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 Sep 11, 8:45 PM EST, 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 945 PM EDT TUE SEP 11 2007 .DISCUSSION...CONVECTION IS WRAPPING UP OVER MOST AREAS BUT STILL PERSISTING OVER THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AREA AND THE GULF JUST NORTH OF OUR COASTAL WATERS. THE EVENING SOUNDING IS MISSING WINDS TO AROUND 12K FEET BUT THE DEEP LAYER S-SW FLOW IN ADVANCE OF A WEAKENING FRONT THAT IS BECOMING STATIONARY JUST NORTH OF FLORIDA IS KEEPING PW HIGH AT 2.11 INCHES. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER OVER THE FORECAST AREA FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS THEN GENERAL CLEARING OVER LAND AREAS. && .AVIATION...A FEW LINGERING CLOUDS OVERNIGHT AND POSSIBLY A BRIEF DOWNPOUR OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS UNTIL AFTERNOON CONVECTION BEGINS WEDNESDAY. && .MARINE...A WEAK RIDGE AXIS ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD KEEPING WINDS AND SEAS BELOW HIGHLIGHT CRITERIA. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHERLY WILL CONTINUE WITH A SEA BREEZE COMPONENT DEVELOPING NEAR THE COASTLINE EACH AFTERNOON. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && CP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 515 AM EDT TUE SEP 11 2007 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-111430- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 515 AM EDT TUE SEP 11 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... A MID AND UPPER LEVEL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEASTERN GULF COMBINED WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS WILL SUPPORT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY WILL MOVE TOWARD THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. IF THUNDER IS HEARD OR LIGHTNING IS OBSERVED MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. ...FLOOD IMPACT... ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE AND SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL SUPPORT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TODAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL BE POSSIBLE. THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL PRODUCE SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AS WELL AS THE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. AMPLE MOISTURE COMBINED WITH SEA AND LAKE BREEZE BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS WILL SUPPORT SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. MCMICHAEL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 607 PM EDT TUE SEP 11 2007 FLZ065-112230- LEE- 607 PM EDT TUE SEP 11 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEAST LEE COUNTY... A THUNDERSTORM...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT MORSE SHORES AND FORT MYERS SHORES...UNTIL 630 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. JLC
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 140 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:37 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Seven apartments were damaged by a fire started by a lightning strike on the 3700 block of Winkler Avenue. Firefighters arrived on the scene three minutes after the first call and helped evacuate residents from the building. No injuries were reported.
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