Widespread flooding occured in the Tampa Bay area Thursday evening
9/7/00. Especially hard hit were urban area's of Hillsborough and
Manatee counties. A very large area of 4-6" fell, however at my location
only 1.29" fell on top of the 1.75" the previous day. Also for the first
time this season a true tropical airmass with PWAT's above 2" occured
yesterday and is still in place today. At one point yeterday the dew
point reached 83 deg at my location here in Plant City.
Central Florida started off the day with a southerly
thunderstorm steering flow at 700 mb and at the surface, with several
rounds of thunderstorms passing through the Tampa Bay Buccaneer's :<))
area in early and mid afternoon.
By late afternoon with high pressure ridging building north
of the state, thunderstorm steering winds became weak NE and surface
winds light SE, setting the stage for a classic Gulf Of Mexico and
Atlantic Ocean seabreeze battle along the I-75 corridor of central
Florida.
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Here is a radar shot courtesy of WFLA TV 8
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http://kn4lf.tripod.com/subdirectory/svrtrw100.gif
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WWUS82 KTBW 081515
SPSTBW
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1115 AM EDT FRI SEP 8 2000
..NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS THIS AFTERNOON...
DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE COMBINED WITH AN EASTERLY FLOW AND SEA BREEZE
CONVERGENCE WILL CAUSE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. WITH A LIGHT NORTHEAST
STEERING FLOW THE BEST CONCENTRATION OF STORMS SHOULD BE OVER COASTAL
COUNTIES DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH MUCH OF THE
ACTIVITY LINGERING INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE WINDING DOWN.
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THE STORMS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES
AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF 2
INCHES PER HOUR...AND STORM TOTALS MAY AGAIN EXCEED 4 INCHES IN SOME
LOCATIONS...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINS AND LIGHTNING...A FEW
WATERSPOUTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS.
ALL RESIDENTS AND MARINERS ARE URGED TO KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY THIS
AFTERNOON...AND BE READY TO SEEK SAFETY BEFORE THREATENING WEATHER
ARRIVES.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES DURING THIS AFTERNOON.
$$
MCMICHAEL
WWWW
Take Care,
Thomas Giella, KN4LF
P.O. Box 1987
Plant City, Fl. 33564
Grid Square- EL88VA
CQ Zone 5
kn4lf{at}webtv.net
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