Deep moisture and intense surface heating allowed for scattered thunderstorms to develop during the afternoon of the 1st along sea breeze boundaries. One of these storms produced a severe wind gust in Lee County.
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Deep moisture and intense surface heating allowed for scattered thunderstorms to develop during the afternoon of the 1st along sea breeze boundaries. One of these storms produced a severe wind gust in Lee County.
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 1, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 300 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2016 .SYNOPSIS... Aloft - a broad low sprawled across the Desert Southwest...a robust low was on Manitoba-MN border...and a trough reached from the Mid- Atlantic coast to the Bahamas. Surface - low pressure in southwest Ontario trailed a cold front that arced southwestward across the Mid- Mississippi Valley to the southern High Plains. Post tropical cyclone Bonnie was off the NC coast. Atlantic high pressure ridged across FL to the Gulf of Mexico. && .SHORT TERM (This afternoon - Thursday)... The southwest upper low tracks into the southern plains as the low on the U.S./Canadian line lifts to James Bay...with a subtle increase in heights aloft FL and the southeastern states. The cold front eases eastward...stretching from the lower Great Lakes to the southern Plains. The Atlantic high pressure meanders across central FL while Bonnie drifts up along the eastern seaboard. The building heights aloft will result in slightly less instability and moisture. But...PWAT values will range from 1.4 to 1.7 inch which along with sea breeze circulations in a relaxed pressure field and daytime heating will still support isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms. the highest chances will be late afternoon and mainly inland. temperatures will run around to just above normal...by a degree or two. .LONG TERM (Thursday night through Wednesday)... Fast zonal flow will overspread the northern tier of the U.S. as several shortwaves roll along the U.S. Canada border region. Further south, a slow moving upper low will continue to generate dangerous rainfall and flooding conditions across portions of the Southern Plains...especially Texas. Further to the east, large scale mid level ridging will extend from the southern Gulf of Mexico into the western Atlantic. From Thursday night into the weekend, a rather typical summer-like pattern will hold across the region. Surface ridge axis will extend across the central Florida peninsula, with light south to southeast flow regime. This combined with increasing moisture should yield scattered thunderstorms with the afternoon seabreeze. Greater coverage of showers/storms looks to unfold across the interior, where east and west coast seabreezes converge during the late afternoon/evening hours. Highs look to rise into the 90s each day with lows in the 70s. From this weekend into early next week, a substantial shortwave trough will move across the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley regions. This will allow the slow moving Southern Plains low to open up and shift eastward across the northern gulf coast. Through the weekend, as upper ridging weakens and moisture deepens, expect greater coverage of afternoon thunderstorms. As we move into next week, an area of low pressure is expected to move from the Caribbean into the southern Gulf of Mexico. Long range models have been fairly consistent over the last several runs in showing this feature, though exact locations and intensities of the low are quite different amongst model members and model runs. Regardless, it does appear a surface low will move into the southern Gulf of Mexico early next week. With an upper trough to the north and mid-level ridge to the east, steering flow would generally point to a slow northward or northeastward movement for the first half of next week. The low looks to bring with it deep tropical moisture, and may lead to an increased risk of heavy rainfall and flooding across portions of the Florida peninsula early next week. We will need to keep an eye on this feature as we head into the weekend. From the weekend into early next week, The increased moisture should lead to greater cloud cover during the day, which may keep temperatures from rising much above the upper 80s to near 90 degrees. Lows look to hold in the 70s. && .AVIATION... 01/19Z-02/18Z. VFR with the sea breeze setting up. Have northern terminal starting with VCNTY TSRA but a bit later south and inland. Based on the past couple of days have kept TAFs with just CB and VCTS remarks. Expect convection to wind down by 00Z-02Z with VFR prevailing through the end of the period. Although PGD could see some late night BR. && .MARINE... Atlantic high pressure reaching across the eastern Gulf through the weekend with light east to southeast winds...but shifting to onshore in afternoon sea breezes. Wind and seas will be higher in the vicinity of thunderstorms. Low pressure that may form in the Gulf of Mexico early next could impact the forecast. && .FIRE WEATHER... Ample low level moisture will preclude low humidity concerns into early next week. Winds generally light although gusty near thunderstorms...which will also produce lightning and locally heavy rain. && .Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs... TPA 75 92 77 92 / 30 20 20 40 FMY 73 92 75 92 / 30 60 20 50 GIF 73 92 74 93 / 20 20 10 40 SRQ 74 87 74 90 / 30 20 20 30 BKV 70 92 71 93 / 20 20 20 30 SPG 77 90 78 91 / 30 20 20 30 && .TBW Watches/Warnings/Advisories... FL...None. Gulf waters...None. && SYNOPSIS/SHORT TERM/AVIATION/MARINE/FIRE WEATHER...09/Rude LONG TERM/DECISION SUPPORT...84/Austin
