Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed along the west coast sea breeze front.
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The episode as NWS TBW wrote it up.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed along the west coast 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 25, 12:30 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 130 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2007 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - FRIDAY)...MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SYSTEM REMAINS OVER THE EASTERN U.S. WHICH IS KEEPING THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES AND MOST OF THE GULF AREA UNDER DEEP SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW. MEANWHILE ABUNDANT DEEP LAYER MOISTURE ALSO REMAINS OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA WITH WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT AT THE SURFACE. ALSO A WEAK SURFACE RIDGE IS SLOWLY BUILDING TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE STATE. THE RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY EXPAND INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE PENINSULA BEGINNING ON THURSDAY AND SLOWLY ESTABLISHING ITSELF OVER THE STATE THROUGH FRIDAY. HOWEVER...THE COMBINATION OF ABUNDANT MOISTURE...DEEP SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW...INCREASING HEIGHTS LEADING TO WARMER TEMPS AND SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES FORMING IN THE AFTERNOON WILL STILL PROVIDE ENOUGH ATMOSPHERIC SUPPORT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO HAPPEN EACH DAY. SOME OF THE STRONGEST CELLS MAY BECOME SEVERE. GFS/NAM ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN DEVELOPING A STRONG RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE NATION ON FRIDAY WHICH HELPS IN DEEPENING THE TROUGH SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHEAST. THIS COULD BRING A COLDER AIRMASS OVER THE EASTERN GULF AND THE PENINSULA AREA AS UPPER LEVEL WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST...THUS ENHANCING ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY AS THE COLDER AIR ALOFT INTERACTS WITH THE WARMER MOIST AIRMASS AT THE LOWER LEVELS. THEREFORE...POPS WILL REMAIN HIGHER THAN GUIDANCE AT 60 PERCENT EACH AFTERNOON. TEMPS REMAIN CLOSE TO NORMALS WITH MORNING LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S AND AFTERNOON MAXS IN THE LOWER 90S. && .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT - WEDNESDAY)...LITTLE CHANGE WITH REGARD TO THE PATTERN THIS WEEKEND...WHICH MODELS STILL SHOW A DEEPENING TROF FROM THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES DOWN THE EAST COAST AND ACROSS FL. COMBINATION OF DEEP MOISTURE...VIGOROUS JET ENERGY ALOFT JUST TO OUR NORTH...AND TYPICAL LOW LEVEL BOUNDARIES WILL SET THE STAGE FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS TIME. GUIDANCE NOW SUGGESTS THIS PATTERN WILL TAKE A LITTLE LONGER TO CHANGE...AND THE RIDGE MAY NOT BUILD BACK OVER UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. AS SUCH...DIURNAL POPS OF AT LEAST 50 PCNT LOOKS GOOD THRU THE REST OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD. TEMPS NEAR NORM THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH TEMP MVFR AND ISOLD IFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND AFFECT THE TERMINALS. BASED ON WESTERLY BACKGROUND FLOW...MOST OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD GRADUALLY PUSH INLAND OF THE TERMINALS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. && .MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW HIGHLIGHT CRITERIA AS PRESSURE GRADIENTS AT THE SURFACE REMAIN WEAK THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...THEN WEAK RIDGING DEVELOPS OVER THE SOUTHERN COASTAL WATERS ON FRIDAY AND SLOWLY EXPANDS INTO THE REST OF THE EASTERN GULF WATERS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MAIN HAZARD WILL AGAIN BE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FORMING EACH DAY WHICH WILL BRING PERIODS OF ROUGH SEAS...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS AT THIS TIME. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 76 93 77 91 / 30 60 20 60 FMY 74 94 75 93 / 30 60 20 60 GIF 74 95 75 93 / 30 60 20 60 SRQ 75 93 76 92 / 30 60 20 60 BKV 70 93 72 92 / 30 60 20 60 SPG 78 91 80 91 / 30 60 20 60 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM/MARINE...AR LONG TERM/AVIATION...NP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 521 AM EDT WED JUL 25 2007 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-252130- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 521 AM EDT WED JUL 25 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. ...WATERSPOUT IMPACT... CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A FEW WATERSPOUTS ONCE AGAIN TODAY. COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE VIGILANT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW PULSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...WHICH IS TYPICAL FOR LATE JULY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. OGLESBY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 153 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2007 FLZ039-251830- LEVY- 153 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN LEVY COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT EASTERN LEVY COUNTY...INCLUDING WILLISTON...UNTIL 230 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED IF OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. NP
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:47 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A small and short lived tornado touched down along U.S. Highway 41 just north of the Pasco County line and downed a couple of trees.
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