High pressure remained north of the area keeping east to southeast winds in place across the area. An upper level low moved over the state during this time, lowering 500mb temperatures to -9 to -10 degrees Celsius and allowing for numerous hail events with afternoon sea breeze thunderstorms.
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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.
High pressure remained north of the area keeping east to southeast winds in place across the area. An upper level low moved over the state during this time, lowering 500mb temperatures to -9 to -10 degrees Celsius and allowing for numerous hail events with afternoon sea breeze thunderstorms.
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 9, 12:52 PM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 152 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - WEDNESDAY)...MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW MEANDERING TO THE WEST NORTHWEST COMBINED WITH SEA BREEZE/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS WILL SUPPORT AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY EVENING WITH THE ENHANCED LIFT AND COLD TEMPS ALOFT FROM THE UPPER LOW POSSIBLY SUPPORTING SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. BY LATE EVENING MOST OF THE CONVECTION WILL BEGIN TO WIND DOWN WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING HOWEVER WITH LINGERING BOUNDARIES AROUND AND ADEQUATE LIFT AND INSTABILITY FROM THE MID/UPPER LOW REMAINING IN PLACE...WE MAY SEE REDEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS/STORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ZONES SO WILL ADVERTISE A 20% POP MENTION FROM PASCO COUNTY SOUTH IN THE GRIDS AND ZONES. DURING TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MID/UPPER TROUGHING WILL PERSIST OVER THE EASTERN GULF/FLORIDA AS SURFACE RIDGE AXIS NOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN PENINSULA SINKS SLOWLY SOUTH TO THE CENTRAL PENINSULA BY WEDNESDAY. AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE (PWS IN THE 1.7 TO 1.8 RANGE) COMBINED WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED TROUGHING...DAYTIME HEATING AND SEA BREEZE CONVERGENCE WILL SUPPORT SCATTERED DIURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS EACH DAY. AS THE RIDGE AXIS SINKS SOUTH...EXPECT CURRENT SOUTHEAST STEERING FLOW TO BECOME MORE SOUTHWEST TO WEST DURING TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THIS VEERING FLOW WILL FAVOR HIGHEST POPS (50%) TO SHIFT TOWARD INTERIOR AND EASTERN MOST ZONES ALONG THE SEA BREEZE MERGERS...WITH POPS TAPERING BACK TO 30-40% RANGE ALONG THE COAST. WITH MODEL SOUNDING DATA CONTINUING TO SHOW RATHER COOL TEMPERATURES ALOFT THERE COULD AGAIN BE SOME STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS EACH AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL BE NEAR SEASONAL NORMS WITH DAYTIME HIGHS CLIMBING INTO THE UPPER 80S TO 90 ALONG THE COAST AND LOWER 90S INLAND...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT - MONDAY)...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL START OFF JUST EAST OF THE REGION. THURSDAY WILL SEE WEAK RIDGING ALOFT AS WELL. MODELS DIFFER ON WHAT TO DO GOING INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH ECMWF HANGING ON THE THE RIDGING ALOFT...BUT GFS AND DGEX BREAKING IT DOWN AND ALLOWING A FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHEAST U.S. THE ECMWF EVENTUALLY MOVES INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THIS SCENARIO...BUT NOT UNTIL MONDAY. WOULD BE SURPRISED TO SEE A FRONT ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE IN MID JUNE. MODELS ARE HINTING AT THE AVAILABLE MOISTURE DROPPING WELL OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SO POPS COME DOWN FOR THE WEEKEND. HAVE MADE SOME SUBTLE TWEAKS TO POPS...BUT KEPT THEM IN THE SCATTERED RANGE THROUGH THE PERIOD. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO STAY NEAR NORMAL EACH DAY. && .AVIATION...WILL ONLY MAKE SLIGHT TWEAKS TO TIMING OF TODAYS STORMS IN TEMPO GROUPS OF 18Z TAFS. STILL LOOKS LIKE GUSTY WINDS AND IFR VISIBILITIES WILL BE MAIN THREATS...WITH HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE. STORMS WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE ON INTO THE EVENING HOURS AND HAVE USED VICINITY WORDING. BY LATE EVENING...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS ALL LOCATIONS. && .MARINE...LIGHT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHWEST TO WEST THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AS THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS TO THE NORTH SINKS SOUTH TO THE CENTRAL PENINSULA WITH A WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN SUPPORTING A SEA BREEZE COMPONENT DEVELOPING ALONG THE COAST EACH AFTERNOON. NO HEADLINES EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .FIRE WEATHER...AMPLE MOISTURE AND RAIN CHANCES WILL KEEP HUMIDITY VALUES ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS THROUGH MID WEEK WITH NO FIRE WEATHER ISSUES EXPECTED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 73 90 74 90 / 30 40 20 40 FMY 72 91 73 91 / 30 40 30 40 GIF 72 91 72 91 / 30 50 30 50 SRQ 71 89 72 89 / 30 40 20 40 BKV 68 91 68 91 / 30 40 20 40 SPG 76 89 77 89 / 30 40 20 40 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM/MARINE/FIRE WEATHER...JCM LONG TERM/AVIATION...RJS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 502 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-092115- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 502 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING OVER THE AREA WILL PROVIDE COOLER AIR ALOFT AND ADDITIONAL INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND SEABREEZE INTERACTIONS TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. STORMS ARE EXPECT TO DEVELOP ON THE WEST COAST SEABREEZE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THEN BECOME ENHANCED LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN COASTAL AND INTERIOR AREAS AS THE EAST COAST SEABREEZE MOVES OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA ON SOUTHEASTERLY STEERING FLOW TO PUSH THE ACTIVITY BACK TOWARDS THE WEST COAST AND INTO THE EASTERN GULF. SOME STORM MAY BE STRONG WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...HAIL...