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 25, 9:20 AM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1020 AM EDT WED JUL 25 2001 13Z SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATED THAT HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS WAS EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH WITH SOUTHEAST SURFACE FLOW ACROSS THE PENINSULA WHILE A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE WAS SOUTH OF THE KEYS. 12Z MID-LEVEL ANALYSIS INDICATED THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS EXTENDED FROM THE GEORGIA COAST SOUTHWEST TO THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. MID LEVEL NEGATIVE VORTICITY ADVECTION AND SUBSIDENCE INDICATED FROM THE LAKE NORTHWEST TO THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. HOWEVER...ON THE HEALS OF THIS FEATURE...A WEAK VORTICITY MAXIMUM WAS OVER THE BAHAMAS AND POSITIVE VORTICITY ADVECTION SPREADING NORTHWEST FROM SOUTHEAST FLORIDA. 12Z FLORIDA SKEW-T ANALYSIS INDICATED PRECIPITABLE WATER LEVELS WERE IN THE 1.7 TO 1.9 RANGE OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WITH MARGINAL INSTABILITY. QUICK MODEL ANALYSIS INDICATED THAT WEAK PVA AND SLIGHTLY INCREASING PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL PHASE WITH LATE AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE CONVERGENCE ALONG FLORIDA'S WEST COAST. THUS CURRENT WEST COAST FLORIDA PRECIPITATION PROBABILITIES REASONABLE. WITH OVERALL FLOW PATTERN RETURNING TO MORE SEASONAL NORM...EXPECT LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO BE THE GENERAL RULE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF FORECAST PERIOD. CURRENT FORECAST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECAST PACeKAGES ON TARGET WITH ONLY MINOR TWEAKS EXPECTED AT 1030 AND 1100 AM UPDATES. .TBW...NONE ZALESKI
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:56 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Lee county emergency management reported that thunderstorm winds peeled back three quarters of a roof at the Sand Foot condominiums along the 600 block of East Gulf Drive in Sanibel. Also, roof and shingle damage was reported at the Sundial Resorts in Sanibel by thunderstorm winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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