO GRADUALLY DRIFTING THE UPR LOW WEST OVER THE PENINSULA ON SUNDAY...INCLUDING A BROAD AREA OF SFC LOW PRES...THEN MERGING THIS WHOLE SYSTEM WITH AN APPROACHING LONG WAVE TROF OVER THE SE U.S. DESPITE THE MODEL DIFFS...THE MOST LIKELY WX SCENARIO IS A CONTINUATION OF MOISTURE ADVECTION FROM THE EAST AS THE LOW DRIFTS WESTWARD...AND THIS WILL INCREASE OUR RAIN CHANCES AS EVIDENT BY SPOTTY SHOWERS ALREADY REACHING OUR INTERIOR ZONES. A BAND OF HEAVIER DOWNPOURS MAY DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THESE MOISTURE RICH SHOWERS FROM THE EAST INTERSECT THE WC SEA BREEZE. THEN...MORE WIDESPREAD DEEPER MOISTURE AND ASSOC SHOWER AND TSTM ACTIVITY SHOULD EVOLVE LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...BUT EXACT PLACEMENT OF HEAVIER ACTIVITY ON SUNDAY TOUGH TO PIN DOWN ATTM BASED ON SATELLITE AND MODEL INDICATIONS OF DRY AIR WRAPPING INTO THE SYSTEM. FOR NOW WILL SIMPLY CONTINUE LIKELY POPS FOR SUNDAY FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. A FEW DEGREES COOLER ON SUNDAY WITH CLOUD COVER AND SHOWERS...BUT STILL EXPECTING HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. ON MONDAY...THE UPR LOW WILL BEGIN TO MERGE WITH THE APPROACHING LONG WAVE TROF. WITH AMPLE TROPICAL MOISTURE OVER THE AREA... NUMEROUS SFC MESO BOUNDARIES...AND SYNOPTIC UPR LEVEL SUPPORT... SHOWERS/TSTMS LOOK LIKELY AGAIN OVER MUCH OF THE CWA. && .LONG TERM (MON NGT - SAT)...LOW-LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS RESULTS IN A WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY WIND REGIME...TYPICALLY FAVORING LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING SHOWERS AND STORMS NEAR THE COAST AND LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS INLAND. I MADE SOME TWEAKS TO THE GRIDS TO REFLECT THIS SCENARIO...BUT OVERALL NO MAJOR CHANGES WERE MADE. THE GFS IS FORECASTING THE LOW-LEVEL RIDGE TO LIFT NORTHWARD ON THURSDAY AND MEANDER OVER THE STATE THROUGH SATURDAY. WITH A VERY LOOSE PRESSURE GRADIENT IN PLACE...CONVECTION WILL BE DIURNALLY DRIVEN AS SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS MOVE INLAND FROM BOTH COASTS. MOISTURE APPEARS TO BE LACKING...BUT EXPECT AT LEAST LOW-END SCATTERED COVERAGE WHICH IS IN THE ONGOING FORECAST ALREADY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF CLIMATOLOGY. && .MARINE...UNLESS PRESSURES FALL RAPIDLY AND SOON...LOOKS LIKE PRES GRAD WILL REMAIN WEAK ENOUGH FOR WINDS TO REMAIN AOB 15 KTS THIS WEEKEND AS THE BROAD LOW MOVES OVER THE PENINSULA. NAM DOES SHOW SOME STRONGER SW WINDS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW...BUT FOR NOW WERE DISREGARDING THE NAMS DEVELOPMENT OF THIS LOW. FOR NOW WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE WINDS AOB 15KT THRU THE FORECAST PERIOD...BUT MARINERS SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO UPDATES THIS WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE INTERIOR AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE. THESE WILL MOVE WESTWARD AND RUN UP AGAINST THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE THIS AFTERNOON. SINCE COVERAGE IS HIGHER THAN EARLIER ANTICIPATED...WILL ADD TEMPO MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AT ALL TERMINALS. && .FIRE WEATHER...RHS VALUES WILL STAY ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES THRU THE FORECAST PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 75 87 76 85 / 20 60 40 60 FMY 75 88 76 87 / 20 60 40 60 GIF 75 89 74 86 / 20 60 40 60 SRQ 75 86 75 85 / 20 60 40 60 BKV 72 88 72 85 / 20 60 40 60 SPG 80 86 78 86 / 20 60 40 60 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM/MARINE...NP LONG TERM/AVIATION...EJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 451 AM EDT SAT JUN 24 2006 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-241400- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 451 AM EDT SAT JUN 24 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT: AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN BAHAMAS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE WEST TOWARD THE FLORIDA EAST COAST TONIGHT THEN MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA ON SUNDAY. DEEP LAYERED MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL SPREAD OVER THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. THIS MOISTURE COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INITIALLY DEVELOP OVER INTERIOR LOCATIONS BY LATER THIS MORNING...WITH THESE STORMS SPREADING WEST WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS FIRING OFF ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DEEP LAYERED MOISTURE AND ADEQUATE INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PENINSULA WILL SUPPORT ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL AGAIN BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MAINLY ALONG THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. JCM
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:10 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
An emergency management official reported a tornado touchdown in a large wooded area near the Polk County Parkway and US Highway 98.
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