1 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Sep 15, 12:52 PM EST, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 152 PM EDT FRI SEP 15 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - SUN)...GFS/NAM(WRF)/ECMWF/UKMET IN GOOD AGREEMENT ALOFT THROUGH THE PERIOD. AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS AND THE LOWER MISS RIVER VALLEY SHIFTS IN THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION TONIGHT. IN RESPONSE...THE EAST COAST U.S. TROUGH SLIDES OFFSHORE WITH ITS SOUTHERN MOST END SWEEPING ACROSS THE STATE. THE UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST...TO THE EAST GULF COAST SAT AND THE SE U.S. INCLUDING FL BY SUN. AT THE SURFACE... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES MOVES INTO NY & PA BY SAT... RIDGING SOUTH TO THE GULF AND HELPING TO PUSH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL FL SOUTHWARD. ON SUN THE HIGH CENTER SHIFTS INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES WITH BOUNDARY ENDING UP ACROSS EXTREME SOUTH FL OR THE KEYS. RIDGING BOTH ALOFT AND SURFACE WILL HOLD SWAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH SUBSIDENCE AND DRIER (NOT DRY) AIR WORKING IN. POPS WILL TREND DOWN FROM NORTH (ISOLATED) TO SOUTH (MID SCATTERED RANGE) SAT AND THEN 10 TO 30 PERCENT...NORTH TO SOUTH...SUN. SOME SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR WILL FILTER IN BUT MINS WILL STAY AROUND CLIMO AND RANGE FROM UPPER 60S NORTH TO LOW/MID 70S SOUTH. HOWEVER THIS COOLER AIR WILL BE OFFSET BY RIDGING ALOFT WITH MAXES JUST ABOVE NORMAL. AND FINALLY...THE NORTH WILL SEE SOME LATE NIGHT FOG BUT THIS SHOULD JUST BE PATCHY. .LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT - FRIDAY)...THE GFS MODEL...AND PERHAPS OTHERS...APPEARS TO BE HAVING ITS SEASONAL TRANSITION ISSUES AS WESTERLIES BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED ACROSS MOST OF THE U.S. AND GENERALLY LOW TO MODERATE AMPLITUDE RIDGES AND TROUGHS PLAY HAVOC WITH TIMING...LOCATION...AND INTENSITY OF EACH SYSTEM. IN SUMMARY...CONFIDENCE IN THE EARLY PART OF THE EXTENDED (DAYS 3 AND 4) IS FAIRLY HIGH BUT FALLS SHARPLY FROM DAY 5 AND BEYOND...SO PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FORECAST FOR THE LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. GENERALLY DRY AND HOT CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY AS UPPER RIDGE AND REMAINING DRY CONDITIONS FROM THIS WEEKEND HANG ON. BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...RIDGE BREAKS DOWN FAIRLY QUICKLY ALLOWING DEEPER MOISTURE TO RAPIDLY APPROACH NORTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA. OWING TO PREVIOUS OPTIMISTIC FORECAST AND STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN TIMING...HAVE ONLY NUDGED UP RAIN CHANCES AND SKY COVER TO ACCOUNT. THE LAST THREE RUNS OF THE GFS HAVE BECOME A BIT MORE CONSISTENT ON DAY 5 (WEDNESDAY)...SPEEDING UP THE NEXT TROUGH PASSAGE AND NOW IMPLYING A 12-24 HOUR PERIOD OF CLOUDS AND ASSOCIATED CONVECTION SOMETIME BETWEEN TUESDAY EVENING AND MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. FOR NOW...HAVE CLEARED THINGS OUT LATE IN THE DAY ACROSS THE NATURE COAST...BUT LEFT SOME PRECIPITATION AND CLOUDS FROM TAMPA BAY SOUTHWARD...AGAIN OWING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR A 6 HOUR SLOW DOWN IN LATER RUNS. FOR THURSDAY...THOUGH LAST TWO GFS RUNS ARE VERY DRY BUT RATHER HOT...IM STILL HOLDING ONTO SLIGHT CHANCES CENTRAL AND SOUTH GIVEN POTENTIAL FOR MORE MODEL ADJUSTMENTS AS THE NEXT TROUGH/RIDGE COUPLET MOVES THROUGH. ALL BETS ARE OFF FRIDAY AS THE 06Z GFS COMPLETELY FLIPPED FROM A FLAT RIDGE AT 00Z TO A POSITIVELY TILTED 500 MB TROUGH THE 12Z RUN HAS COME BACK TO THE FLAT RIDGE SOLUTION FOR NOW...AND HAVE LEANED TOWARD A DRIER SOLUTION WITH ONLY SLIGHT CHANCES FOR RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN THE WEEK IN THE LOWER 90S...PERHAPS HIGHER GIVEN LACK OF DAYTIME RAIN AND MAY END THE WEEK SIMILARLY BUT FOR NOW HAVE GONE WITH 90 GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTIES MENTIONED ABOVE. UPPER 80S...SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY AND JUST A HAIR UNDER NORMAL. && .MARINE...WINDS/SEAS 10KT/2FT OR LESS THROUGH MOST OF THE PERIOD. NE AND EAST WINDS GRADUALLY VEER AROUND HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE AREA SLOWLY SETTLES IN OVER THE STATE AND THEN SHIFTS EASTWARD. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO PICK UP MIDWEEK...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NW. && .AVIATION...ITS BEEN A QUIET DAY SO FAR...WITH THE ONLY BLIP A CELL ALONG THE BAY/GULF BREEZE INTERACTION IN ST. PETE...SOUTH OF KPIE. OTHER CELLS MAY AFFECT KRSW AND PERHAPS KFMY...BUT CONFIDENCE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO CARRY TEMPO SO HAVE OPTED FOR VCTS. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS AT ALL TERMINALS THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 76 91 76 91 / 10 30 10 20 FMY 75 91 75 91 / 20 40 20 30 GIF 74 92 73 92 / 10 30 10 20 SRQ 75 90 74 90 / 10 30 10 20 BKV 70 91 68 91 / 10 20 5 10 SPG 79 91 78 90 / 10 30 10 20 && .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 AREA - RUSKIN FL 501 AM EDT FRI SEP 15 2006 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-151300- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 501 AM EDT FRI SEP 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL SETTLE SOUTHWARD TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE GREATEST HAZARD WITH THE STORMS. HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. SMALL STREAMS MAY BRIEFLY EXCEED BANK FULL. OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE MINIMAL THROUGH TUESDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN APPROACH THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY...CAUSING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 329 PM EDT FRI SEP 15 2006 FLZ062-065-152030- CHARLOTTE-LEE- 329 PM EDT FRI SEP 15 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MOST OF CHARLOTTE AND NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTIES... A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT THE MENTIONED AREA INCLUDING CLEVELAND...BABCOCK RANCH...TUCKERS CORNER AND FORT MYERS SHORES...UNTIL 430 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. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR. MOTORISTS MUST EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING UNDER HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA SPACE BETWEEN VEHICLES. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. AR
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:12 UTC.
1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous reports of dime to quarter size hail were reported by the general public.
A tornado was reported on the ground by the general public. Power lines were snapped by the torndo but no significant damage was reported. Nickel size hail was also reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Florida, 2006Warnings in Florida, September 2006
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5531694, 5531695.