Scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon along sea breeze boundaries and continued through the early evening. One of these storms produced a lightning strike that injured one person in Levy County.
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Scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon along sea breeze boundaries and continued through the early evening. One of these storms produced a lightning strike that injured one person in Levy County. Another thunderstorm produced a downburst wind gust in Manatee County.
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 31, 2:45 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 345 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2014 .SYNOPSIS... 19Z WATER VAPOR AND H4 RAP ANALYSIS SHOWS A PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN STREAM PATTERN ACROSS THE CONUS OVER THE TOP OF AN ELONGATED WEST TO EAST ORIENTED UPPER RIDGE EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN MEXICO...ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH AND INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. POTENT SHORTWAVE / MOMENTUM PUSH IS SEEN IN WV IMAGERY EJECTING OUT OF THE INTER-MOUNTAIN WEST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS ENERGY IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN A LARGE AREA OF SEVERE POTENTIAL ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS/UPPER MS VALLEY THIS EVENING. CLOSER TO HOME WE FIND OUR REGION UNDERNEATH THE ELONGATED UPPER RIDGE MENTIONED ABOVE...AND THIS RIDGE WILL BE STAYING PUT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. A SWATH OF MID/UPPER LEVEL DRIER AIR IS CLEARLY SEEN ON WV IMAGERY ARRIVING OVER THE FL PENINSULA FROM THE EAST... ALTHOUGH THE 12Z KTBW SOUNDING PROFILE WAS LAUNCHED AHEAD OF THIS PUSH...AND LIKELY DID NOT SAMPLE MUCH OF THE THIS AIRMASS THAT IS NOW STREAMING OVERHEAD. EVEN STILL...THE 12Z SOUNDING WAS ALREADY DRIER THAN 24 HOURS AGO WITH A PW VALUE DOWN A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH TO AROUND 1.7". REGIONAL RADARS SHOWING DISORGANIZED SHOWER/STORM ACTIVITY AHEAD OF AND ALONG THE EAST COAST SEA-BREEZE WHICH IS QUICKLY TRANSLATING ACROSS THE STATE THIS MID-AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE ALREADY ARRIVING AROUND THE FORT MYERS AREA AND PROGRESSING WESTWARD THROUGH POLK/HIGHLANDS/DESOTO/HARDEE COUNTIES FURTHER TO THE NORTH. AS MENTIONED ABOVE...SO FAR THE CONVECTION IS RATHER DISORGANIZED AND SHALLOW IN NATURE AS THE SYNOPTIC FLOW IS WITH THE SEA-BREEZE FLOW...LIMITING LOW LEVEL FOCUS. DO EXPECT A LEAST SOME MORE ROBUST CONVECTIVE CELLS IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS THIS ACTIVITY AND THE EAST COAST SEABREEZE ARRIVES AT THE I-75 CORRIDOR TO THE NORTH OF FORT MYERS. HAVE SEEN SEVERAL OF THE COASTAL OBS FLIP AROUND ONSHORE INDICATING SEA-BREEZE FORMATION...AND THIS SHOULD ENSURE MORE PRONOUNCED CONVERGENCE FOR STRONG UPDRAFTS / DEEP CONVECTION INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WE HAVE MIXED REALLY WELL SO FAR THIS DIURNAL CYCLE WITH CU BASES AROUND THE REGION GENERALLY AT OR ABOVE 5KFT. THIS SUGGEST WE NOW HAVE A DEEP MIXED LAYER / INVERTED V PROFILE IN THE LOWER LEVELS. WITH THIS IN MIND...STILL BELIEVE WE ARE LOOKING AT AN ENHANCED WIND GUST THREAT FROM THE STRONGER STORMS...AND THIS POTENTIAL WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY ON RADAR THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING PERIOD. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND MONDAY)... ANY LINGERING STORMS WILL BE QUICKLY EXITING INTO THE GULF WITHIN A COUPLE HOURS OF SUNSET...WHICH WILLS SET UP A MOSTLY DRY AND SEASONABLE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. SIMILAR TO SATURDAY NIGHT...STORMS MAY LINGER FOR A FEW EXTRA HOURS UP OVER THE COASTAL NATURE COAST BEFORE EVEN HERE THE ACTIVITY DIMINISHES AND PUSHES OFFSHORE. WITH THE FAST PROGRESSION OF ACTIVITY FROM EAST TO WEST...THE DURATION OF RAINFALL FOR ANY ONE LOCATIONS DOES NOT LOOK TO BE ALL THAT GREAT...HOWEVER THE CHANCES FOR A PASSING STORM ARE FAIRLY HIGH...ESPECIALLY FROM PASCO/HERNANDO COUNTIES SOUTHWARD. CURRENT GRIDS SHOWS 60-70% COVERAGE THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...AND FEEL THIS FORECAST IS STILL VALID. THE OVERALL SYNOPTIC PATTERN DOES NOT CHANGE MUCH HEADING INTO LABOR DAY...AND HENCE NEITHER WILL THE FORECAST. EASTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE REGION ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AXIS LOCATED NEAR THE I-10 CORRIDOR. MANY OF THE THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS THROUGH THE COLUMN LOOK SIMILAR TO TODAY SUGGESTING WIND WILL AGAIN BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH ANY OF THE STRONGER STORMS. FORECAST WILL SHOW A QUIET AND MAINLY RAIN FREE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY INCREASING STORM CHANCES ARRIVING FROM THE EAST WITH THE SEA-BREEZE. THE PEAK OF THE STORMS SHOULD AGAIN FALL BETWEEN 2 AND 6 PM TO THE SOUTH OF SARASOTA...AND 4 TO 8 PM FURTHER NORTH THROUGH THE I-4 CORRIDOR AND UP INTO THE NATURE COAST. