Thunderstorms developed during the early afternoon over Pinellas County as the sea breeze circulation setup. A lightning strike from one of these storms caused minor damage to a residence.
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Thunderstorms developed during the early afternoon over Pinellas County as the sea breeze circulation setup. A lightning strike from one of these storms caused minor damage to a residence.
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 24, 9:19 AM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 1019 AM EDT WED JUN 24 2015 .UPDATE... LAND BREEZE HAS NOT GENERATED MUCH IN THE WAY OF MORNING SHOWERS AND STORMS OFFSHORE...PARTLY DUE TO THE MEAGER LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES IN PLACE. WEAK FLOW AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL RESULT IN PRIMARILY SEA BREEZE DRIVEN SHOWERS AND STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL MOVE TO ABOUT THE CENTER OF THE STATE. THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE MAY AGAIN TRY TO PUSH ACTIVITY BACK TOWARD THE GULF COAST THIS EVENING...BUT IT WILL LIKELY OCCUR LATE ENOUGH TO WHERE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE DISSIPATING BEFORE REACHING THE I-75 CORRIDOR. THE 12Z SOUNDING WOULD SUGGEST NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY FOR TODAY WITH PRIMARY THREAT BEING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PRECIPITABLE WATERS WILL BE AROUND 2 INCHES TODAY...AND THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS COULD LEAD TO AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND NUISANCE FLOODING. LARGE HAIL IS UNLIKELY DUE TO WEAK LAPSE RATES IN THE HAIL GROWTH ZONE...BUT STRONGER PULSE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND PERHAPS SOME BRIEF PEA SIZE HAIL. && .AVIATION... VFR NEXT 24 HOURS. SOME TSRA POSSIBLE AT COASTAL TAF SITES AS SEA BREEZE DEVELOPS AND BEGINS TO PUSH INLAND 17-21Z...THEN THREAT FOR TSRA DIMINISHES THERE AND MOVES TO NEAR LAL. && .MARINE... NO SIGNIFICANT MARINE HAZARDS TODAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS TODAY WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT INLAND. MORE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF TARPON SPRINGS. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES PLANNED TO THE FORECAST THIS MORNING. && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && UPDATE/AVIATION/MARINE...JILLSON DECISION SUPPORT...GARCIA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 545 AM EDT WED JUN 24 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- 873-876-242100- 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- 545 AM EDT WED JUN 24 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... TYPICAL DIURNAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TODAY INTO THE FIRST HALF OF TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH A FEW STRONGER STORM CONTAINING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY...NO SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE INLAND FROM THE I-75 CORRIDOR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PART OF THE FORECAST EACH DAY THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER...NO SIGNIFICANT OR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN AN INCREASED RIP FOR STRONGER RIP CURRENTS BY LATER SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. MROCZKA
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:34 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Pinellas County Fire and Rescue reported that lightning caused minor damge to a residence in St. Petersburg.
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