1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 10, 1:14 PM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 214 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001 CURRENTLY...WEST COAST SEA BREEZE ALREADY UNDERWAY AND MAKING INROADS TOWARD INTERIOR LOCATIONS VIA VISIBLE SATELLITE LOOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH 88D RETURNS DEPICTING A FEW SHOWERS ALONG IT. IN ADDITION THE EAST COAST BOUNDARY IS EVIDENT FROM THE LAKE SOUTH... BUT FURTHER NORTH SLIGHTLY STRONGER SW-WLY FLOW IS INHIBITING IT AND WILL LIKELY KEEP IT PINNED CLOSE TO THE COAST IN THESE LOCATIONS. THIS BEING THE CASE WILL LIKELY SEE BEST AREAL COVERAGE OF STORMS OVER MY INTERIOR AND SOUTHWESTERN MOST ZONES WHERE THE BEST BOUNDARY COLLISIONS TAKE PLACE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...WITH SLIGHTLY LESS COVERAGE FAR NORTH AND IMMEDIATE WEST COASTAL LOCATIONS. WITH THIS IN MIND WILL WORD FOR 20% NORTH AND CENTRAL COASTAL ZONES AND 40% INTERIOR/SOUTHWEST FOR THE EVENING HOURS. SHORT TERM...MODELS CONTINUE TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS RUNS. REMNANTS OF BARRY (VORT CENTER) NOW OVER THE LOWER TN/MS VALLEYS IS PRODG TO DROP SEWD TO CENTRAL GA DURING THE NEXT 24-48 HOURS WHERE IT WILL MEANDER AROUND INTO THE EXTENDED RANGE AS WEAK UPPER TROUGHINESS DEVELOPS OVER THE EASTERN SEA BOARD. THE AVN/ETA ARE SIMILAR WITH THIS SCENARIO...BUT THE NGM WANTS TO LIFT THIS FEATURE OUT TO THE NORTHEAST FAIRLY FAST. SEEING THAT THIS FEATURE IS EMBEDDED IN A WEAK FLOW...AM INCLINED TO LEAN TOWARD A BLEND OF THE AVN/ETA FOR THIS CYCLE WHICH KEEPS A SHEAR AXIS TO THE NORTH OF THE STATE. IN ANY EVENT WITH LITTLE OVERALL MOISTURE CHANGE EXPECTED AND THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS REMAINING AROUND OF JUST NORTH OF THE LAKE A CONTINUATION OF DAILY SEA BREEZE DRIVEN CONVECTION OVER THE UPCOMING WEEKEND LOOKS TO BE A GOOD BET. THE ONLY FLY IN THE OINTMENT WILL BE THE DRIER AIR IN THE MID/UPPER LEVELS DEPICTED BY MODEL TIME X- SECTIONS. THIS DRIER AIR MAY KEEP THE OVERALL AREAL COVERAGE OF STORMS A BIT LOWER...BUT FEEL MAV POPS ARE TO LOW AND WILL USE A BLEND OF THE FAN/FWC THIS PACKAGE KEEPING 30-40% COASTAL TO INTERIOR. GUIDANCE TEMPS AGAIN VERY CLOSE...SO A BLEND WILL BE USED. EXTENDED...LATEST AVN KEEPS UPPER TROUGHINESS OVER THE EASTERN SEA BOARD WITH SHEAR AXIS ACROSS THE SERN GULF STATE AND NORTHERN PENINSULA THROUGH THE PERIOD. AT THE SURFACE MODELS HAVE BEEN INCONSISTENT WITH PLACEMENT OF SURFACE RIDGE AXIS DURING THE LAST FEW DAYS WITH SOME MOVING IT NORTH TO NEAR THE CAROLINAS WITH A EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW REGIME DEVELOPING WHILE OTHERS KEEP IT MEANDERING AROUND THE N-CENTRAL PENINSULA RESULTING IN LIGHT SW-WLY FLOW. SEEING THAT A POSITIVE TILTED UPPER TROUGH IS ADVERTISED BY MODELS TO BE RESIDING OVER THE ERN SEA BOARD AND NORTHERN GULF AM INCLINED TO FAVOR MORE OF A SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW REGIME THROUGH A DEEP LAYER IN THE EXTENDED RANGE...WHICH WOULD FAVOR THE BEST AREAL COVERAGE OF STORMS FROM BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS OVER MY INTERIOR AND EASTERN MOST ZONES. WITH PWS REMAINING IN THE 1.5 TO 1.7 RANGE PLAN TO KEEP POPS AT CLIMO-LEVEL...BUT WILL WORD FOR EARLY AFTERNOON COASTAL...AND AFTERNOON AND EVENING INTERIOR. MARINE...LIGHT SOUTHWEST TO WESTERLY FLOW EXPECTED NORTHERN LEGS AND LIGHT AND VARIABLE WITH ONSHORE COMPONENT CENTRAL AND SOUTH THROUGH SUNDAY...THEN MORE OF A LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH PM SEA BREEZES EACH AFTERNOON. NO HIGHLIGHTS EXPECTED WITH DELIGHTFUL CONDITIONS CONTINUING. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS TPA BB 076/091 076/092 2323 FMY BB 075/093 075/093 3434 .TBW...NONE. MCMICHAEL
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
500 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0247 PM CAPE CORAL FL 1 INCH HAIL
08/10/01 LEE SEVERAL REPORTS OF
QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
REPORTED BY WBBH TV.
0256 PM CAPE CORAL FL .75 INCH HAIL
08/10/01 LEE SEVERAL REPORTS OF DIME
SIZE HAIL. REPORTED BY
LOCAL MEDIA.
0300 PM CAPE CORAL FL WIND DAMAGE
08/10/01 LEE NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
WITH 12 HOMES DAMAGED.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT. EVENT
DURATION 15 MINUTES.
0410 PM TEMPLE TERRACE FL 1.75 INCH HAIL
08/10/01 HILLSBOROUGH GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
ACCUMULATED ON GROUND
AT FOWLER AND 56TH ST.
REPORTED BY WFLA
CHANNEL 8.
0415 PM TEMPLE TERRACE FL .75 INCH HAIL
08/10/01 HILLSBOROUGH DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
AT FLETCHER AND BRUCE
B. DOWNES. REPORTED BY
WTVT FOX 13.. EVENT
DURATION 10 MINUTES.
0430 PM TEMPLE TERRACE FL LIGHTNING
08/10/01 HILLSBOROUGH *** 1 DEAD ***
MAN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
ON THE CAMPUS OF USF.
REPORTED BY MEDIA.The Tampa radar (KTBW), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:31 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 24 year old male was struck, injured and knocked to the ground unconscious, by the sideflash of lightning that struck a large tree, less than ten feet from the entrance of his home, on the 1200 block of Taylor Road in Brandon.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, August 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5266326.