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... NOT MUCH CHANGE FOR THE ONGOING LONG TERM FORECAST. THE ATLANTIC SURFACE RIDGE WILL REMAIN GENERALLY NORTHEAST OF THE AREA...WITH EAST OR SOUTHEAST FLOW CONTINUING. A MID/UPPER-LEVEL LOW WILL MAKE ITS WAY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA THROUGH MID TO LATE WEEK. THE GFS SHOWS A MORE WELL-DEFINED FEATURE WITH 500 MB TEMPS COOLING SLIGHTLY TO -8 DEGREES CELSIUS OVER OUR SOUTHERNMOST ZONES WHILE THE ECMWF IS NOT QUITE AS DEFINED BUT DOES STILL SHOW SOME COOL TEMPS ALOFT OF AROUND -7. ANOTHER FACTOR FOR WEDNESDAY WILL BE THE DRIER AIR THAT MOVES OVER THE REGION...WHICH WOULD TEND TO SCALE BACK POPS A BIT...THOUGH STILL IN THE SCATTERED RANGE...BUT SOME OF THE STORMS THAT DO FORM COULD BE ON THE STRONGER SIDE WITH THE COOLING 500 MB TEMPS. OTHERWISE...EXPECT FAIRLY TYPICAL SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH AN EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW. TEMPERATURES LOOK TO REMAIN AROUND NORMAL VALUES FOR THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA LATE THIS MORNING AS WE AWAIT MORE LATE DAY STORMS. STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WILL HAVE AN ENHANCED WIND THREAT. OTHERWISE...AWAY FROM THE STORMS EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE. STORMS WILL PUSH OFFSHORE WITHIN A COUPLE HOURS OF SUNSET. && .MARINE... HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND FLORIDA PENINSULA WILL KEEP WINDS LESS THAN 15 KNOTS AND SEAS BELOW 3 FEET FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE SEA BREEZE WILL SET UP ALONG THE COASTLINE EACH DAY TURNING THE WINDS TO AN ONSHORE FLOW IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY DEVELOPING OVER LAND AND THEN PUSHING WESTWARD OVER THE COASTAL WATERS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THE ONLY EXPECTED HAZARD WILL BE GUSTY WINDS AND HIGHER SEAS IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. && .FIRE WEATHER... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ALIGNED OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE STATE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. THIS PATTERN WILL KEEP AMPLE ATLANTIC LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE TO PREVENT ANY CRITICAL LEVELS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST LIKELY ALONG THE I-75 CORRIDOR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. FOG POTENTIAL...PATCHY GROUND FOG COULD DEVELOP LATE EACH NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE RAIN DURING THE PREVIOUS EVENING. HOWEVER...NO SIGNIFICANT FOG IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 77 93 78 92 / 30 50 20 50 FMY 75 94 76 92 / 10 60 10 50 GIF 75 94 75 93 / 10 50 10 40 SRQ 75 92 76 91 / 30 60 20 50 BKV 72 93 73 93 / 40 50 20 40 SPG 79 93 80 91 / 40 60 30 50 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SYNOPSIS/SHORT TERM/AVIATION/FIRE WX...MROCZKA MARINE...FLEMING LONG TERM...CARLISLE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 458 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 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- 458 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 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...WITH THE MOST COVERAGE EXPECTED WEST OF THE I-75 CORRIDOR. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS... AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. CARLISLE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
131 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2014
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0857 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SW PINELLAS PARK 27.81N 82.75W
08/30/2014 PINELLAS FL EMERGENCY MNGR
7 MOBILE HOMES ON PARK STREET NORTH EXPERIENCED DAMAGE
WITH ONE HAVING A SECONDARY ROOF REMOVED.
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JCMThe Tampa radar (KTBW), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:49 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
The ASOS at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport measured a 54 knot thunderstorm wind gust.
Levy County Department of Public Safety reported a woman had been struck by lightning in Chiefland and was transported to a hospital, although injuries appeared to be minor. Time was estimated from radar.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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