Hazardous Weather Outlook
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
436 AM EDT THU JUN 20 2013

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-850-853-856-870-
873-876-202330-
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DESOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
TAMPA BAY WATERS-TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NM-
ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM-
BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM-
TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
436 AM EDT THU JUN 20 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
AMPLE MOISTURE COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND SUFFICIENT
INSTABILITY WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING ALONG THE SEA BREEZE DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH THE
STORMS LINGERING INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. A WEAK STEERING
FLOW WILL SUPPORT SLOW MOVING STORMS WHICH WILL LEAD TO LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL IN SOME LOCATIONS...WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AS WELL AS THE
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL
ACCOMPANY THE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER ALL OF
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. THIS MOIST AND UNSTABLE
ENVIRONMENT WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE SEA BREEZE EACH DAY...WITH AN EAST TO
SOUTHEAST STEERING FLOW FAVORING THE GREATEST COVERAGE AND
HIGHEST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS TO SET UP ALONG AND JUST
TO THE WEST OF THE I 75 CORRIDOR EACH AFTERNOON. SLOW MOVING
STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN SOME
LOCATIONS ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES
AND GUSTY WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

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