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 7, 1:45 PM EST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 245 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2001 CURRENTLY...MID CLOUDS HAVE BEEN SLOWLY ERRODING FROM E TO W... SIMILAR TO WHAT THE MESO-ETA INDICATED. IN REPSONSE TO THINNING CLOUDS...TEMPS HAVE ALSO BEEN CREAPING UP...AND SHOULD REACH NEAR FCST VALUES BY LATE AFTN. VWP AND SAT LOOP INDICATING MID LEVEL NE STEERING...BUT STILL NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO FOCUS/PUSH ANY INLAND SHOWERS BACK TO THE COAST. STILL EXPECT THE A LATE AFTN CONVECTION TO FORM ALONG THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE...BUT GENERAL MOTION WILL BE VERY SLOW...GIVING POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. --FCST DISC-- ALL MODELS SHOW VERY LITTLE CHANGE THROUGH AT LEAST 60 HRS (THURS). LOW LEVEL RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE CENT/NCENT FA...WHICH KEEPS GENERALLY WEAK FLOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE FA. MODEL POPS SEEM TO ALL HOVER AROUND 40-50%...WHICH IS A LITTLE BELOW CLIMO. CURRENT FCST ALREADY ADVERTISING SIMILAR POPS...AND SEE NO MAJOR CHANGES. EXPECT CONVECTION TO BE DOMINATED BY SEA BREEZE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. AVN SEEMED TO DO BETTER JOB YESTERDAY WITH FCSTING NE STEERING FLOW FOR TODAY. IT CONTINUES TO SHOW LIGHT NE STEERING FOR WED...AND EASTERLY THURS. AGAIN...NOT THINKING EASTERLY COMPONENT WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH AT LOWER LEVELS TO FOCUS PRECIP TOWARD THE COAST. THUS...WILL GO SIMILAR POPS INTERIOR AND COAST. --EXTENDED-- LATEST AVN SHOWS ANOTHER BROAD UPPER TROF DIGGING OVER THE E U.S. TOWARD THE WEEKEND. THIS IN TURN DRAGS A WEAK SFC FRONT INTO N GA BY SAT...AND STALLS THERE. LOWER LEVEL FLOW TURNS MORE SSW FRI. BY SAT AVN SHOWS THE SFC RIDGE BACK OVER THE CENT FA. EITHER WAY...THIS WILL NOT CHANGE THE OVERALL EXTENDED FCST...KEEPING SCT AFTN CONVECTION AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPS. OLD MRF RUN STILL HAD ESE LOW LEVEL FLOW LATE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...WHICH WOULD FAVOR WEST COAST CONVECTION. --MARINE-- NO HIGHLIGHTS OR SIGNIFICANT CHANGES EXPECTED. THANKS FOR COORD MLB. PRELIM S: TPA 074/090 075/090 3434 FMY 073/091 074/091 3434= .TBW...NONE. 33/MORALES
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The media reported that thunderstorm winds downed several large and medium sized trees from near the University of Tampa west to Hyde Park Village in Tampa.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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