A warm front lifted north through the coastal waters, with several large thunderstorms forming over the warm waters of the Gulf. One of these storms became severe before making landfall over southwest Florida.
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The episode as NWS TBW wrote it up.
A warm front lifted north through the coastal waters, with several large thunderstorms forming over the warm waters of the Gulf. One of these storms became severe before making landfall over southwest Florida.
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 Mar 22, 9:14 AM EST, 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 1014 AM EDT FRI MAR 22 2013 .UPDATE... NO UPDATES NEEDED TO THE ONGOING FORECAST FOR TODAY. A WARM FRONT TO THE SOUTH WILL MOVE NORTH TODAY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES SOUTHEAST...WITH WINDS TURNING TO THE SOUTH. WITH THIS FLOW ESTABLISHING...WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL ADVECT NORTHWARD AND DEW POINTS ALONG WITH PWAT VALUES FOR THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE ON THE RISE...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN ZONES. HAVE LEFT THE CHANCE AND SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST WITH THE GREATEST POSSIBILITY OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE CWA. WITH THE WARM AIR ADVECTION...CLOUD COVER WILL BE ON THE RISE AS WELL AND IT SHOULD BECOME MOSTLY CLOUDY ACROSS AT LEAST ABOUT THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S THIS AFTERNOON. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. COULD SEE A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON...BUT CIGS/VSBYS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT VFR LEVELS. INCREASING MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN LOWERING CIGS OVERNIGHT...WITH MVFR AND POSSIBLY IFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 74 64 80 68 / 20 20 40 30 FMY 80 67 86 68 / 30 20 20 10 GIF 78 63 83 67 / 10 20 40 30 SRQ 74 65 80 68 / 20 20 30 20 BKV 75 59 81 66 / 10 20 50 30 SPG 74 66 80 69 / 20 20 30 20 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && UPDATE...05/CARLISLE AVIATION...21/JELSEMA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 530 AM EDT FRI MAR 22 2013 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-850-853-856-870- 873-876-222200- 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- 530 AM EDT FRI MAR 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...FOG IMPACT... PATCHY FOG IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE QUICKLY RETURNS. VISIBILITY IN A FEW LOCATIONS COULD BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF OF A MILE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... LOW PRESSURE AND AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH AND MOVE ACROSS THE REGION BRINGING SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS INTO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...PARTICULARLY OVER THE NATURE COAST LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. POTENTIAL HAZARDS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. ...EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT... MUCH COOLER DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK LEADING TO OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE 30S ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NATURE COAST TUESDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ...WIND AND SEA IMPACT... BREEZY SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL SETUP AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY THEN SHIFT TO NORTHERLY BEHIND THE FRONT FOR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED DURING THIS TIME. ...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT... LONG DURATIONS OF CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WHICH COULD PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. PRC
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:39 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Charlotte County Sheriffs Office relayed a report of 2 downed banyan trees blocking Green Dolphin Drive in Placida. Time estimated based on radar.
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