A few strong to severe storms formed over the peninsula courtesy of afternoon sea breeze interactions.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS TBW wrote it up.
A few strong to severe storms formed over the peninsula courtesy of afternoon sea breeze interactions.
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 Apr 30, 8:22 AM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 922 AM EDT WED APR 30 2014 ...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... .UPDATE... SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME A LARGE CANOPY OF BLOW OFF CIRRUS FROM THE LARGE AREA OF ONGOING CONVECTION (DECAYING MCS) OVER THE CENTRAL FL PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN GULF COAST REGION IS SPILLING INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS MORNING...WHILE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WERE AGAIN NOTED ACROSS THE SOUTH. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE WESTERN ATLANTIC RIDGING WEST ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL PENINSULA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT A SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW ACROSS THE REGION WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID AND UPPER 70S. AS FOR THE REST OF TODAY EXPECT ANOTHER HOT AND MUGGY DAY WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE LOWER 90S OVER INLAND LOCATIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON. SUFFICIENT MOISTURE (PW'S 1.31 INCHES VIA THE 12Z RAOB DATA) INCREASING TO 1.6 INCHES BY AFTERNOON COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND MODERATE INSTABILITY (MUCAPE VALUES INCREASING INTO THE 2000 TO 2500 J/KG RANGE) SHOULD AGAIN ALLOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG THE INLAND MOVING SEA BREEZE (ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE I-75 CORRIDOR) DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH THE GREATEST AREAL COVERAGE OF STORMS LIKELY TO SET UP FROM EASTERN SUMTER/POLK COUNTIES SOUTHWARD THROUGH HIGHLANDS COUNTY FROM MID AFTERNOON ONWARD WHERE THE EAST/WEST COAST SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY MERGER SHOULD AGAIN TAKE PLACE. LIKE YESTERDAY STEEPING LOW/MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES (VIA MODEL BUFKIT DATA) COMBINED WITH DRY MID LEVEL AIR AND COLD MID LEVEL TEMPS (-10C AT 500MB) WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ESPECIALLY WHERE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IS MAXIMIZED ALONG THE COLLIDING SEA BREEZE/OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. CURRENT FORECAST OF 30 TO 60 PERCENT POPS FOR INTERIOR ZONES LOOKS IN GOOD SHAPE...BUT GIVEN THE POSSIBLE STRONG TO SEVERE STORM THREAT WILL ADD GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WORDING INTO THE ZONES IN A MID MORNING UPDATE. OTHER THAN THIS NO OTHER GRID OR ZONE CHANGES PLANNED AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION... KLAL...KPGD...KFMY AND KRSW TERMINALS MAY SEE SOME BRIEF IFR CIGS AND VSBYS FROM DEVELOPING TSRA AFTER 18Z...BUT FOR NOW HAVE HANDLED WITH VCTS GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY IN TIMING...OTHERWISE VFR SHOULD BE THE RULE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SOUTHEAST WINDS IN THE 6 TO 8 KNOT RANGE THIS MORNING WILL BECOME SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 14 KNOTS AFTER 18Z...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF TSRA. && .MARINE... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE WESTERN ATLANTIC RIDGING WEST ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL FLORIDA PENINSULA WILL MAINTAIN A SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW IN THE 10 TO 15 KNOT RANGE ACROSS THE GULF WATERS THE REMAINDER OF TODAY...WITH WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE SEA BREEZE DEVELOPS AND PUSHES INLAND. WILL ADD WORDING FOR HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING UPDATE OTHERWISE THE FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE WITH NO OTHER CHANGES NEEDED AT THIS TIME. && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && UPDATE/MARINE/AVIATION...57/MCMICHAEL DECISION SUPPORT SERVICES...18/FLEMING DATA COLLECTION/UPPER AIR...007/DOUGHERTY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 408 AM EDT WED APR 30 2014 FLZ043-050-052-056-057-061-139-142-148-149-151-155-160-162-165- 239-242-248-249-251-255-260-262-265-GMZ830-836-850-853-856-870- 873-876-010000- SUMTER-PINELLAS-POLK-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-DESOTO-COASTAL LEVY- COASTAL CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-COASTAL PASCO- COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE-INLAND LEVY-INLAND CITRUS- INLAND HERNANDO-INLAND PASCO-INLAND HILLSBOROUGH-INLAND MANATEE- INLAND SARASOTA-INLAND CHARLOTTE-INLAND LEE-TAMPA BAY WATERS- CHARLOTTE HARBOR AND PINE ISLAND SOUND- 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- 408 AM EDT WED APR 30 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE INTERIOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG CONVERGING SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES. THE ENVIRONMENT SUGGESTS A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED...MAINLY ACROSS THE INTERIOR. ONCE AGAIN A FEW STORMS WILL LIKELY BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING THE MAIN THREATS. GENERAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH THE THREAT OF ANY STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS APPEARING LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER OVER INLAND COUNTIES AND SELF ACTIVATE LATE TODAY IF NEEDED. MROCZKA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 201 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014 FLZ043-148-242-248-249-301845- SUMTER-INLAND HERNANDO-INLAND CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-INLAND PASCO- 201 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL HERNANDO...NORTH CENTRAL PASCO...SOUTHEASTERN CITRUS AND WEST CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTIES... AT 201 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED NEAR BROOKRIDGE...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRING HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT GLEN LAKES... HIGH POINT...WEEKI WACHEE AND HERNANDO COUNTY AIRPORT...UNTIL 245 PM EDT. 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. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 2878 8236 2858 8218 2840 8250 2854 8263 TIME...MOT...LOC 1801Z 231DEG 10KT 2852 8249
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
219 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014
FLZ052-057-301900-
HIGHLANDS-POLK-
219 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT HIGHLANDS AND SOUTHEASTERN POLK
COUNTIES...
AT 219 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR SEBRING SHORES...OR NEAR SEBRING...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT AVON PARK EXECUTIVE AIRPORT...
SEBRING...AVON PARK AND SEBRING REGIONAL AIRPORT...UNTIL 300 PM EDT.
GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR. HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE IS
EXPECTED.
&&
LAT...LON 2720 8107 2720 8116 2712 8116 2712 8126
2702 8128 2703 8149 2718 8156 2761 8157
2789 8131 2786 8128 2783 8121 2766 8112
2758 8115 2754 8120 2749 8120 2739 8111
2739 8106 2736 8103 2726 8099
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 232DEG 10KT 2749 8151SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
245 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014
FLZ043-242-301930-
SUMTER-INLAND CITRUS-
245 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL CITRUS AND NORTHERN
SUMTER COUNTIES...
AT 245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED NEAR RUTLAND...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
INVERNESS...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT ARBOR LAKES...
RUTLAND...INVERNESS AND INVERNESS AIRPORT...UNTIL 330 PM EDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 BETWEEN EXITS 321 AND 329.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 2898 8232 2896 8230 2896 8196 2896 8195
2879 8195 2866 8203 2883 8241 2899 8235
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 198DEG 9KT 2891 8225The Tampa radar (KTBW), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:54 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hernando County Airport ASOS (BKV) recorded a wind gust to 62 mph.
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