An upper level disturbance crossing over Florida enhanced sea breeze storms across the area. One of these storms produced small hail and thunderstorm wind gusts that knocked over one tree.
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An upper level disturbance crossing over Florida enhanced sea breeze storms across the area. One of these storms produced small hail and thunderstorm wind gusts that knocked over one tree.
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 May 19, 2:57 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 357 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-TUESDAY)... WEAK MID/UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES WITH TROUGHINESS DOWN ALONG THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT EAST THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH THE MODELS NOW INDICATING THAT A PIECE OF IT MOVING SOUTH INTO NORTH FLORIDA DURING MONDAY AND TUESDAY. MEANWHILE IN THE LOW LEVELS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO RIDGE SOUTHWEST ACROSS FLORIDA FROM OUT IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WITH A RATHER WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA. FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT THE SEA BREEZES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INLAND AND WITH ENOUGH MOISTURE WE SHOULD SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS POP UP OVER INLAND AREAS. SOME DRIER AIR HAS SETUP OVER THE TAMPA BAY REGION NORTH INTO PORTIONS OF THE NATURE COAST AND THIS APPEARS TO BE LIMITING EVEN THE CLOUD DEVELOPMENT. FOR NOW HAVE LEFT CHANCE POPS FOR THIS EVENING OVER THE INTERIOR AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES AND 20 POPS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE INLAND PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S. FOR MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ENOUGH MOISTURE WILL BE ACROSS THE AREA...PRECIPITABLE WATER BETWEEN 1.5 AND 1.7 INCHES...WHEN COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND THE SEA BREEZES TO ALLOW SCATTERED CONVECTION TO DEVELOP DURING MAINLY THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. BEST COVERAGE WILL BE OVER INLAND AREAS MONDAY...BUT ON TUESDAY WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW IN THE VICINITY AND THE SYNOPTIC EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW A LITTLE BIT STRONGER WE SHOULD SEE SCATTERED CONVECTION ALL THE WAY TO THE COAST. DAYTIME HIGHS EACH DAY WILL BE IN THE MID 80S TO AROUND 90 WITH LOWS MONDAY NIGHT IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S. .LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT-SUNDAY)... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH THE RIDGE AXIS NORTH OF THE REGION...AS A WEAK TROUGH REMAINS IN PLACE ALOFT. GENERALLY E/SE WINDS WILL BE IN PLACE WITH A SEA BREEZE DEVELOPING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AMPLE MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP EACH DAY ALONG SEA BREEZE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WITH THE BEST CHANCES INLAND. HAVE KEPT RAIN CHANCES AT 30 PERCENT COASTAL-50 PERCENT INLAND WITH THE CONVECTION. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 60S-LOWER 70S WEDNESDAY MORNING AND IN THE MID 80S COASTAL TO LOWER 90S INLAND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...AN AREA OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION SHIFTING WINDS TO THE WEST THROUGH THE DAY AND PULLING IN A LITTLE DRIER AIR BEHIND IT. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE 30-40 PERCENT FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND MAINLY INLAND. LOWS WILL AGAIN BE IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S...WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO KEEPING GENERALLY W/NW FLOW IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE 20-30 PERCENT WITH THE BEST CHANCES INLAND. LOWS CONTINUE IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S...WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. && .AVIATION... POCKET OF DRY AIR/LOWER DEW POINTS WILL DELAY/PRECLUDE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AROUND TAMPA BAY AND EVEN TOWARD LAL. BEST CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS WILL BE AROUND PGD...FMY AND RSW. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. && .MARINE... THE RATHER LIGHT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WITH AN AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE NEAR THE COAST WILL PERSIST INTO MIDWEEK WITH WINDS REMAINING LESS THAN 15 KNOTS AND SEAS 3 FEET OR LESS. && .FIRE WEATHER... NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION KEEPING RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 72 87 71 87 / 10 40 20 50 FMY 71 90 70 90 / 20 50 30 50 GIF 70 88 69 88 / 20 50 30 50 SRQ 69 87 69 87 / 10 30 20 50 BKV 66 87 66 87 / 10 40 20 50 SPG 74 85 73 85 / 10 30 20 50 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM/MARINE/FIRE WEATHER...69/CLOSE LONG TERM...24/COLSON AVIATION...63/JILLSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 631 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-850-853-856-870- 873-876-191600- 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- 631 AM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY. STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG SEA BREEZE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY ALONG SEA BREEZE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. STRONGER STORMS WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. COLSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 513 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013 FLZ062-065-192200- CHARLOTTE-LEE- 513 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN LEE AND SOUTHEASTERN CHARLOTTE COUNTIES... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED NEAR FORT MYERS SHORES...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT MYERS...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT FORT MYERS SHORES...SUNCOAST ESTATES...TICE AND FORT MYERS...UNTIL 600 PM EDT. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 BETWEEN EXITS 136 AND 143. GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR. HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE IS EXPECTED. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESES STORMS. && LAT...LON 2652 8157 2651 8187 2691 8188 2692 8158 TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 006DEG 4KT 2670 8177
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:01 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
General public reported one large tree was uprooted by thunderstorm wind gusts. Dime sized hail was also reported with the storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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