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WITH NUMEROUS BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... THE EARLY SUMMERTIME PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A WARM... MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE AREA WITH SEABREEZES DEVELOPING TO PRODUCE SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. RD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 302 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 FLZ065-091945- LEE- 302 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH...WILL AFFECT ESTERO AND BONITA SPRINGS...UNTIL 345 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS 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. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED. 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. EJ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 319 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 FLZ055-056-061-092000- DE SOTO-HARDEE-MANATEE- 319 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN MANATEE...WESTERN DESOTO...AND WESTERN HARDEE COUNTIES... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM LILY TO PINE LEVEL...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT MYAKKA CITY...UNTIL 400 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SOME DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS POSSIBLE. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. EO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 337 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 FLZ062-065-092015- CHARLOTTE-LEE- 337 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY AND 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT MYERS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT TUCKERS CORNER...BABCOCK RANCH...PUNTA GORDA... CLEVELAND...AND FORT MYERS UNTIL 415 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. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS POSSIBLE. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. EO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 337 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 FLZ062-065-092015- CHARLOTTE-LEE- 337 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY AND 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT MYERS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT TUCKERS CORNER...BABCOCK RANCH...PUNTA GORDA... CLEVELAND...AND FORT MYERS UNTIL 415 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. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS POSSIBLE. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. EO
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
348 PM EDT MON JUN 09 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0338 PM WATER SPOUT 15 SW FORT MYERS 26.48N 82.02W
06/09/2008 GMZ856 FL COAST GUARD
OFF OF FORT MYERS BEACH.
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RHEASPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 401 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 FLZ050>052-055-056-060-061-092045- DE SOTO-HARDEE-POLK-MANATEE-PINELLAS-SARASOTA-HILLSBOROUGH- 401 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT TEMPLE TERRACE...TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...AND DUETTE...UNTIL 445 PM EDT. AREAL COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE DURING THE NEXT HOUR OVER THE REGION AS MULTIPLE BOUNDARY COLLISIONS TAKE PLACE. 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. THESE STORM MAY PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. EO
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:21 UTC.
8 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A visiting SKYWARN spotter from Iowa reported penny sized hail near the Dale Mabry Highway.
Lightning struck a home on Duck Key Court in Carrollwood causing a two-alarm attic fire.
A home weather station measured a 65mph wind gust. Power lines were blown down along 4th Street.
The public reported penny to nickel sized hail near Port Charlotte.
Lightning hit the railroad crossing at State Road 590 and McMullen Booth Road, causing the crossing's arms to lock in the down position.
Numerous reports of nickel to quarter sized hail throughout downtown St. Petersburg. A couple of car windows were knocked out from the hail along State Road 595.
Emergency manager reported several trees down on power lines near NW 10th Avenue and NW 130th Street.
The public reported nickel sized hail near Williston.
The public reported penny sized hail in Williston.
A spotter reported the roof blown off of his carport, an iron fence blown over, and several trees and powerlines down in the road.
A spotter reported nickel size hail occurring near Wauchula.
A few small trees were blown down and a few power poles were damaged. No damage occurred to near-by mobile homes.
The public reported nickel size hail in Zolfo Springs.
The public reported golf ball size hail near Nocatee.
The public reported several power lines and large branches blown down. A dog house and heavy wooden chairs were blown hundreds of yards through a pasture.
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: 108140, 108162, 109838, 108146, 108160, 108151, 108208, 108198, 108209, 108220, 108231, 108229, 108233, 108235, 108243.