Numerous thunderstorms developed across the area in the warm and moist environment behind Tropical Storm Bonnie. An individual was struck by lightning from one of these storms.
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The episode as NWS TBW wrote it up.
Numerous thunderstorms developed across the area in the warm and moist environment behind Tropical Storm Bonnie. An individual was struck by lightning from one of these storms.
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 Jul 24, 12:15 PM EST, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 115 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 2010 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH MONDAY)... TROPICAL DEPRESSION BONNIE CONTINUES TO HEAD TOWARDS THE LA/MS GULF COAST THIS AFTERNOON. AS IT MOVES FURTHER AWAY FROM OUR AREA...A WEAK SURFACE HIGH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO BUILD INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. STILL ENOUGH MOISTURE OVER US THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING TO ALLOW FOR DECENT RAIN CHANCES...AND ESPECIALLY WITH RECENT RADAR IMAGERY SHOWING SCATTERED CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER OUR INLAND COUNTIES. THE GFS SEEMS TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN RIGHT NOW...AND ALTHOUGH IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THIS AREA WILL DEVELOP INTO ANYTHING MORE THAN IT IS NOW...IT COULD PROVIDE US WITH AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT IF THE TIMING OF THE GFS IS CORRECT. WILL STICK WITH CHANCE POPS OVER THE AREA FOR NOW ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING...TAPERED FROM 50% CHANCE SOUTH WHERE BETTER MOISTURE PROFILES EXIST CLOSER TO THE WAVE...TO 30% NORTH WHERE DRIER AIR SHOULD BE IN PLACE. THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN NORTH OF THE AREA ON MONDAY...MAKING FOR A WARM START TO THE WORK WEEK AND TYPICAL RAIN CHANCES (40%) AREA-WIDE. .LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL RIDGE ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE RIDGE AXIS TO THE NORTH THROUGH THURSDAY THEN SETTLING SOUTH TO ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE PENINSULA FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. A MID AND UPPER LEVEL HIGH CENTERED OVER THE REGION WILL BRING A LITTLE DRIER AIR IN THROUGH THURSDAY KEEPING AFTERNOON RAIN CHANCES AT 30 PERCENT...THEN MOISTURE WILL RETURN AS THE UPPER RIDGE SHIFTS WEST FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS WITH RAIN CHANCES AT 40 PERCENT ALONG SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S EACH AFTERNOON WITH LOWS IN THE MID 70S TO AROUND 80. && .AVIATION... NUMEROUS SMALL SHOWERS ARE IN PLACE NEAR THE TERMINALS AND WILL BECOME THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BRING TEMPO MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS MAINLY 2418Z/2422Z. OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...THEN SOME MVFR CEILINGS MAY DEVELOP AROUND 2508Z. && .MARINE... WINDS AND SEAS HAVE BEEN DIMINISHING SO FAR TODAY...AND ALL HEADLINES WILL BE DROPPED WITH THIS AFTERNOON'S FORECAST PACKAGE. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGES OVER THE AREA THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE SHORT TERM PERIOD...KEEPING A SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW OVER THE WATERS. SPEEDS WILL REMAIN IN THE 10-15KT RANGE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE AREA...THEN DROP DOWN TO AROUND 10KTS OR SO BY MONDAY THROUGH MID WEEK AS THE RIDGE MOVES OVERHEAD. && .FIRE WEATHER... NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 79 93 78 92 / 20 40 20 40 FMY 77 93 76 92 / 20 50 20 40 GIF 76 93 76 92 / 20 40 20 40 SRQ 77 92 76 91 / 20 40 20 40 BKV 75 94 74 92 / 20 30 20 40 SPG 81 91 80 91 / 20 40 20 40 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM/MARINE/FIRE WEATHER...23/MCNATT LONG TERM/AVIATION...24/COLSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 505 AM EDT SAT JUL 24 2010 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-242115- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- TAMPA BAY WATERS- 505 AM EDT SAT JUL 24 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ..THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...BEGINNING IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL BRING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. ...EXCESSIVE HEAT IMPACT... THE COMBINATION OF HOT DAYTIME TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE DANGEROUS LEVELS OF HEAT INDEX THIS AFTERNOON...RANGING AS HIGH AS 107 DEGREES FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. ...WIND AND SEA IMPACT... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFEECT THROUGH 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR WATERS IN THE EASTER GULF OF MEXICO. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 15 KNOTS AFTER NOON. SEAS WILL REMAIN HIGH THIS MORNING BUT DIMINSH TO NORMAL LEVELS AS WELL TONIGHT, .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... DAILY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BUT STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ...EXCESSIVE HEAT IMPACT... THE COMBINATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105-108 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURING THE HOTTEST PARTS OF THE DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. JOHNSON
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:04 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 59-year-old woman was struck by lightning at Fred Howard Park and transported to the hospital with injuries. She suffered burns to her hip and injured her nose when she fell face down after the strike.
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