Florida Weather

[JonathanBelles]

An oak tree came down near Clearwater Mall earlier today due to the winds.

[JonathanBelles]

Both hail and wind are moving in to the coast. barely sprinkling here so far.

[dizzyfish]

Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
527 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008

FLZ042-043-048>051-072330-
SUMTER-PINELLAS-HERNANDO-HILLSBOROUGH-CITRUS-PASCO-
527 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008

...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS AND STRONG WIND
GUSTS WILL AFFECT WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL
COUNTIES FROM PINELLAS THROUGH CITRUS...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH...WILL AFFECT THE
MENTIONED AREA INCLUDING CLEARWATER...TARPON SPRINGS...PALM
HARBOR...NEW PORT RICHEY...BROOKSVILLE...TAMPA...SAINT PETERSBURG
AND HOLIDAY...UNTIL 630 PM EST. GUSTY WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE
LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES
IS POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF
CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS.
ANY OF THESE STORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL. RAINFALL
RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY MOVE FURTHER INLAND AND
REACHING SUMTER COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

my power is flashing now....crap

[feederband]

. Interesting the isolated cells in the east half of Florida are more intense than the stuff moving into the west right now, such as the cell approaching Daytona beach.

Yeah the rouge storms are the ones I watch out for..

I think you mean 'rogue'. But since rouge is French for red, and red is a scary color on radar, you might indeed have meant 'rouge'.


Individual cells aren't competing with the rest of the line for inflow, and I believe the shear orientation that produces them is more conducive to low level rotation.

Yes rogue....But now I know french at least one word anyhow ...

[SamSagnella]

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NOUS42 KTAE 072146 
PNSTAE 
 
FLZ017-028-082200 
 
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 
446 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 
   
..EF-2 TORNADO DAMAGE CONFIRMED IN TAYLOR COUNTY 
 
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN TAYLOR   
COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AROUND KEATON BEACH. THE TORNADO THAT WAS   
CONFIRMED MOVED ASHORE INTO COASTAL TAYLOR COUNTY AT KEATON BEACH AT   
APPROXIMATELY 836 AM EST. DAMAGE STARTED ALONG KEATON BEACH   
DRIVE...JUST SOUTH OF BEACH ROAD...AND CONTINUED TO MARINA ROAD   
WHERE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. ONLY SPORADIC TREE   
DAMAGE WAS NOTED JUST NORTHEAST OF MARINA DRIVE. NO ADDITIONAL   
DAMAGE WAS REPORTED OR SURVEYED IN TAYLOR COUNTY WITH THIS TORNADO.   
 
AT KEATON BEACH... 
15 HOMES WERE DAMAGED WITH 1 HOME ESSENTIALLY DESTROYED. THE HOUSE   
THAT WAS DESTROYED WAS ON MARINA DRIVE. THIS HOUSE SUFFERED COMPLETE   
ROOF FAILURE WITH TWO EXTERIOR WALLS COLLAPSING. THE DAMAGE AT THIS   
LOCATION WAS RATED EF-2 WITH WINDS OF 120 MPH. OTHER HOMES BETWEEN   
MARINA DRIVE AND KEATON BEACH DRIVE SUFFERED MINOR TO MODERATE ROOF   
DAMAGE...WHICH WAS RATED EF-1 WITH WINDS RANGING BETWEEN 95 AND 105   
MPH. SEVERAL DECKS ON THESE HOMES FAILED. A FEW SMALL BOATS WERE   
LOFTED INTO THE AIR...ONE MOVED OVER 100 FEET. 2 INJURIES WERE   
REPORTED AT KEATON BEACH. 
 
BASED ON THE AREA SURVEYED...THE PATH WIDTH OF THIS TORNADO WAS 200   
YARDS WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 0.4 MILES.   
 
THE INITIAL TORNADO WARNING ON THIS STORM WAS ISSUED AT 819 AM EST.   
THE TORNADO CAME ASHORE INTO TAYLOR COUNTY AT 836 AM EST.   
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE   
TAYLOR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN THIS   
STORM SURVEY.

.TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON   
.DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE. 
           ..REMARKS.. 

0725 AM     TORNADO          CAPITOLA                30.45N 84.09W   
03/07/2008  F1               LEON               FL   EMERGENCY MNGR   
 
            *** 1 INJ *** SIX TO EIGHT HOUSES WERE DAMAGED ON WHITE   
            HOUSE ROAD AND CAPITOLA ROAD. BASED ON THE LATEST REPORTS 
            FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT...IT APPEARS THERE WERE NO   
            FATALITIES IN CAPITOLA. ONE INJURED PERSON WAS   
            TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. OFFICIAL NWS SURVEY   
            ESTIMATES EF1 DAMAGE WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 105 MPH.   

