Mid-afternoon thunderstorms caused tree damage and hail north of the Tampa Bay Area. One indirect fatality was associated with a storm near Brooksville.
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The episode as NWS TBW wrote it up.
Mid-afternoon thunderstorms caused tree damage and hail north of the Tampa Bay Area. One indirect fatality was associated with a storm near Brooksville.
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 16, 1:37 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 237 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014 ...SOME STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - TUESDAY) SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ALONG THE SEA BREEZE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THIS AFTERNOON (SOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL) WILL GRADUALLY WIND DOWN AFTER SUNSET AS BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS WEAKEN AND LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING OCCURS WITH MOST OF THE CONVECTION ENDING BY MIDNIGHT. SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS NIGHTS THE CONVECTIVE DEBRIS CLOUDINESS WILL GRADUALLY THIN OUT OVERNIGHT WITH SKIES BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 70 TO THE LOWER 70S OVER INLAND AREAS...TO THE MID AND UPPER 70S ALONG THE COAST. ON TUESDAY A MID LEVEL LOW OVER THE BAHAMAS WITH AN ATTENDANT TROUGH AXIS EXTENDING WEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA AND INTO THE GULF WILL RETROGRADE SLOWLY WEST DURING THE DAY ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE LARGE UPPER RIDGE COVERING THE APPALACHIANS/SOUTHEASTERN STATES AND NORTH FLORIDA...WHILE THE SURFACE RIDGE REMAINS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PENINSULA NEAR THE FL/GA BORDERS WITH LIGHT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND FLOW EXPECTED. MODELS SHOW A LITTLE DRIER MID LEVEL AIR (LOWER PW'S) ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ZONES ON TUESDAY COMPARED TO PREVIOUS DAYS AND THIS MAY HAMPER OVERALL STORM DEVELOPMENT TO SOME DEGREE IN THESE AREAS AND WILL KEEP POPS NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMO VALUES (POPS 20 TO 30 PERCENT) FROM THE TAMPA BAY AREA NORTH INTO THE NATURE COAST WITH HIGHER POP VALUES (40 TO 60 PERCENT) FROM SARASOTA SOUTH TO THE FORT MYERS AREA WHERE DEEPER MOISTURE WILL RESIDE. SIMILAR TO TODAY GOOD INSTABILITY FROM DAYTIME HEATING AND COOL MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES (-9 TO -10C AT 500MB) ALONG WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE MID LEVEL TROUGH TO THE SOUTH WILL ONCE AGAIN SUPPORT SCATTERED DIURNAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE EAST/WEST COAST SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. AN EAST/SOUTHEAST STEERING FLOW ALBEIT WEAK WILL FAVOR SLOW MOVING STORMS WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS LIKELY WITH HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES FOCUSING ALONG AND TO THE WEST OF THE I-75 CORRIDOR IN THE AREAS MENTIONED ABOVE. THE 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 TUESDAY 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 (TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY)... THE MID TERM PERIOD WILL BE CHARACTERIZED IN THE SYNOPTIC SCALE BY THE PASSAGE OF A RETROGRADING INVERTED UPPER TROUGH IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVELS OVER TOP OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AXIS WHICH WILL BE ALIGNED NEAR OR JUST NORTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR. MID-LEVEL TEMPS REMAIN A BIT COOL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH 500MB TEMPS AROUND -10C. THE RESULTING MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES SHOULD ONLY PROMOTE UPDRAFTS. HOWEVER...BELOW THIS LEVEL THERE WILL BE SOME NEGATIVE FACTORS TOWARD DEEP CONVECTION ON TUESDAY WHICH WE WILL DISCUSS BELOW. TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WILL FEATURE A 1000-700MB MEAN FLOW ACROSS OUR REGION FROM THE EAST-ESE WITHIN THE CIRCULATION TO THE SOUTH OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AXIS. THIS FLOW IS FAVORED FOR