Pictures of Jul 16 Hailstorm/Flooding in Tampa

[tbstorm]

Pictures of the Hailstorm I drove through yesterday on the way home from work. Experienced large (nickel sized) hail on the Crosstown Expressway, winds of 60 mph. When I pulled off the expressway into downtown I experienced a flash flooding situation where my car temporarily lost power while plunging through flooded the streets of Tampa.

These are from my cell phone camera.

Storm developing over Tampa N. of downtown.


Adamo & Orient: Cloud elements rising rapidly into the base of the thunderstorm. Pea size hail was falling at this time.


Flash flood situation in downtown Tampa.


Heavy flooding at I4 and I275 interchange. Flooding several lanes.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
623 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2007
 
..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
0438 PM     HAIL             TAMPA                   27.96N 82.48W
07/16/2007  0.88 INCH       HILLSBOROUGH       FL   PUBLIC
            NICKEL SIZE HAIL. ESTIMATED WIND GUST OF 60 MPH...WITH
            SEVERAL PALM TREES BLOWN DOWN.
           
0440 PM     HAIL             TAMPA                   27.96N 82.48W
07/16/2007  0.25 INCH       HILLSBOROUGH       FL   TRAINED SPOTTER
            PEA SIZE HAIL
           
0502 PM     HAIL             TAMPA                   27.96N 82.48W
07/16/2007  0.25 INCH       HILLSBOROUGH       FL   PUBLIC
            I4 DOWNTOWN TAMPA
           
0511 PM     HAIL             TAMPA                   27.96N 82.48W
07/16/2007  0.75 INCH       HILLSBOROUGH       FL   PUBLIC
            PENNY SIZE HAIL

[Category 5]

Wow. Nasty storm.

Nice pics.

[HURAKAN]

Great pictures. Thanks for sharing with us. T-storms in the Tampa-Orlando area get extremely nasty in the summer months. That's why I don't recommend visiting the theme parks in the summer because first is the heat, 90+ almost every day, and then around 1:30 - 3 PM, incredible t-storms roll through the area ruining your vacations and forcing you to leave the parks.

[ohiostorm]

Pretty good pics from your cell phone. How did you get them on the computer? I have some on mine I would love to get onto my computer.

[Category 5]

Great pictures. Thanks for sharing with us. T-storms in the Tampa-Orlando area get extremely nasty in the summer months. That's why I don't recommend visiting the theme parks in the summer because first is the heat, 90+ almost every day, and then around 1:30 - 3 PM, incredible t-storms roll through the area ruining your vacations and forcing you to leave the parks.

I've been here for only a few days and have seen it all already lol.

Had a nasty line roll through Lake City on sunday.

[JonathanBelles]

Great pictures. Thanks for sharing with us. T-storms in the Tampa-Orlando area get extremely nasty in the summer months. That's why I don't recommend visiting the theme parks in the summer because first is the heat, 90+ almost every day, and then around 1:30 - 3 PM, incredible t-storms roll through the area ruining your vacations and forcing you to leave the parks.

I've been here for only a few days and have seen it all already lol.

Had a nasty line roll through Lake City on sunday.

The worst I've seen was last year sometime. This is all with in 10-15 minutes. At fist the sky turned red, dark shades of red. In Florida, we see all sorts of colors ranging from the more common blue to a daily yellow to green, gray, but this was the first time I had seen red. Two minutes later I was outside watching things and it began pouring. The news reported 5-8"/hr!! A minute or two later came the hail and the winds (30+ mph likely) and the lightning. Within the next few moments all heck broke loose. A lightning bolt hit just few houses over, I have yet to hear anything as deafening as that was. Then ABCactionnews came on and said a funnel cloud had formed in Lealman, just to the north of me. I went inside at this point. The rain got harder, lightning louder. The hail seized and it was relatively quiet. I went to the central room in the house and listened to it on the radio. Denis Philips came on and gave a stern warning to those in Kenneth City, where I live, and Lealman to prepare. Luckily the tornado never came down, but I now have to associate red skies with tornadoes. This happened one more time a month ago with Barry. The skies turned red and I went immediatly into the central room. That afternoon I learned that there was a waterspout that had moved into the Skyway. This tornado was not official and I dont think they even mention it in the Barry PSA. ABCactionnews did however interview numerous people that saw the waterspout. Just a few of the lessons I have learned in Florida.

[Category 5]

Great pictures. Thanks for sharing with us. T-storms in the Tampa-Orlando area get extremely nasty in the summer months. That's why I don't recommend visiting the theme parks in the summer because first is the heat, 90+ almost every day, and then around 1:30 - 3 PM, incredible t-storms roll through the area ruining your vacations and forcing you to leave the parks.

I've been here for only a few days and have seen it all already lol.

Had a nasty line roll through Lake City on sunday.

The worst I've seen was last year sometime. This is all with in 10-15 minutes. At fist the sky turned red, dark shades of red. In Florida, we see all sorts of colors ranging from the more common blue to a daily yellow to green, gray, but this was the first time I had seen red. Two minutes later I was outside watching things and it began pouring. The news reported 5-8"/hr!! A minute or two later came the hail and the winds (30+ mph likely) and the lightning. Within the next few moments all heck broke loose. A lightning bolt hit just few houses over, I have yet to hear anything as deafening as that was. Then ABCactionnews came on and said a funnel cloud had formed in Lealman, just to the north of me. I went inside at this point. The rain got harder, lightning louder. The hail seized and it was relatively quiet. I went to the central room in the house and listened to it on the radio. Denis Philips came on and gave a stern warning to those in Kenneth City, where I live, and Lealman to prepare. Luckily the tornado never came down, but I now have to associate red skies with tornadoes. This happened one more time a month ago with Barry. The skies turned red and I went immediatly into the central room. That afternoon I learned that there was a waterspout that had moved into the Skyway. This tornado was not official and I dont think they even mention it in the Barry PSA. ABCactionnews did however interview numerous people that saw the waterspout. Just a few of the lessons I have learned in Florida.

I remember seeing that on radar, then on TV. Nasty.