Afternoon sea breeze boundary collisions combined with cool air aloft, allowed for the development of severe thunderstorms that produced large hail.
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Afternoon sea breeze boundary collisions combined with cool air aloft, allowed for the development of severe thunderstorms that produced large 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 Jun 15, 1:54 PM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 254 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2014 ...SOME STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - MONDAY) SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS (SOME POSSIBLY STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL) DEVELOPING ALONG THE SEA BREEZE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON WILL GRADUALLY WIND DOWN DURING THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT AS BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS WEAKEN AND LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING OCCURS WITH MOST OF THE CONVECTION ENDING BY MIDNIGHT. CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDINESS WILL GRADUALLY THIN OUT OVERNIGHT WITH SKIES BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 70S OVER INLAND AREAS...TO THE MID AND UPPER 70S ALONG THE COAST. ON MONDAY A MID LEVEL TROUGH AXIS WILL PERSIST FROM THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL FLORIDA PENINSULA. THIS TROUGH WILL THEN SINK SOUTHEAST AND LIE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA MONDAY NIGHT AS THE LARGE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE APPALACHIANS AND SOUTHEASTERN STATES BUILDS SOUTH SOME...WHILE THE ATTENDANT SURFACE RIDGE AXIS LIFTS NORTH TO THE NORTHERN PENINSULA WITH A LIGHT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW EXPECTED. LATEST MODELS SHOW LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE IN ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE THROUGH MONDAY WITH PW'S REMAINING IN THE 1.6 TO 1.8 INCH RANGE. THIS MOISTURE COUPLED WITH GOOD INSTABILITY FROM DAYTIME HEATING AND COOL MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE MID LEVEL TROUGH WILL AGAIN SUPPORT SCATTERED DIURNAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE EAST/WEST COAST SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. A WEAK STEERING FLOW WILL FAVOR SLOW MOVING STORMS WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS LIKELY. COOL MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN SUPPORT THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL THE MAIN HAZARDS. TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL AGAIN BE WITHIN A DEGREE OR TWO OF SEASONAL NORMS WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90 ALONG THE COAST...AND LOWER 90S INLAND. .MID TERM (MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY)... AS IS TYPICAL THIS TIME OF YEAR...THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES ARE WHERE...WHEN...AND HOW MUCH THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY WILL FIRE OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TEMPERATURES LOOK SEASONABLE WITH NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONCERNS OUTSIDE OF THE DIURNAL STORMS. SO...SPEAKING OF STORMS...THE FORECAST AREA WILL RESIDE WITHIN AN ILL-DEFINED UPPER LEVEL PATTERN DURING THE EARLY PORTION OF THE WEEK IN BETWEEN A LARGE UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE NORTH-CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO/SE CONUS...AND A LEFTOVER PIECE OF VORTICITY/ENERGY TO THE EAST OF FLORIDA. CLOSER TO THE SURFACE...THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AXIS WILL RESIDE OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. THIS POSITION WILL PROVIDE A LIGHT E/ESE FLOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION...AND A MORE VARIABLE FLOW UP TOWARD CITRUS/LEVY COUNTIES. WITH THE MAIN UPPER RIDGE AXIS AND RESULTING SUPPRESSION OFF TO OUR NORTHWEST AND MID-LEVEL TEMPS AROUND -10C (KINDA COOL FOR LATE MID JUNE)...WOULD ANTICIPATED AN ATMOSPHERE CONDUCIVE TO THUNDERSTORM THROUGH MONDAY EVENING WITH THE SYNOPTIC EASTERLY FLOW HELPING TO FOCUS UPDRAFTS/STORMS ALONG THE WEST COAST SEA-BREEZE. TUESDAY IS A BIT MORE TRICKY AS THE GFS/ECMWF BOTH SHOW THE VORTICITY MAXIMA ALOFT OFF THE FL EAST COAST BEGINNING TO RETROGRADE BACK TOWARD THE FL PENINSULA WITH TIME. SOME DRIER AIR ALOFT WILL BE WRAPPING DOWN THE WESTERN SIDE OF THIS FEATURE INTO PORTIONS OF THE PENINSULA. JUST HOW FAR WEST THIS DRIER SWATH OF AIR GETS DURING TUESDAY WILL DETERMINE JUST HOW MUCH COVERAGE WE HAVE. IF YOU GO BY THE ENSEMBLE OF THE GFS AND ECMWF THEN THE DEEPER MOISTURE WILL HOLD LONG ENOUGH ALONG THE COAST TO RESULT IN ANOTHER ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM DAY...ESPECIALLY WITH A CONTINUED LOW LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW. WILL KEEP THE HIGHEST POPS CLOSE TO THE I-75 CORRIDOR...AND THEN TAPER THINGS OFF FURTHER INLAND WITHIN A MORE LIKELY HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT TO DEEP CONVECTION. .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY)... NOT A WHOLE LOT TO EMPHASIZE FOR THE LATER PORTION OF THE WEEK AS THE PATTERN LOOKS RATHER SEASONABLE...WITH NO SIGNIFICANT DEVIATIONS FOR CLIMATOLOGY EITHER ALOFT OR NEAR THE SURFACE. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY SHOULD CONTINUE TO SEE SHOWERS AND STORMS FOCUSED ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING HOURS AS EASTERLY FLOW PREVAILS. BEST MOISTURE PROFILES AND HIGHEST DAILY COVERAGE OF STORMS DURING THIS PERIOD WILL LIKELY BE TO THE SOUTH OF THE I-4 CORRIDOR. HEADING TOWARD NEXT WEEKEND. THE RIDGE AXIS TO OUR NORTHWEST BEGINS TO HAVE MORE INFLUENCE AND RESULT IN WARMER MID-LEVEL TEMPS AND SOME ADDED SUPPRESSION. THEREFORE...STORM COVERAGE IN THE AFTERNOON SHOULD BE TAPERED DOWN A BIT FROM EARLIER IN THE WEEK...OR AT LEAST THE INTENSITY OF THE STORMS SHOULD BE BETTER HELD IN CHECK. WILL KEEP A 30-40% RAIN CHANCES FOR THESE LATER FORECAST PERIOD DAYS...BUT CERTAINLY NOT GO ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY. && .AVIATION... SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPING ALONG THE SEA BREEZE THIS AFTERNOON WILL BRING PERIODS OF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS TO KLAL...KPGD...KFMY AND KRSW TERMINALS AFTER 19Z AND HAVE INCLUDED BRIEF TEMPO GROUPS AT THESE SITES TO COVER THIS...WITH VCTS BEING DEPICTED AT KTPA...KPIE AND KSRQ AS MOST OF THE TSRA SHOULD DEVELOP AND REMAIN TO THE EAST OF THESE SITES. SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS IN THE 7 TO 10 KNOT RANGE WILL BE THE RULE...BUT GUSTS UP TO 40 KNOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF TSRA. