Scattered thunderstorms developed along the west coast sea breeze front late in the afternoon.
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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 episode as NWS TBW wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed along the west coast sea breeze front late in the afternoon.
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 10, 1:26 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 226 PM EDT MON SEP 10 2007 .SHORT TERM (THIS AFTERNOON - WEDNESDAY)...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CRANKING UP FROM HILLSBOROUGH/POLK COUNTY NORTHWARD IN UNSTABLE AIR. AS EXPECTED...DEEP LAYER SOUTHERLY FLOW IS MOVING THEM ALONG AT A NICE CLIP...WHICH NORMALLY WOULD BE GOOD NEWS EXCEPT THAT LINEAR DEVELOPMENT MAY CREATE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN BANDS. FARTHER SOUTH...AMPLE MID AND HIGH CLOUDS HAVE KEPT TEMPERATURES DOWN...BUT BREAKS ARE APPEARING AND WITH A COUPLE HOURS OF HEATING EXPECT AREAS SOUTH OF POLK AND HILLSBOROUGH TO LIGHT UP AS WELL. FOR TONIGHT...EXPECT LINGERING LIGHT SHOWERS AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DURING THE EVENING...FOLLOWED BY GRADUAL CLEARING TO AT LEAST PARTLY CLOUDY IN ALL BUT LEVY AND THE IMMEDIATE NATURE COASTLINE JUST SOUTH (CITRUS/HERNANDO) WHERE SOUTH/SOUTHWEST FLOW AND CONTINUE DEEP MOISTURE SHOULD ALLOW ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS TO REDEVELOP TOWARD SUNRISE. GFS IS THE MODEL OF CHOICE FOR DAYS 2 AND 3 AS THE NAM MAY BE SUFFERING FROM SOME CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK. EVEN SO...IT ALSO HAS THE BIG PICTURE LAID OUT NICELY. THAT BIG PICTURE SHOWS THE BEST CHANCES FOR WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY SHIFTING TO LEVY AND PERHAPS CITRUS COUNTY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MORNING INTO AFTERNOON TRAINING ACTIVITY. SHOULD THE NAM PAN OUT...THIS MAY BECOME MORE OF AN ISSUE. HOWEVER...THE GFS BIGGER PICTURE SHOWS THAT THE LOW LEVEL SOUTH/SOUTHWEST FLOW IS AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE 500 MB RIDGE...RATHER THAN AN APPROACHING (AND POSITIVE TILT) TROUGH...SO CONFIDENCE IS LOW IN FORECASTING ANYTHING MORE THAN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH NO SPECIFIC HIGHLIGHTS. FARTHER SOUTH...LIGHT GENERALLY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW AND STILL PLENTY OF MOISTURE SHOULD SET UP ANOTHER AFTERNOON OF NUMEROUS STORMS ESPECIALLY INLAND AND GENERALLY NORTH OF CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES. WILL CONTINUE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MENTION...WHICH MIGHT WORK OUT FOR MORE AREAS GIVEN THE SLOWER STORM MOTION. AREAL COVERAGE AND RAIN CHANCES SHOULD DROP BACK A BIT BY WEDNESDAY AS SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTH. AGAIN...THIS ASSUMES THAT THE NAM IS SUFFERING FROM CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK...AS IT SHOWS A WEAK SURFACE LOW MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GULF WEDNESDAY MORNING. HAVE MADE LITTLE CHANGES TO THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST. .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT - MONDAY)...PERIOD STARTS WITH A STALLED SURFACE FRONT OVER THE GA/FL BORDER AND ITS PARENT MID LEVEL LOW OVER EASTERN CANADA MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN ATLANTIC. A PERSISTENT SURFACE RIDGE REMAINS IN PLACE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA. GFS ALSO SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC... FLORIDA AND EXPANDING INTO THE CENTRAL GULF WATERS. THESE FEATURES REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH FRIDAY WHEN A SECOND STRONGER TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE GREAT LAKES AREA AND SENDS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO THE SOUTHEAST U.S. WHICH REACHES NORTHERN FLORIDA BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE SURFACE RIDGE WEAKENS SOME AND ALLOWS FOR DEEP LAYER MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE FRONT TO PENETRATE INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA. MEANWHILE...MODEL DATA CONTINUES TO SUGGEST A TROPICAL WAVE FEATURE PASSING THROUGH SOUTHERN FLORIDA LATE FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY. WITH ALL THESE FEATURES INTERACTING OVER THE AREA...CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GOOD THROUGH THE WEEKEND. 50/40 POPS REMAIN IN PLACE EACH AFTERNOON AND BEST CHANCES FOR SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ON SATURDAY. THE FRONT FINALLY BREAKS DOWN ON MONDAY AND ITS ASSOCIATED MOISTURE FIELD LIFTS NORTHWARD. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN CLOSE TO CLIMO EACH DAY WITH SOME LOCATIONS EXPERIENCING MORNING LOWS A COUPLE OF DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMALS. && .AVIATION...EXPECT PERIODS OF MVFR/IFR UNDER HEAVY RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...THEN SHOWERS LINGERING IN THE VICINITY OF THE TAF SITES THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. ALSO...PERIODS OF CEILINGS LOWERING INTO THE 2K-3K FEET CATEGORY MAY CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE TERMINALS AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. BRIEF PERIODS OF GUSTY WINDS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST CELLS. THE MAIN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY SHOULD MIGRATE TO THE NORTH OF TPA ON TUESDAY...BUT ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS TO HAPPEN ESPECIALLY NORTH OF SRQ. && .MARINE...LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW (10 KNOTS OR LESS) SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. FRIDAY AND SATURDAYS WIND DIRECTION WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH OF THE AUTUMNAL SURFACE HIGH BRIDGES ACROSS THE STATE. FOR NOW WILL GENERALLY SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE AND ROLL EAST AT 10 KNOTS OR LESS. SEAS WILL BE SLIGHT (3 FEET OR LESS) EXCEPT BRIEFLY CHOPPY IN STRONGER CELLS ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING UNTIL WEDNESDAY AT LEAST. && .FIRE WEATHER...PLENTY OF HUMIDITY AND LIGHT TRANSPORT WINDS MEAN NO ISSUES THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 75 89 75 90 / 20 50 30 50 FMY 74 91 74 91 / 20 50 20 40 GIF 74 92 74 92 / 40 70 30 50 SRQ 74 89 74 90 / 20 50 30 40 BKV 71 88 71 90 / 40 70 30 50 SPG 78 89 78 90 / 20 50 30 40 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...88/BSG LONG TERM/AVIATION...22/TR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 515 AM EDT MON SEP 10 2007 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-101430- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 515 AM EDT MON SEP 10 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE STREAMING INTO THE REGION ON A DEEP LAYERED SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL SUPPORT NUMEROUS SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER ALL OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TODAY. THE MAIN HAZARDS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. ...FLOOD IMPACT... A VERY MOIST AIR MASS COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE EASTERN GULF WILL SUPPORT SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AS WELL AS THE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. MOTORIST SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING TODAY. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. IF LIGHTNING IS OBSERVED OR THUNDER IS HEARD...MOVE INDOOR IMMEDIATELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. DURING TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE AND A LINGERING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE GULF WILL SUPPORT ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER ALL OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...WITH ADDITIONAL LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE 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. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. MCMICHAEL
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:53 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 53-year-old man was struck by lightning while standing on a pier on the Caloosahatchee River near Freemont Street. He was taken to the hospital and died the next day.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Lee | 2007-09-11 | 53 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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