Isolated thunderstorms formed along the east coast sea breeze front as it moved west during the afternoon. More storms developed along the west coast sea breeze front that remained in the Fort Myers area.
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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.
Isolated thunderstorms formed along the east coast sea breeze front as it moved west during the afternoon. More storms developed along the west coast sea breeze front that remained in the Fort Myers area.
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 11, 12:12 PM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 112 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-SATURDAY)...WARM HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO RIDGE ACROSS THE AREA AT THE SFC AND ALOFT THROUGH THE PERIOD AND KEEP SOME HAZY CONDITIONS IN PLACE. RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIMITED TO MAINLY 20 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ALONG THE SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY EACH DAY. TEMPS WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 90S AND LOWS IN THE 70S. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BE AROUND 100 DEGREES WITH THE WARM SFC DEW POINTS. .LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT-THURSDAY)...WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE. UPPER RIDGE BEGINS IN THE W GULF FOR DRY NW FLOW ALOFT THEN RIDGE CENTER BUILDS OVER THE DEEP SOUTH BY MID NEXT WEEK. WEAK SFC HIGH PRESSURE AXIS STRETCHES FROM THE W ATLANTIC OVER THE CENTRAL FL PENINSULA EARLY THEN MOVES S OVER S FL NEXT WEEK. WARM SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS TO CONTINUE WITH MAINLY ISOLATED DIURNAL SEABREEZE POPS EXCEPT ABOUT 30% INLAND POPS TUE- WED AFTERNOONS WITH VORT MAX DROPPING OVERHEAD. && .AVIATION...ISOLATED SEABREEZE THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AWAY FROM MOST TAF SITES TO KEEP MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS IN PLACE BUT HAVE KEPT VCTS IN SW FL SITES. THEN OVERNIGHT...AGAIN EXPECT AREAS OF 4-6SM BR WITH STAGNANT AIR AROUND 12Z. TOMORROW...MAINLY VFR WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLD AFTERNOON CONVECTION MAINLY INTERIOR. && .MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIGHT AND BECOME W/NW EACH AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE ACROSS THE GULF WATERS. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 76 92 75 91 / 10 20 10 10 FMY 75 93 74 93 / 10 20 10 20 GIF 74 94 74 94 / 20 20 10 20 SRQ 74 90 73 90 / 10 20 10 10 BKV 69 93 67 92 / 10 20 10 10 SPG 78 91 77 91 / 10 20 10 10 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM/MARINE/FIRE WEATHER...24/COLSON LONG TERM/AVIATION...25/DAVIS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 352 AM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-111400- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 352 AM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MAINLY OVER THE INTERIOR REGIONS THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS MAY FORCE OTHER STORMS TO DEVELOP CLOSER TO THE COAST THIS EVENING. TODAYS STORMS WILL BRING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS. ...EXCESSIVE HEAT IMPACT... GIVEN THE BELOW NORMAL COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO RISE QUICKLY INTO THE MID 90S BY MID AFTERNOON. THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL HAVE JUST ENOUGH HUMIDITY TO PRODUCE HEAT INDICES INTO THE LOW 100S. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...BEFORE YOU GET THIRSTY. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT AND LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING. RESERVE STRENUOUS EXERCISE FOR EARLY MORNING OR EVENING HOURS. STAY NEAR AIR CONDITIONED LOCATIONS IF POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. SHARP
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:02 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 32-year-old male was struck by a bolt from the blue while golfing on the 18th hole at the Spring Lake Golf Resort. The Lorida Fire Department put out a small fire in a nearby tree. It was not raining at the time of the lightning strike.
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, Highlands | 2009-06-11 | 32 | Male | Golfing | Direct |
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