Scattered thunderstorms developed across the area, mostly on sea breeze boundaries. One of the storms produced nickel sized hail.
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The episode as NWS TBW wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed across the area, mostly on sea breeze boundaries. One of the storms produced nickel sized hail.
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 Jul 1, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 300 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ARTHER LOCATED ABOUT 100 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL... .SYNOPSIS... NARROW BANDS OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE WRAPPING AROUND ARTHUR FROM THE VILLAGES THROUGH SEBRING. RADAR ALSO SHOWED ISOLATED SHOWERS POPPING UP IN TAMPA BAY AND NEAR YANKEETOWN DUE TO CONVERGING WINDS ALONG THE COAST. HEAT INDEX ACROSS AREA MOSTLY 100 TO 106 BUT CONTINUE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA OF 108. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY)... UNTIL 8 PM KEPT A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF STORMS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND ALONG THE CURRENT RAIN BANDS FROM ARTHUR. LEANED FORECAST TOWARD A WELL BEHAVED ARTHUR WITH DRY AIR ALOFT OVER FORECAST AREA AND LOW RAIN CHANCES. IF THE TROPICAL STORM TAKES THE WEST SIDE OF THE CONE THEN WILL HAVE TO UPDATE. THINGS TO WATCH OUT FOR INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...HEAT STRESS AND DEVELOPING RIP CURRENTS. .PREVIOUIS MID TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT - THURSDAY)... WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGING ON WEDNESDAY WILL SIT ABOVE A TROPICAL SYSTEM...CURRENTLY TERMED TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE...POSITIONED NORTH OF THE BAHAMAS. THIS SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH...ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO THE ATLANTIC COAST ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH WINDS OVER THE COUNTY WARNING AREA ARE NOT FORECAST TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY AS THIS SYSTEM STRENGTHENS...A FEW RAIN BANDS MAY PASS THROUGH THE INTERIOR FLORIDA PENINSULA...INCREASING RAIN CHANCES. CLOSER TO THE WEST COAST...SUBSIDENCE ALONG THE PERIPHERY OF THE SYSTEM WILL LIMIT RAIN CHANCES...THOUGH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED. ALTHOUGH CLOUDINESS MAY BE ON THE RISE...THE SUBSIDENCE OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES WARM...WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW 90S...AND LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. .PREVIOUS LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT - MONDAY)... BY THURSDAY NIGHT...THE TROPICAL CYCLONE WILL BE WELL NORTHEAST OF FLORIDA...OFF THE CAROLINA COAST...WITH SURFACE RIDGING BUILDING BACK INTO SOUTHERN FLORIDA. THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND...THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL LIFT INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA AS A MID LEVEL RIDGE DEVELOPS OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND THE FLORIDA STRAIGHTS. PLENTIFUL MOISTURE AND DAILY SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS...MOSTLY OVER THE INTERIOR. A FEW STORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE COAST AND OVER THE GULF WATERS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN SEASONABLE...WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW 90S...AND OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. && .AVIATION... DRY AIR WRAPPING AROUND TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES LOW THROUGH 21Z...BUT CONVERGENCE ALONG THE COAST WILL CAUSE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION 21Z TO 01Z. WILL ADD VCTS TO COASTAL TAF SITES. OTHERWISE VFR THROUGH PERIOD. && .MARINE... TS ARTHUR WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTH BY TOMORROW AND NORTHEAST BY THURSDAY. WHILE NO TROPICAL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE EASTERN GULF...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BACK FROM THE NORTHWEST TO A MORE WESTERLY ON SHORE DIRECTION AT 10 TO 15 KT BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SEAS...REPORTED AT BUOY 40236...ARE CURRENTLY AROUND 2 FT BUT EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 3 TO 4 FT OFF SHORE AND 1-2 FT NEAR SHORE BY THURSDAY. BY THE WEEKEND WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RELAX TO 5 TO 10 KTS WITH DIMINISHING SEAS. && .FIRE WEATHER... HUMID CONDITIONS WILL KEEP FIRE WEATHER UNDER CRITICAL CONDITIONS. && .HYDROLOGY... ALAFIA RIVER CURRENTLY RUNNING AT 3.1 FT OR 93 CFS PUTTING IT AT 21 PERCENT OF NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. SIMILAR LOW FLOWS WERE FOUND ON PARTS OF THE MANATEE RIVER AND THE MYAKKA RIVER. && .CLIMATE... THE TAMPA AIRPORT RECEIVED ONLY 1.77 INCHES OF RAIN IN JUNE MAKING IT THE 5TH DRIEST JUNE ON RECORD. THE LOWEST JUNE RECORD IS 1.26 INCHES SET IN 1918. FORT MYERS PAGE FIELD RECEIVED 2.48 INCHES IN JUNE WHICH TIES FOR 2ND DRIEST JUNE ON RECORD. THE LOWEST JUNE RECORD IS 1.99 INCHES 1980. SARASOTA RAINFALL WAS MUCH BETTER BUT STILL 1/2 INCH BELOW NORMAL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 78 93 78 91 / 20 20 10 40 FMY 77 94 76 93 / 20 20 10 30 GIF 76 94 76 92 / 30 30 20 40 SRQ 77 92 78 91 / 20 20 10 40 BKV 73 94 73 93 / 20 30 20 40 SPG 81 92 79 90 / 20 20 10 40 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM/MARINE/FIRE WEATHER...72/NOAH UPPER AIR/MARINE...20/BARRON DSS SUPPORT...09/RUDE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 459 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 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- 873-876-020900- 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- 459 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE IS POSITIONED JUST EAST OF CENTRAL FLORIDA...AND WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. ...EXCESSIVE HEAT IMPACT... TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE MID 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL CREATE HEAT INDICES IN THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTDOORS TODAY. WHEN POSSIBLE RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR THE EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND MAKE SURE YOU DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH JUST OFF THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA...WITH BANDS OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. THE HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES THROUGH THURSDAY WILL BE OVER THE INTERIOR OF THE PENINSULA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. ...EXCESSIVE HEAT IMPACT... HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE 90S WILL CREATE HEAT INDICES IN THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE EACH DAY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTDOORS. WHEN POSSIBLE RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR THE EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND MAKE SURE YOU DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. FLEMING
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 517 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014 FLZ255-260-012145- INLAND MANATEE-INLAND SARASOTA- 517 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MANATEE AND NORTH CENTRAL SARASOTA COUNTIES... AT 518 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED NEAR LAKE MANATEE STATE PARK...OR 15 MILES EAST OF BRADENTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH...WILL AFFECT RURAL CENTRAL MANATEE COUNTY AND RURAL NORTHERN SARASOTA COUNTY...UNTIL 545 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. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 2728 8218 2726 8240 2751 8239 2752 8232 TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 354DEG 16KT 2746 8233
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:16 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A report was received from spotternetwork.org with hail that knocked the glasses off of a bystander. Additionally, the observer reported 20 MPH winds with the storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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