FOCUS OF DIURNAL SEA-BREEZE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST/ I-75 CORRIDOR. THE OVERALL COLUMN FROM A MOISTURE POINT OF VIEW BECOMES MORE FAVORABLE OVER ALL AREAS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH A CONTINUED LOW LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW...HAVE GONE WITH A CLIMO TO ABOVE CLIMO POP GRID FOR THIS FLOW REGIME. THIS SUGGESTS 40-50% RAIN CHANCES TO THE NORTH OF I-4...AND 60-70% TO THE SOUTH OF THIS CORRIDOR. STORMS ARE LIKELY TO INITIATE DOWN TOWARD FORT MYERS DURING THE EARLY TO MIDDLE AFTERNOON AND THEN RIPPLE/DEVELOP NORTHWARD ALONG THE SEA-BREEZE CONVERGENCE ZONE LATE IN THE DAY. WHILE DRY AIR ENTRAINMENT WILL NOT BE AS SUFFICIENT FOR MICROBURST DEVELOPMENT ON WEDNESDAY...THE BETTER COLUMN MOISTURE PROFILES ARE SUGGESTIVE OF POTENTIAL DAMAGING WINDS DUE TO PRECIPITATION LOADING AND CELL COLLAPSE. THE STORM MOTION ON WEDNESDAY WILL FAVOR WESTWARD PROPAGATING DEVELOPMENT...AND THIS PROPAGATION MAY BE QUITE QUICK THEREFORE THOSE PLANNING ON BOATING OVER THE COASTAL WATERS DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE WEATHER...AS STORMS WILL TEND TO DEVELOP AND RAPIDLY MOVE OFFSHORE. THIS IS A PATTERN THAT IN THE PAST HAS PROVEN DANGEROUS AS STORM QUICKLY CUT OFF PATHS BACK TO SHORE. .LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY)... THE END OF THE WEEK AND THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND WILL FEATURE A VERY TYPICAL SUMMER PATTERN FOR THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BE IN PLACE OVERHEAD...WHILE THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AXIS SINKS SOUTHWARD TO ALIGN ITS AXIS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE. THE LOW LEVEL FLOW EACH DAY WILL THEREFORE BE RATHER LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN NATURE. THE RIDGE ALOFT IS NOT ALL THAT STRONG AND THEREFORE DO NOT ANTICIPATE MUCH IN THE WAY OF SYNOPTIC SUPPRESSION (AT LEAST NOT ENOUGH TO SIGNIFICANTLY SLOW DIURNAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT). VARIABLE FLOW TENDS TO FAVOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG BOTH COASTS DURING THE EARLY/MIDDLE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH THE ACTIVITY TRANSLATING INLAND AND CONSOLIDATING DOWN THE SPINE OF THE PENINSULA FOR THE LATER AFTERNOON/EVENING HOURS. WITH NO ENHANCEMENT OR NEGATIVE FACTORS TOWARD CONVECTION...WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES NEAR CLIMO FOR ALL AREAS AND FOLLOW THE TIMING DESCRIBED ABOVE FOR TEMPORAL DETAIL. THE RIDGE BUILDING ALOFT (EVEN BEING WEAK) WILL HELP BOOST OUR TEMPERATURES FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. GRIDS WILL SHOW WIDESPREAD LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S...WITH WARMEST READINGS INLAND WHERE SEA-BREEZE AND STORM INFLUENCE IS LIKELY TO HOLD OFF LONGEST EACH DAY. && .AVIATION... BRIEF TEMPO MVFR/IFR FROM DEVELOPING TSRA WILL AFFECT KTPA...KPIE AND KLAL BETWEEN 19-23Z AND AT KSRQ...KPGD...KFMY AND KRSW TERMINALS BETWEEN 20-24Z...OTHERWISE MAINLY VFR IS EXPECTED. NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS IN THE 7 TO 10 KNOT RANGE WILL BECOME WEST TO NORTHWEST AROUND 10 KNOTS AT THE COASTAL TERMINALS FROM KSRQ NORTH TO KTPA AND KPIE WHILE ONSHORE WINDS AT KPGD/KFMY/KRSW WILL BE A BIT MORE PROBLEMATIC AND HAVE KEPT WINDS PREDOMINATELY EAST NORTHEAST FOR NOW WITH A POSSIBLE ONSHORE COMPONENT DEVELOPING AFTER 21Z. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 KNOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE VCNTY OF THE STRONGEST TSRA. && .MARINE... HIGH PRESSURE AROUND AND OFFSHORE FROM THE CAROLINA COAST WILL RIDGE SOUTHWEST ACROSS FLORIDA THROUGH MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK BRINGING A LIGHT EAST AND SOUTHEAST WIND ACROSS THE WATERS...BUT DAILY SEA BREEZES WILL RESULT IN AN ONSHORE FLOW EACH AFTERNOON NEAR THE COAST. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY LIGHT THROUGH THE WEEK BUT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH DAY...MAINLY CLOSER TO THE COAST. THE ONLY HAZARDS WILL BE LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND HIGHER SEAS IN THE VICINITY OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...AND HAVE ADDED WORDING OF THAT IN THE FIRST PERIOD. OTHERWISE NO HEADLINES ARE EXPECTED. && .FIRE WEATHER... AMPLE MOISTURE AND DAILY RAIN CHANCES WILL KEEP HUMIDITY VALUES WELL ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH NO FIRE WEATHER ISSUES EXPECTED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 89 74 91 74 / 40 40 40 30 FMY 89 72 91 72 / 40 40 50 30 GIF 88 72 91 72 / 50 30 40 10 SRQ 88 72 91 72 / 40 40 40 30 BKV 89 67 92 69 / 50 30 30 20 SPG 88 77 90 76 / 40 40 40 30 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...57/MCMICHAEL MARINE...007/DOUGHERTY MID TERM/LONG TERM...14/MROCZKA DECISION SUPPORT SERVICES...18/FLEMING
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 311 AM EDT MON JUN 16 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- 873-876-170000- 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- 311 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE IN THE DAY. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. LOCALIZED WIND DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...HOWEVER NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THE WEEK. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EQUALLY LIKELY NEAR THE COAST AND INLAND THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH HIGHER LIKELIHOOD FOR STORMS SHIFTING INLAND BY NEXT WEEKEND. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS... AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. LOCALIZED WIND DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...HOWEVER NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY...HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PASS ALONG REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER. MROCZKA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
346 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014
FLZ057-162030-
HIGHLANDS-
346 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS COUNTY...
AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED NEAR CORNWELL...OR NEAR BASING...MOVING
SOUTH AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT RURAL EASTERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY...UNTIL
430 PM EDT.
GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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 2720 8110 2723 8122 2742 8114 2739 8111
2739 8106 2736 8103 2733 8103 2731 8102
2729 8099 2723 8098 2722 8094 2721 8095
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 014DEG 7KT 2740 8103SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
357 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014
FLZ142-148-242-248-162045-
INLAND HERNANDO-INLAND CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-COASTAL CITRUS-
357 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL CITRUS AND WESTERN
HERNANDO COUNTIES...
AT 357 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED NEAR CHASSAHOWITZKA REFUGE...OR 11
MILES NORTH OF SPRING HILL...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT
CHASSAHOWITZKA...BROOKRIDGE...GLEN LAKES AND HIGH POINT...UNTIL 445
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. 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 2874 8260 2862 8244 2844 8249 2844 8268
2845 8269
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 038DEG 6KT 2861 8259The Tampa radar (KTBW), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:42 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Local TV station reported a large tree snapped at its base in Winter Haven. The tree landed on a Jeep causing minor damage to the vehicle.
A large tree branch fell on a moving vehicle causing the driver to lose control and crash resulting in his death. Heavy rain and quarter sized hail was reported also with this storm at the time of the crash.
A trained spotter reported quarter size hail near Lake Lindsey.
Local broadcast media relayed a report of a downed tree on Conoley Lane in Holiday.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Hernando | 2014-06-16 | 59 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
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: 515286, 515287, 515282, 515288.