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 Jul 10, 12:41 PM EST, 5 hours 19 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 141 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2001 WESTERLY FLOW WELL ESTABLISHED BELOW 700 MB THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL GRADUALLY DEEPEN TO H50 AND ABOVE OVER THE NEXT 24-48H AS EASTERN U.S. TROUGH AXIS TAKES OVER FLOW ALOFT. IN FACT... INDIVIDUAL WEAK SHORT WAVES (OR SHEAR AXES) WILL MAINTAIN TROUGHING INTO THE WEEKEND. IN SHORT...MUGGY NIGHTS AND STEAMY DAYS WITH THE THREAT OF PCPN JUST ABOUT ANYTIME. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE LARGE PICTURE...BUT DIFFER IN THE DETAILS. TRYING TO PINPOINT FINER DETAILS IN THIS PATTERN IS AKIN TO FINDING A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK...SO WILL KEEP A FOCUS ON THE BROAD SCALE RATHER THAN THE SPECIFIC. SHORT TERM: CURRENTLY THE CENTRAL FA IS JUST GETTING GOING...WITH THE MAIN WX STORY HEAT INDEX (100-105). ACROSS THE N...TSTM TRAIN EXTENDS W FROM CIT/LEV TO OFF APALACHICOLA. PCPN FOCUS PROBABLY COMBO OF EARLIER BOUNDARIES ALONG WITH WEAK PVA AREA AHEAD OF SHEAR ZONE (N FL/S GA) WHILE CENTRAL ZONES ARE IN WEAK NVA. EXPECT AT LEAST SCT COVERAGE TO REACH THE CNTL/SW FA BY MID AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...COMBINATION OF BOUNDARIES...INSTABILITY...AND A SLOW S SINKING OF THE SHEAR AXIS WILL PROVIDE PLENTY OF IMPETUS FOR SCT-NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS. TIMING WILL GENERALLY FAVOR LATE NIGHT THROUGH EARLY AFTN COAST AND DAYTIME THROUGH EVE INLAND. HOWEVER...AVG STORM MOTION OF 15 KT COULD ALLOW GULF DEVELOPED STORMS TO MAKE THEIR WAY INLAND...EVEN LATE AT NIGHT. DIURNAL CONSIDERATIONS WILL KEEP NIGHTTIME CHANCES A SHADE LOWER. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REMAIN HIGH OVERNIGHT (90+) IN URBAN AREAS... BUT DAYTIME RAINS AND GULF BREEZES SHOULD KEEP VALUES NEAR 100 (OR LESS) EACH DAY. EXTENDED: MORE OF THE SAME INTO THE WEEKEND. 12Z AVN/00Z MRF ACTUALLY ENHANCE SFC-H70 SW FLOW...WHICH COULD ARGUE FOR EVEN MORE WIDESPREAD COVERAGE FRI AND SAT. SHADOW OF H50 TROUGH MAY HANG OVER THE E GULF INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT WILL DROP BACK TO MORE CLIMO PCPN TRENDS ON DAYS 6 AND 7. MARINE: W OR SW 10-15 KT RIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD ON AVERAGE WITH SCT-NMRS TSTMS. 'NUFF SAID. FIRE WX: NO HIGHLIGHTS. PRELIM NUMBERS: TPA TT 080/088 080/088 4646 FMY TT 076/090 077/090 3646 .TBW...NONE. 88/GOLDSMITH
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds caused minor damage to a few homes and downed several large branches on Riverside Drive in the River Forrest mobile home park in Punta Gorda.
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, July 2001
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