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 441 AM EDT WED JUN 1 2016 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- 873-876-020845- 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 WED JUN 1 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND SOLAR HEATING WILL ALLOW FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. A WELL DEFINED SEA BREEZE CIRCULATION WILL FORCE THE HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES INLAND FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. STORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND SOME SMALL HAIL. IF YOU SHOULD HEAR THUNDER OR OBSERVE LIGHTNING...MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SEA BREEZE DRIVEN THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH SUNDAY...MAINLY OVER INLAND LOCATIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. ON MONDAY...A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTH OUT OF THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN AND INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO...WITH THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND SOME SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. FLEMING
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL 351 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2016 FLZ050-149-151-249-251-012015- INLAND PASCO-PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-INLAND HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL PASCO- 351 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN HILLSBOROUGH... SOUTHWESTERN PASCO AND NORTH CENTRAL PINELLAS COUNTIES... AT 350 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KEYSTONE...OR 7 MILES EAST OF HOLIDAY. THE STORM IS NEARLY STATIONARY. WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TAMPA...NEW PORT RICHEY...LUTZ...TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...EGYPT LAKE-LETO...NEW PORT RICHEY EAST...UNIVERSITY...LAND O LAKES...EAST LAKE... GREATER NORTHDALE...TOWN 'N' COUNTRY...KEYSTONE...LAKE MAGDALENE...CITRUS PARK...GREATER CARROLLWOOD...LAND O' LAKES...PALM RIVER-CLAIR MEL...WEST PARK...OLDSMAR AND DAVIS ISLANDS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. LAT...LON 2799 8265 2828 8275 2828 8246 2789 8239 TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 291DEG 2KT 2817 8263 EO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
508 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2016
FLZ050-012130-
PINELLAS-
508 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN PINELLAS COUNTY...
AT 507 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST AND EAST
LEALMAN...OR NEAR PINELLAS PARK...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LARGO...PINELLAS PARK...SEMINOLE...SAINT PETERSBURG...DOWNTOWN SAINT
PETERSBURG...ST. PETERSBURG...ST. PETE BEACH...TIERRA VERDE...FEATHER
SOUND...GANDY...BAY PINES...SOUTH HIGHPOINT...WEST AND EAST LEALMAN...
GULFPORT...TREASURE ISLAND...KENNETH CITY...SOUTH PASADENA...MADEIRA
BEACH...REDINGTON BEACH AND NORTH REDINGTON BEACH.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 2794 8270 2785 8255 2784 8254 2784 8253
2783 8252 2760 8263 2770 8281 2772 8281
2777 8286
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 031DEG 10KT 2783 8266SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
607 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2016
FLZ162-165-262-265-012245-
INLAND LEE-INLAND CHARLOTTE-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE-
607 PM EDT WED JUN 1 2016
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL
CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES...
AT 606 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CLUSTERED NEAR SAN CARLOS
PARK...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF FORT MYERS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAPE CORAL...FORT MYERS...BONITA SPRINGS...PUNTA GORDA...CYPRESS LAKE...
PINE MANOR...LOVERS KEY STATE PARK...MATLACHA ISLES-MATLACHA SHORES...
MATLACHA...THREE OAKS...EAST DUNBAR...SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AIRPORT...SAN
CARLOS PARK...IONA...PALMONA PARK...LOCHMOOR WATERWAY ESTATES...VILLAS...
MCGREGOR...HARLEM HEIGHTS AND BUCKINGHAM.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 2633 8182 2633 8186 2674 8219 2692 8196
2642 8161 2642 8166 2636 8166 2631 8175
2632 8182
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 144DEG 8KT 2652 8181The Tampa radar (KTBW), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:40 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The ASOS at Fort Myers Page Field recorded a 53 knot thunderstorm wind gust.
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