Southwest flow led to early afternoon sea breeze thunderstorms over the Nature Coast. A lightning strike from one of the storms hit a house and sparked a house fire.
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Southwest flow led to early afternoon sea breeze thunderstorms over the Nature Coast. A lightning strike from one of the storms hit a house and sparked a house fire.
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, 9:21 AM EST, 4 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 1021 AM EDT TUE JUN 11 2013 .UPDATE... SOME MID AND HIGH CLOUDS STREAMING ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING AS TAIL END OF MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES BY TO THE NORTH. IN THE LOW LEVELS THE RIDGE AXIS IS EXTENDING EAST TO WEST ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THIS CAN BE SEEN IN THE MORNING SOUNDINGS THAT SHOW WESTERLY FLOW AT JACKSONVILLE...LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS AT TBW AND SOUTHEAST AT MIAMI. MORNING SOUNDINGS ALSO INDICATING PLENTY OF MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES RANGING FROM 1.7 TO 2 INCHES. THEREFORE...EXPECT EARLY WEST COAST SEA BREEZE DEVELOPMENT AND THIS COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING SHOULD LEAD TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BEST CHANCES WILL BE EAST OF INTERSTATE 75...BUT COULD SEE CONVECTION MOVE BACK TO TOWARD THE COAST LATE IN THE DAY SOUTH OF SARASOTA. HAVE ADJUSTED GRIDS TO BRING CONVECTION BACK CLOSER TO THE COAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTH...OTHERWISE REST OF FORECAST LOOKS OK AT THIS TIME. WILL UPDATE ZONES SHORTLY TO ADJUST POPS ACROSS SOUTH. && .AVIATION... MAINLY VFR. EXPECTING 20 PERCENT THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE NEAR THE COAST AND UP TO 40 PERCENT INLAND THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS COULD MOVE BACK TOWARD THE COAST ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF TPA TOWARD EVENING. LOW CONFIDENCE IN TIMING SO HANDLING WITH VCTS AT THIS TIME. && .MARINE... WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED STAY BELOW HIGHLIGHT CRITERIA FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS THE RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION. PRESENT MARINE FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK WITH NO MAJOR CHANGES PLANNED FOR LATE MORNING FORECAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 90 76 90 76 / 20 20 20 20 FMY 92 75 91 74 / 40 20 30 20 GIF 92 74 93 74 / 40 20 40 20 SRQ 89 75 89 74 / 20 20 30 20 BKV 91 70 91 72 / 20 20 20 20 SPG 89 78 89 78 / 20 20 20 20 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && UPDATE/MARINE...69/CLOSE AVIATION...63/JILLSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 628 AM EDT TUE JUN 11 2013 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-850-853-856-870- 873-876-111600- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DESOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- TAMPA BAY WATERS-TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NM- ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM- BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM- TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 TO 60 NM- ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM- BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 628 AM EDT TUE JUN 11 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG SEA BREEZE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE EAST OF INTERSTATE 75. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. ...RIVER FLOOD IMPACT... THE MANATEE RIVER AT MYAKKA HEAD AND THE LITTLE MANATEE RIVER AT WIMAUMA ARE NEARING THEIR CRESTS THIS MORNING AND SHOULD BE GRADUALLY FALLING THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. STRONGER STORMS WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. COLSON
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:58 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Broadcast media reported Fire Rescue crews reported to the scene of a house fire in Floral City, FL, believed to be caused by a lightning strike. No one was home at the time and no injuries were reported. Damage was estimated to be around $95,000.
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