1 lightning, 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 Sep 4, 8:05 PM EST, 25 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 905 PM EDT MON SEP 4 2006 .SYNOPSIS...WATER VAPOR STLT AND RUC LOCATE ONE TUTT LIKE FEATURE OFF THE NE FL COAST WITH A SECOND WELL SOUTH OF THE LA/MS LINE AND A 500MB LOW SPINIING EASTWARD OVER THE MIDWEST...WITH TROUGHING SAGGING DOWN TO THE GULF COAST. AT THE SURFACE A WEAK PATTERN WAS ACROSS FL WITH AN INVERTED TROUGH MOVING WEST ACROSS THE LOWER HALF OF THE STATE AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ATLANTIC WAS BEGINNING TO RIDGE TOWARD FL. && .UPDATE...AFTERNOON DEVELOPED PRETTY MUCH AS EXPECTED WITH LATE DAY CONVECTION FIRING ALONG A N-S LINE AS THE EC SEA BRZ PUSHED UP AGAINST THE WC. RAINFALL WAS GENERALLY IN THE 1-2 (BUT LOCALLY 2-3) INCH RANGE WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 30KT. PROBLEMS WERE LIMITED TO FAILURE OF THE 1ST TBW RAOB...A SECOND IS NOW IN THE AIR. ACTIVITY IS NOW WINDING DOWN WITH SCATTERED TSTMS AROUND TAMPA BAY AND NEAR BROOKSVILLE...MOVEMENT IS A SLOW DRIFT TO THE WEST WITH CONVECTION GENERALLY ENDING ONCE IT HITS THE GULF. WOULD ANTICIPATE EVERYTHING ENDING WITHIN THE HOUR AND WILL UPDATE ZONES THEN. && .MARINE...CURRETN ZONES LOOK GOOD WITH SE WINDS 10KT OR LESS AND ISOLATED TSTMS OVERNIGHT. CONVECTION NOW ALONG THE COAST WINDS DOWN QUICKLY ONCE IT HIT THE GULF. WILL ISSUE THE COASTAL BY 10 PM WITH LITTLE CHANGE. && .AVIATION...AFT 02/03Z VFR THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SCT TSTMS TUE BEGIN BTWN 12-14Z WITH PROB30 MVFR/IFR AT COASTAL AIRPORTS...TSTMS MORE NUMEROUS INLAND. && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && 09/RKR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 514 AM EDT MON SEP 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- 514 AM EDT MON SEP 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA TODAY MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SHOWERS WILL BECOME NUMEROUS AND POSSIBLY WIDESPREAD SOUTH OF PASCO COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TAMPA BAY AREA. HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT AND BE READY TO REDUCE SPEED AND INCREASE DISTANCE BETWEEN VEHICLES WHILE DRIVING UNDER HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS VISIBILITIES MAY BRIEFLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING EACH DAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. COVERAGE WILL SLOWLY DECREASE AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:29 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning started a fire that consumed 70 percent of a home on the 13800 block of Oak Forest Blvd S.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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