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 26, 1:15 PM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 215 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2001 CURRENTLY...88D SHOWING SCT SHOWERS AND TSTMS ON THE INCREASE FROM SE TO NW. WEST COAST SEA BREEZE APPEARS TO BE PRETTY WEAK...AN PINNED CLOSELY TO THE COAST. ---FCST DISC--- SEE LITTLE IN THE WAY OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THROUGH AT LEAST THE SHORT TERM (SAT NIGHT). DEEP LAYER RIDGE WILL REMAIN GENERALLY OVER N FL...WITH ESE FLOW. DON'T SEE ANY MAJOR FLUXATIONS IN DEEP MOISTURE...BUT ALL GUIDANCE SHOW LOWER POPS (40-50%) ON FRI... AND EVEN A TAD LOWER ON SAT. THIS RANGE IS ACTUALLY MORE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. FOR NOW...WILL MAINTAIN AT LEAST 50% POP COASTAL AREAS AND 40% INLAND FRI...AND THEN ABOUT 10% LOWER ALL AROUND SAT GIVEN MODELS INDICATING MORE EASTERLY FLOW...WHICH IS USUALLY NOT AS GOOD FOR COVERAGE AS SE FLOW. TEMPS NEAR CLIMO. ---EXTENDED--- MUCH OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD SUN-THURS SEEMS TO HINGE ON VALIDITY OF SFC WAVE THAT THE AVN/MRF PLACES OVER THE BAHAMAS AROUND TUES. BEFORE THIS...ANOTHER UPPER TROF TRIES TO DEEPEN OVER THE E U.S MON...STALLING A WEAK SFC FRONT INTO S GA BY LATE TUES. LOW LEVEL FLOW REMAINS ESE ON SUN...AND WEAK SOUTHERLY MON. BEYOND MON BECOMES SUSPECT GIVEN WHETHER A SFC LOW OVER THE BAHAMAS DEVELOPS. SINCE AVN/MRF TYPICALLY HAS A BIAS TOWARD SPURIOUS SPIN-UP OF SUCH SYSTEMS...WILL KEEP TUE-THURS GENERIC WITH SCT AFTN/EVENING TSTMS. ---MARINE--- ESE FLOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH NO HIGHLIGHTS EXPECTED. PRELIM #S: TPA 074/090 075/091 4534 FMY 073/091 074/092 4534= .TBW...NONE MORALES
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Sumter county emergency management reported that thunderstorm winds downed several large trees along County Road 209, north of County Road 216, one mile southwest of Oxford, in northern Sumter county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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