1 thunderstorm wind, 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 29, 2:22 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
322 PM EDT WED AUG 29 2001
MOSTLY SUNNY TO PARTLY SUNNY ACROSS THE CWFA WITH WC SEA BREEZE
STARTING TO PUSH INLAND FROM TAMPA BAY NORTH. 88-D INDICATES TSTMS
BEYOND OUR SOUTHEASTERN MOST COUNTIES.
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE FROM THE ATLANTIC...ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA...TO
GULF OF MEXICO TO CONTINUE IN PLACE THROUGH FORECAST PERIOD. SURFACE
RIDGE BELOW UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH TONIGHT AS AN
INVERTED TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. THE
SURFACE RIDGE MOVES NORTH...REACHING NORTH FLORIDA LATE THURSDAY
WHERE IT WILL RESIDE INTO THE EXTENDED PERIOD.
AS RIDGE AXIS MOVES NORTH LOW LEVEL WINDS TO BECOME MORE EAST
AND SOUTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE. WILL KEEP POPS IN THE
SCATTERED CATEGORY...50% IN THE SOUTH TONIGHT WITH TROUGH GOING BY
AND 30% ELSEWHERE WITH WORDING FOR EVENING TSTMS. FOR THU & FRI WILL
CONTINUE WITH 30-40% AFTERNOON AND 20-30% FOR THE EVENING. HAVE
ADJUSTED MARINE ZONES TO REFLECT WINDS SHIFTING FROM EAST INTO THE
SOUTH FOR THE SOUTHERN 2 LEGS AND VARIABLE IN THE NORTH. LITTLE
CHANGE IN TEMPS EXPECTED...WILL BLEND MAV AND CLIMO.
UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES ACROSS AREA INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK AS SURFACE RIDGE SAGS BACK SOUTH. HOWEVER LITTLE CHANGE IN
ZONES WITH PARTLY CLOUDY...SCATTERED PCPN AND NEAR CLIMO TEMPS.
MARINE WINDS STAY LIGHT ENOUGH TO BECOME ONSHORE DURING THE AFTER-
NOONS.
PRELIM NUMBERS..
TPA 75/92 74/91 2324
FMY 76/92 75/92 4434
.TBW...AIR STAGNATION ADVSY...W HILLSBOROUGH...PINELLAS...W MANATEE
...N SARASOTA...S PASCO THROUGH 8 PM TONIGHT.
09/RKRThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees, numerous branches and several power lines in Estero leaving nearly 1,500 residents without power for several hours.
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
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