Isolated thunderstorms began to move onshore from the Gulf during the late morning hours. Although they were not prolific lightning producers, a lightning strike did hit a home in the Largo area.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS TBW wrote it up.
Isolated thunderstorms began to move onshore from the Gulf during the late morning hours. Although they were not prolific lightning producers, a lightning strike did hit a home in the Largo area.
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 17, 8:55 AM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 955 AM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015 ...SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND... .UPDATE... PARTS OF THE COASTAL AREA FROM PINELLAS COUNTY NORTH RECEIVED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS AND MORE IS EXPECTED TODAY. A FLOOD WATCH WAS ISSUED VALID UNTIL 8PM THIS EVENING. A STATIONARY FRONT APPEARS TO BE DRAPED OVER THE GULF SOUTH OF THE PANHANDLE AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN PENINSULA WITH CONSIDERABLE CONVECTION ALONG IT. OVER N FL AND S GA WINDS ARE MOSTLY FROM THE NORTH WHILE SOUTH OF THE FRONT WINDS ARE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST. THIS MORNINGS SOUNDING INDICATES PW OVER 2 INCHES WITH WESTERLY FLOW TO 500 MB AND NORTHERLY ABOVE. NEIGHBORING SOUNDING AT TAE NORTH OF THE FRONT HAS A LOWER PW AROUND 1.5 INCHES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THE REST OF TODAY AND SLOWLY PROPAGATING INLAND WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UPWARDS OF 5 INCHES. THE FORECAST PACKAGE WAS UPDATED TO REFLECT THE ONGOING SITUATION. CLOUDS AND RAIN WILL HELP KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL. && .AVIATION... MVFR/LCL IFR CIGS/VSBYS INTO AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING AS PREVAILING SW TO WEST WINDS PRODUCE CONVECTION ACROSS TERMINAL SITES. && .MARINE... TROUGHING TO THE NORTH AND A RIDGE AXIS TO THE SOUTH KEEP SW TO WEST WINDS ACROSS THE WATERS...AT 15 KNOTS OR LESS. MAIN MARINE CONCERN WILL BE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HIGHER WIND AND SEAS ALONG WITH LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WILL FAVOR THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS THEN TRANSITION ONSHORE DURING THE DAY. && .FIRE WEATHER... ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND HIGH RAIN CHANCES WILL PRECLUDE ANY LOW HUMIDITY CONCERNS. WINDS AND ERC VALUES REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. && && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL... FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR COASTAL CITRUS- COASTAL HERNANDO-COASTAL LEVY-COASTAL PASCO-PINELLAS. GULF WATERS...NONE. && CP/RAG/TD/NG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 515 AM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015 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- 873-876-172200- 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- COASTAL WATERS FROM TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 515 AM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. ...FLOOD IMPACT... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. SOME PARTS OF THE AREA HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TOTALS DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OVER THESE AREAS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AS WELL AS THE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS... AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. ...FLOOD IMPACT... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. SOME PARTS OF THE AREA HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TOTALS DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AS WELL AS THE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. MROCZKA
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
531 AM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0525 AM FLOOD 4 NW DOWNTOWN SAINT PET 27.80N 82.69W
07/17/2015 PINELLAS FL BROADCAST MEDIA
REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING AT US HWY 19 AND 39TH AVENUE
NORTH.
&&
BMROCZKAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
534 AM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 AM FLOOD 1 NE DOWNTOWN SAINT PET 27.78N 82.63W
07/17/2015 PINELLAS FL BROADCAST MEDIA
REPORT OF FLOODING AT INTERSECTION OF BEACH DRIVE AND
11TH AVENUE.
&&
BMROCZKAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
556 AM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 AM FLOOD 4 N DOWNTOWN SAINT PETE 27.82N 82.63W
07/17/2015 PINELLAS FL BROADCAST MEDIA
REPORT OF FLOODING AT INTERSECTION OF 50TH AVENUE NORTH
AND 5TH STREET.
&&
BMROCZKAThe Tampa radar (KTBW), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:31 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Pinellas County Fire Rescue reported a lightning strike to a house in the Largo area. The home was evacuated and there was a brief local road closure of 126th Terrace N and 128th Lane N. Extent of damage to the home is unknown.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 2015
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: 582164.