A lightning strike from afternoon thunderstorms causes fire damage to a home near Oldsmar in Pinellas County.
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A lightning strike from afternoon thunderstorms causes fire damage to a home near Oldsmar in Pinellas 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 Aug 3, 7:59 AM EST, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 859 AM EDT Wed Aug 3 2022 ...New UPDATE, MARINE... .UPDATE... Issued at 856 AM EDT Wed Aug 3 2022 Not too dramatically different from yesterday, today is kicking off with a few storms out over the Gulf, but mostly quiet conditions over land. Most are waking up to sunny skies, but there are a few altocumulus clouds across SWFL. Overall, this doesn't look too different from yesterday. These similarities translate to the atmospheric column as well. The 12Z sounding has come in with a PW value of 1.81 inches, suggesting there is ample moisture present in the column. There are still a couple drier pockets, but not quite as defined as yesterday. Even so, the calculated DCAPE came in at over 1000J/KG, suggesting the potential still remains for water-loading in the column that could support wet microbursts later today. The atmosphere also remains on the cooler side with temperatures around -9C. Small hail is possible again today too. Light low-level flow supports slow thunderstorm movement as well, and the instability profile suggests heavy rain is again a possibility. Isolated areas may see ponding in areas of poor drainage or low-lying areas with slow movement of storms. Light flow remains across the FL peninsula once again today, suggesting inland propagation of the sea breeze. Given the light, regime 1 pattern, coastal areas have the best chance for storms earlier in the day before the bulk of the activity should transition inland as the afternoon turns to evening. Some possibility for backbuilding towards the coast is possible later, as outflow boundaries propagate outward in various directions. There is also an argument that the overall convective steering flow could support it too (winds are out of the E above 700mb). However, the flow is pretty light; not thinking it will have a big influence. What seems most likely, is that anvils may spread back westward and some mid- level light rain may accompany this as cells begin to weaken. Otherwise, thinking things should stay more dry closer to the coast. Some adjustments have been made to the forecast this AM, mostly for POPs and related weather elements. Have also tweaked the wind forecast slightly to better represent the sea breeze. Otherwise, the forecast looks good. No additional significant changes are anticipated before the afternoon. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 242 AM EDT Wed Aug 3 2022 Today: With the ridge axis situated more northeast, any potential steering flow continues to be very light. Thanks to an upper level trough, plenty of moisture should be available again today with PWAT values forecasted to range from 1.8-2+ throughout the day. Much like yesterday, with the light flow storms may not move in any typical pattern and may move slower once developed. Slower storms allow for more rainfall over one area. Localized flooding in low lying areas and streets could be a possibility especially if storms linger in areas that are already saturated from the previous days showers. Rest of the week: Models are showing a pocket of dry air advecting NE across the state overnight and into Thursday. PWATs in the dry slot could be as low as 1.2. This could limit development of storms for Thursday until late afternoon depending on how quickly the dry air moves through. Moisture rebounds very quickly and by Thursday night PWATs are back to 1.8-2+. The east southeast flow strengthens Thursday and will allow for more typical sea breeze driven convection. Friday's setup will be similar to Thursday favoring sea breeze forced convection especially along the west coast late in the afternoon, evening. The weekend: Another surge in moisture is forecasted this weekend as another upper level trough moves over the area. This will aid in the development of scattered to numerous afternoon sea breeze driven thunderstorms. && .AVIATION... (12Z TAFS) Issued at 735 AM EDT Wed Aug 3 2022 VFR conditions with light flow continue through the morning continue. As the seabreeze develops in the early afternoon, winds should shift onshore, and thunderstorms become more possible. Some activity is possible earlier closer to the coast, driving the inclusion of TEMPOs for many locations during the most favorable time-frame, before likely transitioning inland later in the day, but still lingering in the vicinity possibly. There is a nonzero possibility storms may drift back towards the coast later in the evening, but impacts to terminals are too uncertain for any additional mention beyond VCTS later in the day. && .MARINE... Issued at 856 AM EDT Wed Aug 3 2022 A few coastal storms remain possible through the morning before the bulk of the activity transitions onshore this afternoon with sea breeze development. Light winds should keep conditions benign through the day, but winds are likely to increase overnight tonight as easterly flow settles in and the land breeze develops. Thunderstorms also become more possible as this occurs. This is likely to occur each night this week, leading to slightly choppier conditions across coastal waters overnight. While conditions should remain 15kts or less, locally hazardous conditions remain possible in the vicinity of thunderstorms. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 242 AM EDT Wed Aug 3 2022 No fire weather hazards are expected the next few days as minimum relative humidity values will remain above critical levels and winds will remain less than 15 mph outside of any convection. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 93 79 95 79 / 60 40 50 30 FMY 93 76 93 77 / 60 40 60 30 GIF 94 75 94 77 / 60 40 60 10 SRQ 91 75 92 75 / 60 40 60 30 BKV 93 72 94 73 / 60 40 50 20 SPG 91 78 92 79 / 60 40 50 30 && Sea Breeze Thunderstorm Regime For Wednesday: 1 Sea Breeze Thunderstorm Regime For Thursday: 3 For Additional Information On Sea Breeze Regimes go to https://www.weather.gov/tbw/ThunderstormClimatology && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...None. Gulf waters...None. && UPDATE/AVIATION/MARINE...Flannery PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...Pearce
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:22 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Hillsborough Fire Rescue reports damage to a home from a fire caused by a lightning strike. No injuries reported.
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