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS WILL RETURN TO ALL SITES AFTER 02Z TONIGHT. && .MARINE... HIGH PRESSURE HAS SHIFTED NORTH AND EXTENDS ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA INTO THE GULF COAST WATERS THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WILL DRIFT NORTH AND LIE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PENINSULA ON MONDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR DECREASING WINDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WINDS WILL BE PREDOMINANTLY FROM THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE COMING WEEK. AN AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE COMPONENT WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE COAST CAUSING AN ONSHORE FLOW EACH AFTERNOON. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST ALONG THE SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND THE STORMS. && .FIRE WEATHER... AMPLE MOISTURE AND DAILY RAIN CHANCES WILL KEEP HUMIDITY VALUES WELL ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH NO FIRE WEATHER ISSUES EXPECTED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 75 90 74 91 / 10 50 30 40 FMY 73 92 74 91 / 30 40 30 40 GIF 73 91 72 92 / 30 50 30 30 SRQ 72 89 73 90 / 10 30 30 40 BKV 68 91 69 92 / 10 50 30 40 SPG 76 89 77 89 / 10 40 30 40 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...57/MCMICHAEL MARINE..11/MCKAUGHAN MID TERM/LONG TERM...14/MROCZKA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 253 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 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- 873-876-160000- 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- 253 AM EDT SUN JUN 15 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS... AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... TYPICAL DAILY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH NEXT WEEK. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS... AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. MROCZKA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 343 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2014 FLZ162-165-262-265-152030- INLAND CHARLOTTE-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-INLAND LEE-COASTAL LEE- 343 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL LEE AND SOUTH CENTRAL CHARLOTTE COUNTIES... AT 343 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED NEAR NORTH FORT MYERS...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT MYERS...NEARLY STATIONARY...WILL AFFECT SUNCOAST ESTATES...NORTH FORT MYERS...TICE AND TROPICAL GULF ACRES...UNTIL 430 PM EDT. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 BETWEEN EXITS 136 AND 161. 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 2654 8207 2691 8203 2686 8176 2650 8179 TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 191DEG 1KT 2675 8192
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
428 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2014
FLZ061-162-262-152130-
DESOTO-INLAND CHARLOTTE-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-
428 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN CHARLOTTE AND SOUTHERN
DESOTO COUNTIES...
AT 427 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BABCOCK RANCH...OR 18
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARCADIA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT
BABCOCK RANCH AND BABCOCK WEBB WMA...UNTIL 530 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.
&&
LAT...LON 2702 8211 2703 8210 2703 8206 2706 8206
2726 8164 2709 8156 2699 8156 2682 8198
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 050DEG 4KT 2703 8166SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
543 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2014
FLZ043-052-152230-
POLK-SUMTER-
543 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN POLK AND
SOUTHEASTERN SUMTER COUNTIES...
AT 543 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED NEAR THE GREEN SWAMP...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MASCOTTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT THE GREEN
SWAMP...UNTIL 630 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 2827 8205 2852 8205 2853 8207 2853 8210
2854 8210 2857 8207 2853 8195 2836 8195
2835 8187 2836 8185 2830 8184
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 336DEG 18KT 2842 8200SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 543 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2014 FLZ052-251-152230- POLK-INLAND HILLSBOROUGH- 543 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH AND WEST CENTRAL POLK COUNTIES... AT 543 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED NEAR ALAFIA RIVER STATE PARK...OR NEAR FISH HAWK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT BLOOMINGDALE...LITHIA SPRINGS STATE PARK...FISH HAWK AND ALAFIA RIVER STATE PARK...UNTIL 630 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. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 2777 8192 2768 8216 2789 8229 2801 8206 TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 289DEG 8KT 2781 8214
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:29 UTC.
3 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A local newspaper relayed a report of a lightning strike to a home in the Villages. The home sustained substantial damage. No one was home when the strike occurred and no injuries or fatalities resulted.
A trained storm spotter in The Villages reported penny to nickel size hail falling. The hail lasted approximately 3 min.
A caller in Poinciana reported hail ranging from quarter sized to golf ball sized near Heron Rd. and Marigold Ave.
A caller reported Ping Pong Ball sized hail off of Caraway Drive in Poinciana.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 2014
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: 515408, 515271, 515274, 515276.