Isolated thunderstorms developed along the sea breeze front.
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The episode as NWS TBW wrote it up.
Isolated thunderstorms developed along the sea breeze front.
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 Jul 14, 8:46 AM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 946 AM EDT SAT JUL 14 2007 .UPDATE...WV SAT IMAGERY AND UPPER AIR ANALYSIS CONTINUE TO DHOW DEEPENING UPPER TROF OVER THE EASTERN U.S.S DOWN INTO THE DEEP SOUTH. SHEARED VORT MAX REMAINS OVER N FL GENERATING G SCATTERED CONVECTION OVER NE GULF AND NATURE COAST THIS MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INLAND THIS AFTERNOON WITH SW FLOW THRU THE COLUMN IN MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. CURRENT GRIDS AND FCSTS ON TRACK NO CHANGES EXPECTED THIS MORNING. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL. ISOLD LATE MORNING SHRA AND AFTERNOON TSRA WILL GENERALLY MOVE INLAND ON WESTERLY FLOW. && .MARINE...WEAK GRADIENT REMAINS OVER THE E GULF WITH HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS S KEEPING FAIRLY LIGHT SW WINDS AND SEAS TODAY. && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && UPDATE...RD AVIATION UPDATE...RKR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 510 AM EDT SAT JUL 14 2007 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-141500- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 510 AM EDT SAT JUL 14 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS WILL REMAIN ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA CONTINUING THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT ONSHORE EARLY THIS MORNING AND BECOME SCATTERED AS THEY MOVE INLAND DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE ACROSS INLAND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY WILL CONTAIN BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG OVER INLAND AREAS AND CONTAIN SMALL HAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THE THUNDER YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ON SUNDAY THE RIDGE AXIS WILL DRIFT NORTH INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA SETTING UP A RATHER LIGHT WIND FLOW ACROSS THE REGION WHICH WILL ALLOW THE SEA BREEZES TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INLAND LEADING TO SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. FOR MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE RIDGE AXIS WILL DRIFT NORTH INTO NORTH FLORIDA SETTING UP A MORE TYPICAL SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM PATTERN WITH HIGHEST CHANCES CLOSER TO THE COAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. PRC
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:32 UTC.
1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter reported 4.85 inches of rain. The ditches were full of water but no significant flooding was observed.
A trained spotter reported a 58 MPH wind gust on his home weather station.
A trained spotter reported penny size hail at his home.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 2007
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: 39183, 39181, 39182.