S. This kept deep southwesterly winds in place over the area.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
High pressure at the surface remained across south Florida as an upper trough stayed in place over the eastern U.S. This kept deep southwesterly winds in place over the area. The very moist atmosphere and some upper energy in place allowed for thunderstorms to develop over the coastal waters in the morning and push inland through 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 Jun 21, 3:09 AM EST, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 409 AM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 .SHORT TERM (TODAY-MONDAY)...SYNOP ANALYSIS THIS MORNING CONTINUES TO SHOW LARGE TROUGH OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN US...WITH RIDGE SUPPRESSED TO OUR SOUTH. A SHORT WAVE IS MOVING INTO THE BASE OF THE TROUGH OVER THE DEEP SOUTH...WHILE ANOTHER WAVE IS MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTHWEST OVER THE GULF. A LAYER OF FAIRLY DEEP MID/UPR MOISTURE TO OUR W/SW IS GRADUALLY OVERSPREADING OUR COASTAL ZONES. FOR TODAY...WITH MOISTURE MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND SHORT WAVE ENERGY APPROACHING FROM THE WEST...SHOWERS AND TSTMS LIKELY TODAY...BUT EXTENT OF TSTM POTENTIAL UNCERTAIN GIVEN AFOREMENTIONED CLOUD COVER OVERSPREADING FROM THE WEST. EXPECT TSTMS TO DEVELOP WHERE SUNSHINE CAN BREAK THROUGH AND SUBSEQUENT OUTFLOWS AND SEA BREEZE CAN SERVE AS TRIGGERING MECHANISMS FOR ADDITIONAL COVECTIVE ACTIVITY. SHOWER AND ISOLD TSTM ACTIVITY ALONG THE COAST THIS MORNING WILL SPREAD EASTWARD AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...WITH BEST CHANCE FOR TSTM ACTIVITY ACROSS OUR NORTH AND INTERIOR ZONES LATER TODAY. FOR TONIGHT...MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL MOVE EAST GIVEN BACKGROUND WESTERLY FLOW. THEN THIS SAME FLOW WILL SET THE STAGE FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWER/TSTM ACTIVITY LATER TONIGHT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. FOR SUNDAY...MORE OF THE SAME WITH SHOWER/TSTM ACTIVITY NEAR THE COAST IN THE MORNING SHIFTING INLAND DURING THE MID-LATE DAY WITH WESTERLY FLOW. BY MONDAY...RIDGE AXIS WILL LIFT NORTHWARD...SO WE SHOULD SEE MORE EVEN COVERAGE OF TSTM ACTIVITY. 40-50 POPS ENTIRE CWA FOR DAYTIME MONDAY. TEMPS NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT - FRIDAY)...MODEL DATA REMAINS ON TRACK REGARDING THE ARRIVAL OF SURFACE RIDGING FROM THE SOUTH BY TUESDAY AS THE LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD DEPARTS INTO THE NORTHERN ATLANTIC. REINFORCING HIGH PRESSURE DEVELOPS ALOFT ON WEDNESDAY WITH THE SURFACE RIDGE LIFTING JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA AND BRINGING STEADY EASTERLY WINDS. THIS WILL SET FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY COLLISIONS INLAND PRODUCING CONVECTION AND THEN MOVING LINES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOWARDS THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA IN THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING HOURS AS THE EASTERLY FLOW OVERCOMES THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE. EXPECT GENERALLY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR OR AT CLIMO WITH MORNING LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S AND AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. && .AVIATION...SHOWERS EMBEDDED IN THE WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AROUND THE VICINITY OF THE TAF SITES...AND THERE MIGHT BE A STRAY THUNDERSTORM OR TWO THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS ESPECIALLY OVER FMY AND RSW. CLOUD COVER WILL INCREASE TODAY BUT REMAINING FOR THE MOST PART VFR AROUND 7000-1000 FEET. MVFR AND IFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT MAY FORM...BUT BEST CHANCES FOR SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY REMAIN DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. && .MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS AOB 15 KT THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH NO HEADLINES. && .FIRE WEATHER...RH AND DISPERSION VALUES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 88 75 89 76 / 60 30 40 20 FMY 90 73 90 75 / 60 30 40 20 GIF 90 73 90 74 / 60 30 50 30 SRQ 87 74 89 74 / 60 30 40 20 BKV 90 69 89 69 / 60 30 50 20 SPG 89 77 89 79 / 60 30 40 20 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM/MARINE/FIRE...NP LONG TERM/AVIATION...AR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 330 AM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-212130- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 330 AM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THROUGH THE DAY...AS ACTIVITY INITIALLY ALONG THE COAST MOVES NORTH AND INLAND. IN ADDITION TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING... ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THROUGH AREAS OF RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. IN ADDITION TO LIGHTNING...THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THROUGH AREAS OF RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. 17
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:29 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Two males were working in a field near the intersection of County Road 337 and County Road 343 when they were struck and injured by lightning.
The public reported nickel size hail near the Citrus Park Mall.
There were several public reports of 60 to 70 mph wind gusts around Lake Wales.
Law enforcement reported numerous powerines down.
Law enforcement reported numerous powerines down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 2008
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: 110151, 110153, 111157, 111160, 111166.