0830 AM     TORNADO          KEATON BEACH            29.82N 83.59W   
03/07/2008  F2               TAYLOR             FL   NWS STORM SURVEY 
 
            A HOUSE DESTROYED BY CONFIRMED TORNADO ON MARINE DRIVE   
            AND BEACH ROAD. THE HOUSE WAS PUSHED OUT INTO THE ROAD.   
            15 OTHER HOMES WERE DAMAGED. THE SALEM NOAA WEATHER RADIO 
            WAS KNOCKED OFF THE AIR...BUT IS BACK ONLINE. POWER LINES 
            WERE ALSO DOWNED WITH ONE POLE TOPPLED. OFFICIAL NWS   
            SURVEY ESTIMATES EF-2 DAMAGE WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 120   
            MPH.   

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NWUS52 KJAX 072156 
LSRJAX 
 
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 
456 PM EST FRI MAR 07 2008 
   
.TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON   
.DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE. 
           ..REMARKS.. 
 
0945 AM     TORNADO          1 ENE LAKE CITY         30.20N 82.63W   
03/07/2008  F2               COLUMBIA           FL   NWS STORM SURVEY 
 
            A NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM HAS DETERMINED EF2 TORNADO DAMAGE 
            IN LAKE CITY. PRELIMINARY REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE   
            VORTEX WAS A QUARTER MILE WIDE AND TRAVELED AROUND A HALF 
            MILE ON THE GROUND. HOMES WERE UN-ROOFED AND EXTERIOR   
            WALLS COLLAPSED ALONG NORTHEAST DENVER ROAD. UPDATED   
            STORM REPORTS WILL BE ISSUED AS INFORMATION BECOMES   
            AVAILABLE. THE TIME OF DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED BASED ON   
            RADAR. INJURIES AND FATALITIES ARE UNKNOWN.   

[Tampa_God]

Damn, my yard is flooding!

[JonathanBelles]

Damn, my yard is flooding!

Where do you live?

[Evil Jeremy]

South Florida is in for it, and Tampa is entering the storm zone now.

http://www.accuweather.com/radar-state. ... FLS&anim=1

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/gmex/loop-wv.html

[Tampa_God]

Damn, my yard is flooding!

Where do you live?

I live in New Port Richey, actually, Trinity to be correct. I've been getting some good storms, they come and go easily, but produce a lot of lightning and rain.

[dizzyfish]

Damn, my yard is flooding!

Where do you live?

I live in New Port Richey, actually, Trinity to be correct. I've been getting some good storms, they come and go easily, but produce a lot of lightning and rain.

Whoa! You are just down Little Rd. from me. Had no idea.

[JonathanBelles]

Rain is now moving into the Mouth of TB northward with the squall moving into Hernando County still. Timing for the following: Citrus: now, Hernando-now, Pasco 6-7pm, Pinellas 6:30-7:30pm, Manatee 8-9.

[JonathanBelles]

TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 106
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
635 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008

TORNADO WATCH 106 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

FLC009-015-021-027-043-049-051-055-057-061-069-071-081-085-093-
095-097-099-101-103-105-111-115-117-127-080700-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0106.080307T2335Z-080308T0700Z/

FL
. FLORIDA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BREVARD CHARLOTTE COLLIER
DESOTO GLADES HARDEE
HENDRY HIGHLANDS HILLSBOROUGH
INDIAN RIVER LAKE LEE
MANATEE MARTIN OKEECHOBEE
ORANGE OSCEOLA PALM BEACH
PASCO PINELLAS POLK
SARASOTA SEMINOLE ST. LUCIE
VOLUSIA
$$

[tropicana]

how much rain has collected by your house so far, Jonathan?

[JonathanBelles]

how much rain has collected by your house so far, Jonathan?

nothing officially, and not gonna go check the rain guage till it stops raining.

[tropicana]

how much rain has collected by your house so far, Jonathan?

nothing officially, and not gonna go check the rain guage till it stops raining.

oooo thank god you are alive!!!

[dizzyfish]

how much rain has collected by your house so far, Jonathan?

nothing officially, and not gonna go check the rain guage till it stops raining.

Too funny - just told my husband the same thing!

[JonathanBelles]

getting bunches of rain now, sometimes diagnally. I have 11 mins of video to post later, pretty crappy video at that. I wish these things would come during the day.

[feederband]

I hear it but I don't get to play in it yet...

[dizzyfish]

1-1/2' - just emptied the rain gauge - and no damage that I can see - in the dark....

[Evil Jeremy]

Nasty line of rain headed to South Florida. I won't be surprised to see the Tornado Watch extended southward.

http://www.accuweather.com/radar-state. ... FLS&anim=1