Ample low level moisture and a ridge axis across Florida setup a late afternoon sea breeze collision over southwest Florida late in the afternoon. Some of the storms produced small hail.
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The episode as NWS TBW wrote it up.
Ample low level moisture and a ridge axis across Florida setup a late afternoon sea breeze collision over southwest Florida late in the afternoon. Some of the storms produced small hail.
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 12, 3:22 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 422 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-FRIDAY)... SOME DRIER AIR BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA WHICH IS LIMITING CONVECTION. HOWEVER...ACROSS SOUTH OF THE RIDGE AXIS OVER OUR SOUTHERN ZONES THE MOISTURE REMAINS DEEP AND THIS IS COMBINING WITH THE SEA BREEZE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES TO CAUSE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STORMS. CONVECTION WILL WIND DOWN THIS EVENING WITH MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT. ON THURSDAY THE RIDGE AXIS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SOUTH WITH THE DRIER AIR CONTINUING ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE REGION AND WINDS BECOMING MORE WESTERLY ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL LIMIT RAIN CHANCES TO 20 PERCENT FOR ALL BUT THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR AND SOUTHWEST ZONES WHERE AM PLANNING ON GOING WITH 30 POPS. THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY THE RIDGE AXIS SINKS INTO THE FLORIDA KEYS WITH A WEAKENING COLD FRONT DROPPING INTO NORTH FLORIDA AND EVENTUALLY OUR AREA DURING FRIDAY. MOISTURE WILL REMAIN LIMITED SO HAVE ONLY GONE WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS AT THIS TIME. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE MID 90S OVER INLAND AREAS WITH THE WESTERLY WINDS OFF THE GULF KEEPING COASTAL AREAS IN THE 80S. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL FALL TO AROUND 70 OVER INLAND AREAS AND REMAIN IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S CLOSE TO THE COAST. .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT-WEDNESDAY)... THE LONG TERM PERIOD BEGINS WITH A DECAYING FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE PENINSULA. BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION. THE SURFACE HIGH WILL SHIFT EAST THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK...WITH THE AXIS REMAINING NORTH OF THE AREA AND KEEPING EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS IN PLACE WITH A SEA BREEZE FORMING EACH AFTERNOON. BEST RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS EACH DAY... ALTHOUGH SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR WILL BE IN PLACE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WITHIN A DEGREE OR TWO OF NORMAL VALUES. && .AVIATION... MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST WITH SCATTERED STORMS AROUND PGD...FMY AND RSW INTO THE EVENING HOURS. && .MARINE... SURFACE RIDGE AXIS WILL DRIFT SOUTH INTO THE FLORIDA STRAITS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH AN INCREASING WESTERLY FLOW SETTING UP THROUGH FRIDAY THEN A MORE LIGHT AND VARIABLE FLOW WILL RETURN OVER THE WEEKEND. WINDS COULD REACH EXERCISE CAUTION CRITERIA OVER THE NORTHERN WATERS DURING FRIDAY. && .FIRE WEATHER... NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 76 91 76 90 / 20 10 10 20 FMY 73 91 74 91 / 20 30 20 20 GIF 73 94 73 93 / 20 20 10 20 SRQ 74 89 74 89 / 20 10 10 20 BKV 70 93 71 92 / 10 10 10 20 SPG 78 91 78 90 / 20 10 10 20 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM/MARINE/FIRE WEATHER...69/CLOSE LONG TERM...05/CARLISLE AVIATION...63/JILLSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 556 AM EDT WED JUN 12 2013 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-850-853-856-870- 873-876-122200- 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- 556 AM EDT WED JUN 12 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG SEA BREEZE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THE STRONGER STORMS WILL INCLUDE HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREATS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. CARLISLE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 353 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013 FLZ065-122030- LEE- 353 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR LEHIGH ACRES TO ESTERO...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT LEHIGH ACRES...GATEWAY...SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AIRPORT AND ESTERO...UNTIL 430 PM EDT. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 BETWEEN EXITS 123 AND 136. GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. TO BE SAFE GO INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND A LOW SPOT...AND STAY AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 2658 8200 2666 8156 2645 8156 2634 8183 TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 072DEG 9KT 2657 8159
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
425 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013
FLZ062-122115-
CHARLOTTE-
425 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED NEAR TROPICAL GULF ACRES...OR 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PUNTA GORDA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT
CHARLOTTE HARBOR...CLEVELAND...PUNTA GORDA AND CHARLOTTE COUNTY
AIRPORT...UNTIL 515 PM EDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 BETWEEN EXITS 158 AND 164.
GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
TO BE SAFE GO INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND A LOW
SPOT...AND STAY AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN
DIAMETER WILL BE POSSIBLE. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 2693 8233 2698 8200 2685 8186 2677 8207
2687 8207 2690 8211 2693 8210 2695 8207
2695 8209 2691 8214 2692 8217 2678 8214
2676 8219
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 046DEG 4KT 2685 8201SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 433 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013 FLZ065-122115- LEE- 433 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN LEE COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED NEAR GATEWAY...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT MYERS...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT TICE...FORT MYERS...PAGE FIELD AIRPORT AND GATEWAY...UNTIL 515 PM EDT. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 BETWEEN EXITS 123 AND 143. GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. TO BE SAFE GO INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND A LOW SPOT...AND STAY AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER WILL BE POSSIBLE. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 2635 8184 2673 8195 2674 8169 2646 8159 TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 022DEG 6KT 2656 8176
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:53 UTC.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A broadcast media member's social media page had a report of penny sized hail in southwest Cape Coral. Time estimated from radar.
SKYWARN spotter SAR-179 reported nickle sized hail 8 miles east of interstate 75 on Fruitville Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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