1 waterspout, 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 Jul 14, 1:45 AM EST, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 245 AM EDT SAT JUL 14 2001 ONE MORE DAY OF WIDESPREAD PCPN...THEN A DRYING TREND AS UPPER ENERGY EXITS STAGE RIGHT...ALLOWING A CHUNK OF THE UNSEASONABLY PLEASANT AIRMASS CURRENTLY OVER MUCH OF THE E U.S. TO BRIEFLY MAKE A RUN AT THE N HALF OF THE CWFA. THE NGM/ETA ARE IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT THIS RUN...WHILE THE AVN IS OBVIOUSLY TOO FAST EARLY ON BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS...AND APPEARS OVERDONE IN DEVELOPING SURFACE WAVE OFF THE FL E COAST SUN NIGHT/MON. SHORT TERM: PLENTY OF ACTION ONGOING. SCT SHOWERS/TSTMS AFFECTING MOST OF THE COASTAL COS NOW...AND WITH PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH SAGGING ACROSS THE CWFA TODAY COMBINED WITH LARGE BOUNDARY FROM N FL MCS EARLIER TODAY...NOT TO MENTION H50 SHEAR AXIS CRUISING THROUGH...EXPECT WIDESPREAD COVERAGE TODAY ESP FROM THE TAMPA BAY REGION S. FARTHER N...ACTIVITY SHOULD BE MOST PREVALENT THIS MORNING...AND WILL FCST SOME AFTN SUNSHINE ALONG THE NATURE COAST. WITH PCPN ONGOING IN MANY AREAS WILL MAKE LAST MINUTE DETERMINATION OF POP CATEGORY...BUT FOR NOW AM PLANNING CAT POPS CENTRAL/S...LIKELY N SUNCOAST...AND CHC FOR LEVY CO. ALL MODELS WERE TOO FAST IN PSN OF PREFRONTAL TROUGH AND FRONT AT 06Z. THAT SAID...ENOUGH PUSH EXISTS TO ALLOW DRIER AIR TO FILTER INTO CWFA FROM N TO S TONIGHT THROUGH SUN. THE PLACE TO BE FOR SUNSHINE WILL BE LEVY CO...WHERE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND VIRTUALLY NO PCPN IS EXPECTED. STILL SOME EVE PCPN...ESP INTERIOR AND SW...AND WILL RETAIN HIGHEST CHC SW AGAIN ON SUN. COOLER NIGHTTIME TEMPS WILL SPREAD THROUGH THE ENTIRE AREA BY SUN NIGHT. EXTENDED: ANOTHER NICE DAY ON MON...AND PROBABLY A COMPARATIVELY DRY WEEK OVERALL WITH MORE SUNSHINE BUT A SLOWLY INCREASING CHC OF AFTN/EVE CONVECTION AS MEAN RH GRADUALLY RETURNS. WILL SEPARATE OUT MON FROM THE EFP...BUT LEAVE THE TUE-FRI PORTION AS IS. MARINE: WINDS AHEAD OF PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH STILL RUNNING 15 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HOWEVER...GRADIENT WILL RELAX AS TROUGH MOVES INTO AT LEAST THE N TWO LEGS...SO WILL DROP SCEC HERE. VENICE WINDS STILL SUSTAINED AT 20 KT...AND WITH GRADIENT HOLDING UP THROUGH LATE MORNING WILL RETAIN CAUTION CONDS AND DECIDE ON CONTINUATION WITH MORNING UPDATE. THEREAFTER...CURR IDEA OF SHIFTING WINDS TO N/NE AT 10-15 KT THROUGH SUN NIGHT IS ON THE MARK. FIRE WX: NO PROBS TODAY. PARTS OF THE NATURE COAST MAY FLIRT WITH 35 PCT RH SUN AFTN...BUT PROBABLY NOT LONG ENOUGH FOR FLAG CRITERIA TO BE MET. PRELIM NUMBERS: TPA TB 086/073 090/072 8231 FMY TT 086/075 090/072 7453 .TBW...SCEC BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 60 NM. G 88/GOLDSMITH
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-141500- WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 515 AM EDT SAT JUL 14 2001 ...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS FROM TAMPA BAY TO POINTS SOUTH... ALONG THE NATURE COAST... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL END BY MID TO LATE MORNING. STORMS WILL CONTAIN BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES BETWEEN TAMPA BAY AND FORT MYERS... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON...WITH ACTIVITY TAPERING OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THEREAFTER. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS TORRENTIAL RAINS...WHICH COULD FALL AT A RATE OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR. WHERE HEAVY RAINS OCCUR...MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING LOCATIONS IS POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN STRONGER STORMS. OVER INTERIOR WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA... THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE BETWEEN 10 AM AND 1 PM...THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TOWARD LATE AFTERNOON. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...BRIEF DOWNPOURS...AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE THE MAIN THREATS. IN ALL AREAS REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING KILLS. WHEN SKIES DARKEN...MOVE INDOORS. IF THERE IS TIME...UNPLUG APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. WAIT UNTIL THE STORM ENDS BEFORE USING THE TELEPHONE OR RUNNING WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW GOLDSMITH
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:15 UTC.
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple sightings of waterspouts were reported by the media, emergency management and public offshore of Madeira Beach to Tierra Verde in southern Pinellas county.
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
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: 5261306.