Onshore flow allowed for the development of early morning showers and thunderstorms. A thunderstorm in Pinellas County produced a lightning strike which sent a man to the hospital.
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The episode as NWS TBW wrote it up.
Onshore flow allowed for the development of early morning showers and thunderstorms. A thunderstorm in Pinellas County produced a lightning strike which sent a man to the hospital.
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 24, 9:00 AM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 1000 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2014 .UPDATE... LOOKING AT CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...THE DRY AIR THAT LIMITED CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA YESTERDAY IS STILL IN PLACE OVER ABOUT THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE...BUT THE REST OF THE AREA HAS MOISTENED. THIS CHANGE IS ALSO NOTED VIA THE KTBW MORNING SOUNDING COMPARED WITH THE ONE FROM YESTERDAY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN OVER THE GULF THIS MORNING WITH A FEW AFFECTING COASTAL AREAS OF SARASOTA AND MANATEE COUNTIES. THE SURFACE RIDGE REMAINS PARKED RIGHT OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE AREA AS EVIDENCED BY LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS SOUTH OF TAMPA BAY...CALM WINDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL ZONES...AND WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA. THE BEST RAIN CHANCES FOR TODAY WILL AGAIN SHIFT INLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW THE HIGHEST POPS THERE...BUT DID MAKE A MINOR ADJUSTMENT TO LOWER RAIN CHANCES ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE REST OF THE FORECAST REMAINS ON TRACK. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS AT SITES CLOSE TO THE COAST WILL BE THIS MORNING...BUT WILL HANDLE WITH TEMPOS IF NEEDED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AT KLAL...WHICH COULD CAUSE TEMPO MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS. && .MARINE... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MEANDER ABOUT THE SOUTH CENTRAL PENINSULA TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND WITH A LIGHT SOUTHWEST TO WESTERLY WIND FLOW EXPECTED. THE HIGH WILL SINK SOUTH TO THE FLORIDA STRAITS EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A COLD FRONT SAGS SOUTH TOWARD THE FLORIDA/GEORGIA BORDERS WITH A SOUTHWEST TO WEST FLOW CONTINUING WITH AN AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE DEVELOPING NEAR SHORE EACH AFTERNOON. && .FIRE WEATHER... NO FIRE WEATHER ISSUES ARE EXPECTED AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 92 78 91 78 / 20 20 40 20 FMY 93 77 92 77 / 30 20 40 20 GIF 94 76 94 75 / 40 20 50 20 SRQ 92 78 91 78 / 20 20 30 20 BKV 94 73 93 74 / 30 20 40 20 SPG 92 80 91 81 / 20 20 30 20 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && UPDATE/AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...05/CARLISLE MARINE...11/MCKAUGHAN AND 08/PERRINI DECISION SUPPORT...25/DAVIS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 505 AM EDT THU JUL 24 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- 873-876-250915- 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- 505 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. AN ISOLATED PULSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO POSSIBLE. ...RIVER FLOOD IMPACT... RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON CYPRESS CREEK WITH STREAM LEVELS REMAINING STEADY THROUGH THE DAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. ...RIVER FLOOD IMPACT... RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON CYPRESS CREEK INTO NEXT WEEK. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IN THE CYPRESS CREEK BASIN COULD EXACERBATE FLOOD CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. OGLESBY
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:24 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A local TV station relayed a report of a 50 year old man injured by a lightning strike while walking on the beach in Sand Key. He was not struck directly but was very near the strike and was transported to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
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