Southwest flow and deep moisture brought a line of thunderstorms crossing the Florida peninsula during the afternoon hours. A couple of these storms produced damaging wind gusts across central Florida.
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The episode as NWS TBW wrote it up.
Southwest flow and deep moisture brought a line of thunderstorms crossing the Florida peninsula during the afternoon hours. A couple of these storms produced damaging wind gusts across central Florida.
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 12, 1:40 PM EST, 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 240 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015 .SHORT TERM (NOW THROUGH TOMORROW)...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO MEANDER OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WHILE RIDGING EXTENDS THROUGH THE MID LEVELS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. STRONG MID LEVEL RIDGING (H5 ~589-591 DAM)IS FORECAST TO REMAIN GENERALLY IN PLACE INTO THE WEEKEND HELPING TO KEEP SEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. WITH ENOUGH MOISTURE THROUGH THE COLUMN...THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY AND TOMORROW DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 12Z TBW AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS FOR THE PENINSULA THROUGH TOMORROW CONTINUE TO SHOW A DECENT SE TO E PUSH WHICH WILL HELP LIMIT THE SEA BREEZE DEVELOPMENT TODAY BUT THE FLOW IS EXPECTED WEAKEN SLIGHTLY TOMORROW ENABLING A BETTER DEVELOP OF THE WEST COAST BOUNDARY. ADDITIONALLY...SOUNDINGS MAINTAIN A SLUG A DRY AIR OFF THE SURFACE. MOIST CONDITIONS EXTEND INTO THE UPPER LEVELS WITH STEEPER LAPSE RATES AND SLIGHTLY COOLER MID LEVEL AIR. GIVEN THIS SET UP AFTERNOON STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SOME STRONG TO SEVERE WINDS BOTH TODAY AND TOMORROW. BEST THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE EXPECTED TO FAVOR COASTAL AREAS WEST OF I 75 AND SOUTH OF THE NATURE COAST. .LONG TERM (TOMORROW NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)...RIDGING FROM OVER THE ATLANTIC WILL BE IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. THIS WILL KEEP A GENERALLY SE FLOW IN PLACE WITH AN AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE DEVELOPING NEAR THE COAST EACH DAY. SOME SUBSIDENCE WILL KEEP POPS IN THE SCATTERED RANGE EACH AFTERNOON/EVENING AND TEMPS ON THE WARM SIDE WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S EACH DAY...LOWS IN THE 70S. && .AVIATION...RADAR IS BECOMING A LITTLE MORE ACTIVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PENINSULA. EXPECTING VCTS AT TAF SITES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. CONTINUING TO MONITOR THE SEA BREEZE POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON FOR SRQ NORTHWARD BUT EAST WINDS UPSTREAM CONTINUE TO SHOW A GOOD PUSH SO MAY AMD WINDS FOR PIE AND SRQ THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...VFR TO GENERALLY PREVAIL. && .MARINE...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC AND STRETCHES THROUGH THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL PREVAIL WITH SOME BRIEF AND MINOR NOCTURNAL SURGES EACH MORNING BEFORE SUN RISE. THUNDERSTORMS FORMING INLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ARE EXPECTED SHIFT OVER THE NEAR SHORE WATERS DURING THE EVEN HOURS AND DIMINISH THROUGH THE NIGHT AND TRANSITION OFF SHORE. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO RED FLAG CONCERNS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MAIN IMPACTS WILL BE THE THUNDERSTORMS/LIGHTNING POTENTIAL EACH AFTERNOON (FAVORING COASTAL AREAS) AND HIGH DISPERSIONS IN THE AFTERNOON (MAINLY FAVORING INTERIOR LOCATIONS FROM HILLSBOROUGH/POLK NORTHWARD). && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 77 92 76 92 / 10 60 50 30 FMY 75 92 74 92 / 10 50 60 60 GIF 75 93 75 93 / 0 30 20 20 SRQ 76 91 74 90 / 20 60 60 40 BKV 73 93 72 93 / 20 40 40 20 SPG 78 92 77 91 / 20 50 50 40 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION/MARINE/FIRE WEATHER...BARRON DECISION SUPPORT/LONG TERM...24/HUBBARD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 442 AM EDT FRI JUN 12 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- 873-876-130845- 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- 442 AM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. CARLISLE
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:30 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Polk County Department of Emergency Management reported that a roof was completely blown off a mobile home on Jana Circle, and then was blown down the street, hitting a fence and power pole. Additionally, a power pole was blown down onto a house on Pine Street just south of downtown.
A trained spotter reported a large oak tree knocked down by thunderstorm wind gusts in Largo Central Park. Several reporting sites in the area recorded wind gusts of up to 45 knots. Time was estimated by radar.
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