Isolated thunderstorms formed inland along the west coast sea breeze front. The sea breeze front collapsed by early evening and the storms began to drift toward the west coast late in the evening.
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The episode as NWS TBW wrote it up.
Isolated thunderstorms formed inland along the west coast sea breeze front. The sea breeze front collapsed by early evening and the storms began to drift toward the west coast late in the evening.
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 Aug 14, 8:00 AM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 900 AM EDT TUE AUG 14 2007 .DISCUSSION...SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS DEVELOPED EARLY THIS MORNING OVER THE NORTHERN COASTAL WATERS...BUT ARE QUICKLY DISSIPATING OFF THE COASTLINE AS DRIER AIR ALOFT SLOWLY TAPS INTO THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ATLANTIC...ALONG WITH A BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. WILL KEEP THE AREA UNDER LIGHT GENERALLY NORTHERLY FLOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHEN ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED AS SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS DEVELOP. CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD WITH LITTLE OR NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES PLANNED FOR THE MORNING UPDATE. && .AVIATION...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS AT THE TERMINAL SITES DURING THE AFTERNOON...OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE THE RULE TODAY. && .MARINE...CURRENT SURFACE RIDGE OVER THE AREA WILL SLOWLY MIGRATE NORTHWARD WITH WINDS BECOMING MORE EASTERLY BY WEDNESDAY...STILL REMAINING LIGHT IN GENERAL ALONG WITH SEA BREEZES DOMINATING THE COASTLINE IN THE AFTERNOON. NO HIGHLIGHTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE WEEKEND...EXCEPT IN THE VICINITY OF ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT MAY FORM WHICH WILL BRING PERIODS OF ROUGH SEAS...DEADLY CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && DISCUSSION...AR AVIATION...JCM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 511 AM EDT TUE AUG 14 2007 FLZ039-042-043-048-049-141600- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO- 511 AM EDT TUE AUG 14 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO FORM THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SEA BREEZE PUSHES INLAND. AFTER THE SEA BREEZE COLLAPSES LATE IN THE AFTERNOON...THE STORMS WILL DRIFT BACK TO THE GULF THROUGH THE EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG AND PRODUCE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. ...EXCESSIVE HEAT IMPACT... HEAT INDICES WILL REACH 100 AT MOST LOCATIONS WITH INLAND AREAS AROUND 105 THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE 90 TO 95 DEGREE RANGE AND DEW POINTS REMAIN IN THE MID 70S. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS AND DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THE STORMS. ...EXCESSIVE HEAT IMPACT... TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE WARM WITH THE HEAT INDEX REACHING 100 WITH 105 POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. FLZ050>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-141600- PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA- DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-TAMPA BAY WATERS- 511 AM EDT TUE AUG 14 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SEA BREEZE PUSHES INLAND. AFTER THE SEA BREEZE COLLAPSES LATE IN THE AFTERNOON...THE STORMS WILL DRIFT BACK TO THE GULF THROUGH THE EVENING. ...EXCESSIVE HEAT IMPACT... HEAT INDICES WILL REACH 100 AT MOST LOCATIONS WITH INLAND AREAS AROUND 105 THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE 90 TO 95 DEGREE RANGE AND DEW POINTS REMAIN IN THE MID 70S. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THE STORMS. ...EXCESSIVE HEAT IMPACT... TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE WARM WITH THE HEAT INDEX REACHING 100 WITH 105 POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. 09/RKR
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:30 UTC.
1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A person was struck by lightning near the intersection of 17th Ave North and 7th St North. The person was stable and transported to the hospital.
The thunderstorm gust was recorded by the COMPS station along the east side of Hammock Creek Bridge along the Pasco/Hernando county line.
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