Scattered thunderstorms moved into the region producing damaging wind gusts. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down by the thunderstorms.
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Scattered thunderstorms moved into the region producing damaging wind gusts. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down by the thunderstorms.
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 Aug 22, 2:07 PM EST, 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 307 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)...LOW LEVEL RIDGE AXIS GENERALLY REMAINS ACROSS THE REGION ALTHOUGH THE SLIGHTLY MORE DOMINANT HIGH CENTER EXISTS ACROSS THE NRN GOMEX. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A WEAK NWRLY FLOW ACROSS NRN COS AND WEAK NNE FLOW ACROSS SRN COS WITH THE SEA BREEZE ABLE TO PENETRATE INLAND EACH AFTN. DOMINANT MID-UPR LEVEL HIGH CENTER ACROSS MS RIVER VALLEY WILL ALSO REMAIN IN PLACE WITH NERLY FLOW ALOFT. THIS WILL HELP STEER AFTN BACK TOWARD THE COAST DESPITE THE SEA BREEZE MOVING WELL INLAND (ESP IN NRN COS) REMAINDER OF THIS AFTN AND AGAIN SATURDAY. PWS HOOVERING AROUND 1.8 TO 1.9 INCHES (NOT OVERLY HIGH BY AUGUST STANDARDS) AND SOMEWHAT WARM MID LEVEL TEMPS ASSOC WITH THE HIGH CENTER TO THE NW (9 DEG AT H7 AND -5 TO -7 AT H5) WILL ALSO LEAD TO LATER START IN DIURNAL CONVECTION. THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO CLIMB SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL REACHING THE MID-UPR 90S BEFORE COVERAGE IN TSTMS IS HIGH ENOUGH TO IMPACT TEMPS. HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL BE ON HIGH SIDE..BUT NOT QUITE TO THE 108 DEG ADVISORY CRITERIA. PEAK TSTM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 4 PM AND 8 PM EACH DAY. MOS POPS CONTINUE TO SHOW DRY BIAS (ESP GFS) AND WILL CONTINUE TO FORECAST SCT POPS WHICH IS A CAT ABOVE WHAT LOWER GUIDANCE POPS SUGGESTS. EVENING POPS IN THE 20S APPEARS SUFFICIENT...BUT ALWAYS TOUGH CALL AS CONVECTION WINDS RAPIDLY AROUND 00Z AND COULD POTENTIALLY LINGER A BIT MORE INTO THE EVENING IN SOME AREAS. && .MARINE...A BROAD HIGH PRESSURE AREA CENTERED OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL DOMINATE THE WATERS INTO MUCH OF THE WEEKEND AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGS INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. THE BOUNDARY MOVES DOWN THE STATE SUNDAY AND WEAKENS AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN BEHIND IT. FOR THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK THE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN AS A TROPICAL SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE ATLANTIC. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS RELAXED FOR MOST OF THE WEEKEND WITH BENIGN NORTHWESTERLY FLOW. THE GRADIENT BEGINS TO TIGHTEN LATE SUNDAY OR EARLY MONDAY WITH MORE ROBUST NORTHEASTERLY FLOW. THE MAJOR MARINE CONCERN WILL BE HIGH WINDS AND SEAS IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. && .AVIATION...SCT TSTMS WILL BE MAIN ISSUE FOR TAF SITES THIS AFTN AND AGAIN SATURDAY. PEAK COVERAGE WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 4 TO 8 PM BOTH DAYS WITH HIGHEST PROBS ACROSS SITES NEAREST TO I-75. HANDLED THIS WITH VCTS FOR NOW THIS AFTN AND WILL UPDATE AS NEEDED GIVEN SCT COVERAGE. AS ALWAYS BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE BY SITES IMPACTED BY TSTMS...BUT THESE ARE VERY LOW PROBABILITY EVENTS AND GENERALLY SHORT LIVED. && .LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT-FRIDAY)... WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CANADIAN MODEL...GUIDANCE HAS CHANGED LITTLE SINCE THIS TIME YESTERDAY. MOST MODELS CONTINUE TO TURN DISTURBANCE 96L NORTHWARD AND NORTHEASTWARD NEAR THE EASTERN BAHAMAS WHILE THE CANADIAN HAS SHIFTED FAR TO THE SOUTH... SKIRTING THE NORTH COAST OF CUBA AS IT HEADS INTO THE CENTRAL GULF. THE CANADIAN MODEL IS BEING DISCOUNTED AT THIS TIME. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR MODEL TRENDS AND THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AS THIS SYSTEM DEVELOPS. FOR SUNDAY...A WEAK BACK-DOOR COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE PENINSULA WHICH MAY SERVE TO ENHANCE RAIN CHANCES SOMEWHAT. BEST MOISTURE WILL BE ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SO HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES WILL BE OVER OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES...BUT THERE WILL LIKELY BE SCATTERED AFTERNOON STORMS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WE SHOULD BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH AND THE TROPICAL DISTURBANCE TO OUR EAST. DRIER AIR WILL TRY TO WORK IN FROM THE NORTH...BUT IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT WILL BE ENOUGH TO SHUT DOWN OUR AFTERNOON RAIN CHANCES. STRENGTHENING EASTERLY FLOW WILL BRING THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE ALL THE WAY ACROSS TO THE GULF COAST RESULTING IN HIGHER RAIN CHANCES ALL THE WAY TO THE BEACHES. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT SHOULD RELAX AGAIN BY MID WEEK AS WHATEVER BECOMES OF THE TROPICAL DISTURBANCE LIFTS AWAY TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS WILL ALLOW OUR WEST COAST SEA BREEZE TO BECOME MORE DOMINANT AND PUSH HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES INLAND EACH AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 80 94 80 93 / 20 20 20 40 FMY 75 96 78 94 / 20 30 20 40 GIF 77 97 78 95 / 10 40 10 50 SRQ 79 91 79 93 / 20 30 20 30 BKV 75 95 74 95 / 20 30 20 50 SPG 81 94 82 93 / 20 20 20 40 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...88/GITTINGER MID TERM/LONG TERM...63/JILLSON MARINE...09/RUDE DECISION SUPPORT...02/GARCIA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 515 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 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- 873-876-230915- 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- 515 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. ...EXCESSIVE HEAT IMPACT... TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB THROUGH THE MIDDLE 90S TODAY RESULTING IN HEAT INDICES OF AROUND 105 DEGREES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED. ...EXCESSIVE HEAT IMPACT... HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH HEAT INDICES POSSIBLY CLIMBING TO AS HIGH AS 108 DEGREES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. JILLSON
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 169 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:04 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Levy County Department of Public Safety reported trees down along U.S. Highway 19.
Levy County Department of Public Safety reported a palm tree down on a power line along State Road 24.
Public reported two trees down south of Chiefland.
Levy County Department of Public Safety reported several trees down in the Gulf Hammock area west of U.S. Highway 19.
Broadcast media relayed a report of a tree down on a car near Kelly Road and Hillsborough Avenue. Additional damage was reported to a sign on Memorial Highway. Time was estimated from radar.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 529824, 529825, 529833, 529835, 529837.