Scattered afternoon seabreeze thunderstorms developed along the coast. A female was struck by lightning and injured from one thunderstorm.
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Scattered afternoon seabreeze thunderstorms developed along the coast. A female was struck by lightning and injured from one thunderstorm.
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 31, 7:45 AM EST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 845 AM EDT SUN JUL 31 2011 .FOR THE MORNING UPDATE...MID AND U/L RIDGE HAS WEAKENED A BIT OVER THE REGION WITH COOLING INDICATED ALOFT. DEEP LAYER MOISTURE HAS DRAMATICALLY INCREASED WITH PCPW VALUE ON 12Z TBW SOUNDING OF 2.21 INCHES. WEAK EASTERLY FLOW WILL PROMOTE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG THE WEST COAST SEABREEZE BOUNDARY BY EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH AREAL COVERAGE INCREASING MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AS NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP DUE TO THE EAST COAST SEABREEZE BOUNDARY PUSHING ACROSS THE PENINSULA AND BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS TAKE PLACE. ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE WITH STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND A FEW PULSE SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. CURRENT ZONES ARE ON TRACK WITH NO UPDATE PLANNED. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEV AFT 18Z THRU THE EVENING WITH AREAS OF MVFR AND BRIEF LOCAL IFR CIGS/VSBY AND GUSTY WINDS IN AND NR CONVECTION. VFR CONDITIONS RETURNING AREA WIDE TONIGHT. && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...13/OGLESBY AVIATION...25/DAVIS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 528 AM EDT SUN JUL 31 2011 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-312300- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 528 AM EDT SUN JUL 31 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... DEEPER TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL ESTABLISH OVER THE REGION TODAY HELPING TO INCREASE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. WITH WEAK FLOW IN PLACE...THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE WILL BE ABLE PUSH WELL INLAND. AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... DEEP MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON. SOME STRONG STORMS WILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. BARRON
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:32 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
An 18-year-old female was struck by lightning while getting out of a pool on Treasure Island. She was transported to the hospital with minor injuries.
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