1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 25, 12:59 PM EST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 159 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2001 ANOTHER CUT AND DRIED FCST THIS TIME AROUND. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD...AND AFTER WEAK SHORT WAVE ENERGY ROUNDS BASE OF DEPARTING TROUGH OFF THE CAROLINAS...UPPER RIDGE WILL SET UP SHOP...WITH RIDGE AXIS SMACK DAB OVER THE CWFA. WHAT THIS MEANS IS A CONTINUATION OF BELOW NORMAL AREAL PCPN TO END AUGUST. MODELS ARE IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE BIG PICTURE ONCE AGAIN TODAY. STATISTICAL GUIDANCE VARIES A BIT ON SUN...THE NGM HAS A BIT MORE MOISTURE THROUGH THE ENTIRE LAYER...BUT WILL LEAN TOWARD THE SLIGHTLY DRIER AVN/ETA. SHORT TERM: NORTHERLY FLOW JUST STRONG ENOUGH TO DISRUPT THE WCSB A TAD THIS AFTN. EARLIER MESO-ETA FAVORED THE SW PORTION OF THE AREA FOR PCPN AFTER SUNSET...BUT LOWEST DWPT RESIDE THERE ATTM. STILL...MODELS SHOW BEST CONVERGENCE OVER THE S CENTRAL/SW ZONES THIS EVE. WILL ROLL PERSISTENCE WITH ISOLD PCPN THIS EVE. OTHERWISE...SUN FCST OVER INTERIOR AND SW COULD GO ISOLD OR SCT... STILL WITH LOW PROBABILITIES. WITH SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR ADVECTING IN AS ADVERTIZED BY SEVERAL RUNS OF THE AVN/ETA WILL LEAVE THE ISOLD VALUES AS IS. BY MON...THE DEEP N FLOW BEGINS TO WEAKEN/BACK TO THE W (ALFT)...AND SFC FLOW BECOMES EVEN MORE NONDESCRIPT. WILL BROAD BRUSH SCT (LOW END) PCPN EVERYWHERE. EXTENDED: RIDGE AXIS MOVES LITTLE THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. AVN MEAN RH GENERALLY NEAR OR JUST UNDER 50 PERCENT...IMPLYING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS CAPPED TO SOME DEGREE. WILL LEAVE SCT WORDING RIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD...THOUGH EXPECT LOW AREAL COVERAGE EACH DAY. MARINE: HIGH PRESSURE MEANS LITTLE ACTIVITY. LIGHT WINDS/SLIGHT SEAS. FIRE WX: MIN RH SHOULD GRADUALLY CREEP TOWARD THE 50-55 RANGE AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES...AND MIXING VALUES RETURN TO SEASONAL NORMS. NO HIGHLIGHTS. PRELIM NUMBERS: TPA UB 077/092 077/092 1222 FMY UB 074/093 074/093 2223 .TBW...NONE. 88/GOLDSMITH
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1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds, estimated at 50 mph, caused minor damage to a carport, billboard and downed a few small tree limbs along an area bounded by Central and 3rd Avenues, between 34th and 38th Streets, in St. Petersburg.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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