Afternoon sea breeze thunderstorms were pushing back toward the gulf coast on outflow boundaries.
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Afternoon sea breeze thunderstorms were pushing back toward the gulf coast on outflow boundaries.
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 Jun 14, 12:23 PM EST, 7 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 123 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - MONDAY)...SHOWERS AND TSTMS GETTING UNDERWAY AS EXPECTED. STILL THINKING THAT BEST COVERAGE WILL BE CLOSER TO THE WEST COAST...STARTING SOUTH AND GRADUALLY DEVELOPING NORTHWARD. AS MENTIONED EARLIER...STRONG TO SEVERE CELLS POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS...BUT SMALL HAIL AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NEVER BE RULED OUT. ACTIVITY SHOULD END BY LATER THIS EVENING. LOWS TONIGHT AROUND 70. SFC RIDGE AXIS WILL SHIFT SOUTH TO THE CENTRAL PENINSULA ON SUNDAY AS AN UPPER SHORT WAVE AND SFC COLD FRONT CURRENTLY CROSSING THE OH AND MISS RIVER VALLEYS MOVES INTO THE SE STATES. COMBINATION OF COOLING ALOFT...AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...AND WC SEA BREEZE INTERACTION WILL SET THE STAGE FOR AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND TSTMS. LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW IN ADVANCE OF THE BOUNDARY TO OUR NORTH SUGGESTS THE BEST CHANCE FOR TSTMS CLOSER TO THE WEST COAST AND NORTH OF TAMPA BAY CLOSER TO THE SYNOP SCALE FEATURES. ONCE AGAIN...CANT RULE OUT ISOLD SEVERE CELLS. COLD FRONT TO OUR NORTH WILL MAKE LITTLE SOUTHWARD PROGRESS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...BUT WILL RESULT IN BETTER DEFINED WESTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW OVER OUR AREA ON MONDAY. THIS WILL SHIFT THE BEST CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON/EVENING TSTMS INLAND FOR MONDAY. POPS ARE ALREADY ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY WITH HIGHEST POPS INTERIOR ZONES. LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPS THROUGH THE PERIOD...SEASONABLE READINGS WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW 90S AND LOWS IN THE LOW 70S. && .LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT - SATURDAY)...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE ONGOING FORECAST PHILOSOPHY FOR THE LONG TERM. MAIN SYNOPTIC FEATURES EXPECTED TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN NEXT WEEK ARE A MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL GULF REGION...A SURFACE RIDGE TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AND A STALLED DISSIPATING FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR THE FLORIDA/GEORGIA BORDER. WITH THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE TROUGH FACING FLORIDA AND THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE SURFACE RIDGE EXPANDING INTO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE WINDS SHOULD REMAIN GENERALLY FROM THE SOUTHWEST WITH AFTERNOON PERIODS OF WESTERLY FLOW AS SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS DEVELOP. THE STALLED BOUNDARY WILL STILL ACT AS A SOURCE FOR SIGNIFICANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WHILE THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL ALSO KEEP ADVECTING SOME MOISTURE INTO SOUTHERN FLORIDA. THEREFORE IT IS REASONABLE TO KEEP SOME LOW END SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY FOR EACH AFTERNOON PERIOD. BEST CHANCES OF RAIN WILL RESIDE OVER THE INTERIOR AREAS WHERE THE SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES WILL ENHANCE CONVECTION. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AROUND NORMALS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND MORNING LOWS A COUPLE OF DEGREES WARMER THAN CLIMO. && .AVIATION...GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY WITH SOME LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING PERIODS OF MVFR/IFR AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ALONG THE COASTLINE. THEN VFR SHOULD PREVAIL OVERNIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING. && .MARINE...WITH RIDGE AXIS TO OUR SOUTH AND WEAK FRONT STALLED TO OUR NORTH...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO A WESTERLY PATTERN BY MONDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEK. OTHERWISE...WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY BELOW 15 KNOTS THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH NO HEADLINES EXPECTED. MAIN CONCERN WILL BE DETERIORATED CONDITIONS IN/AROUND TSTMS. && .FIRE WEATHER...RH VALUES ABOVE CRITICAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 73 89 74 88 / 30 40 30 40 FMY 72 89 72 90 / 20 40 20 40 GIF 72 91 72 90 / 10 20 20 50 SRQ 72 89 73 87 / 20 40 30 40 BKV 68 90 69 90 / 40 40 30 40 SPG 77 89 76 87 / 30 40 30 40 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM/MARINE/FIRE WEATHER...NP LONG TERM/AVIATION...AR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 512 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-141900- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 512 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN FORM ALONG SEA BREEZE AND OTHER BOUNDARY COLLISIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONVECTION WILL BE FAVORED ALONG THE COAST AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 75. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE BIGGEST THREAT WITH GUSTY WINDS A LESSER THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH CONVECTION FAVORING CENTRAL FLORIDA AS SOUTHWEST FLOW SETTLES OVER THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. CANTIN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
430 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 PM TORNADO NNE CAPE CORAL 26.58N 81.98W
06/13/2008 F0 LEE FL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
18 HOMES WITH SOME ROOF DAMAGE NEAR SW 38TH TERRACE AND
PELICAN BOULEVARD. MAINLY DAMAGE TO SHINGLES AND SOFFITS
WITH A COUPLE OF HOMES SUSTAINING DAMAGE TO PLYWOOD
ROOFING.
&&
CLOSESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 715 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 FLZ042-142345- CITRUS- 715 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CITRUS COUNTY... A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS AROUND LECCANTO AND BEVERLY HILLS...UNTIL 745 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. PRC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A car was struck by lightning and was on fire on the northbound side of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
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