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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>We had quite a busy weather day
yesterday. Heavy rainfall totals fell in downtown Lakeland with CoCoRaH's
rain gauge totals of 2.50" and 2.68" respectively. In the Kathleen area
CoCoRaH's rain gauge totals were 3.41" and 4.01" respectively. On the west
side of town towards KLAL and County Line Road .50" diameter hail covered
the ground. On the NE side of Lakeland and EF-0 tornado touched down around 5:00
pm. See LSR report below.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here on the south side of town in the
Highlands area I measured 0.81". Other nearby CoCoRaH's rain gauges measured
0.77", 0.93" and 1.18" respectively.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>We could see another round of heavy
thunderstorms later this afternoon. With cold and dry air in the mid levels once
again, severe weather in the form of strong (60+ mph) down bursting
winds, large hail > .50" in diameter and torrential rainfall >
2.00" is probable. A tornado is also possible where the east coast, west
coast and outflow boundaries collide. Lightning is not a severe weather
parameter but with mid level cold air (-10 deg. C at 500 mb) numerous lightning
strikes are probable.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>With a bit more steering flow from the east
the heaviest weather could be on the west side of the
county.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=1>498 <BR>NWUS52
KTBW 130106 <BR>LSRTBW <BR> <BR>PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
<BR>NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL <BR>906 PM
EDT TUE MAY 12 2009 <BR> <BR>.TIME...
...EVENT... ...CITY
LOCATION... ...LAT.LON <BR>
<BR>.DATE... ....MAG....
..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE. <BR>
<BR>
..REMARKS.. <BR> <BR>0500 PM
TORNADO 4 ENE
LAKELAND 28.07N
81.91W
<BR>05/12/2009
POLK
FL LAW ENFORCEMENT <BR>
<BR>
NEAR INTERSECTION OF SMITHTOWN DR AND TERRY ROAD. 4-5
<BR>
FOOT OAK TREE UPROOTED AND FELL ON CARPORT AND PART OF
<BR>
HOUSE. ALSO HAD STURDY WOOD CARPORT LIFTED AND THROWN
<BR>
INTO AN ALUMINUM CARPORT NEXT DOOR. REPORT RELAYED BY
<BR>
POLK COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. DEPUTY REPORTED A WITNESS
<BR> SAW
THE POSSIBLE TORNADO BOUNCING UP AND DOWN ACROSS AREA
<BR> AND
DAMAGE PATH CONFIRMS. TIME IS ESTIMATED BASED ON
<BR>
RADAR. <BR></FONT> </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>73 & GUD DX,<BR>Thomas F. Giella,
NZ4O<BR>Lakeland, FL, USA<BR></FONT></STRONG><A
href="mailto:nz4o@arrl.net"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial
size=2>nz4o@arrl.net</FONT></STRONG></A><BR><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>John
3:16 <><</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>NZ4O Amateur & SWL Radio Autobiography:
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size=2>http://www.nz4o.com</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial
size=2> <BR></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<DIV>----- Original Message -----
<DIV>From: "Thomas F. Giella NZ4O" <<A
href="mailto:nz4o@verizon.net">nz4o@verizon.net</A>></DIV>
<DIV>To: "a LARC eGroup" <<A
href="mailto:LakelandARC@yahoogroups.com">LakelandARC@yahoogroups.com</A>></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 11:23 AM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: Rain Coming?!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></DIV></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>The GFS model continues to predict decent
rainfall chances for the peninsula <BR>for the next seven days.<BR><BR>Hopefully
the rainfall will put out current wild fires and prevent others. <BR>Hopefully
lightning will not start any new ones.<BR><BR></FONT></STRONG><A
href="http://weather.cod.edu/loops/gfsUS.precip.html"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://weather.cod.edu/loops/gfsUS.precip.html</FONT></STRONG></A><BR><A
href="http://www.nws.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/mos/getmex.pl?sta=KVDF"><STRONG><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://www.nws.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/mos/getmex.pl?sta=KVDF</FONT></STRONG></A><BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>