A few thunderstorms developed along the sea breeze collision over the Nature Coast. One of these storms in Citrus County produced a severe wind gust and hail.
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A few thunderstorms developed along the sea breeze collision over the Nature Coast. One of these storms in Citrus County produced a severe wind gust and 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 16, 1:59 PM EST, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 259 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-WEDNESDAY)... STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ANCHORED ALONG GA/SC BORDER WITH SURFACE RIDGE AXIS NORTH OF STATE. WEAKER WINDS IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL ALLOW THE SEA BREEZE TO MOVE EAST OF INTERSTATE 75 IN TAMPA BAY AND NATURE COAST AREAS. MOS POPS HAVE BEEN NOTORIOUSLY LOW AS OF LATE SO USED A BLEND OF MODEL DATA FOR PRECIP COVERAGE AND TIMING. THE HEAT CONTINUES WITH WARM MUGGY NIGHTS AND A HEAT INDEX AROUND 100 IN THE AFTERNOON. .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT-TUESDAY)... A STRONG U/L RIDGE WILL HOLD OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. AND FLORIDA THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. THIS WILL CREATE STRONG SUBSIDENCE AND CONTINUED ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA EACH DAY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE EAST OF FLORIDA WILL WEAKEN THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY CAUSING THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW TO COLLAPSE. THIS WILL ALLOW THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY TO PUSH SLOWLY INLAND THROUGH THE DAY COLLIDING WITH THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE OVER THE INTERIOR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EACH DAY WITH THE HIGHEST POPS OVER THE INTERIOR. EASTERLY BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN A BIT EARLY NEXT WEEK WHICH SHOULD HOLD THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY CLOSER TO THE COAST WITH HIGHEST POPS SHIFTING BACK OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE EACH AFTERNOON DUE TO STRONG INSOLATION EACH DAY...AND POCKETS OF MID LEVEL DRY AIR ADVECTING OVER THE REGION CAUSED BY THE STRONG SUBSIDENCE ALOFT. && .AVIATION... SCATTERED STORMS UNTIL 02Z MAY BRING 30 MINUTES OF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS TO TERMINALS. HANDLED WITH VCTS FOR NOW BUT WILL UPDATE ONCE STORMS DEVELOP IF EXPECTED TO CROSS OVER A TERMINAL. VFR AFTER 02Z. && .MARINE... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH ONSHORE FLOW DEVELOPING ALONG THE COAST EACH AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE LAND AREAS EACH AFTERNOON WILL PUSH OFFSHORE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WITH HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS NEAR STORMS. && .FIRE WEATHER... AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL KEEP HUMIDITY VALUES WELL ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WITH NO FIRE WEATHER ISSUES EXPECTED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 78 89 80 88 / 20 40 40 40 FMY 75 91 76 90 / 30 40 40 40 GIF 76 92 78 91 / 20 30 20 40 SRQ 76 88 78 87 / 20 40 40 20 BKV 73 91 75 90 / 20 30 40 40 SPG 78 89 81 88 / 20 30 40 30 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION/MARINE/FIRE WEATHER...72/NOAH LONG TERM/DECISION SUPPORT...13/OGLESBY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 441 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 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- 873-876-170000- 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- 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- 441 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT WEEK. 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. GARCIA
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:53 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The AWOS at Crystal River Airport (KCGC) recorded a 61 knot thunderstorm wind gust.
A CoCoRaHS spotter reported hail the size of quarters 4.7 miles east-southeast of Crystal River.
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