1 hail, 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 28, 1:15 PM EST, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 215 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2001 CURRENTLY...AS SUSPECTED...CONVECTION SLOWER TO START TODAY...AND MUCH LESS IN COVERAGE. BEGINNING TO GET SCT SHOWERS OVER THE SOUTH CENT INTERIOR...MOVING WEST. WEST COAST SEA BREEZE NOT AS FAR INLAND AS EXPECTED. STILL NEAR THE COAST...STARTING TO PUSH INLAND OVER THE N FA. HUMIDITY A TAD LOWER...ESPEC INLAND...WHERE TDS AROUND 70. --FCST DISC-- MODELS AGAIN SIMILAR WITH LARGE SCALE PATTERN. DEEP LAYER RIDGE THAT HAS BEEN NORTH OF THE FA FOR PAST SEVERAL DAYS...WILL MOVE SOUTH... STALLING OVER THE NCENT FA BY LATE SUN AND EARLY MON. RELATIVELY LIGHT ESE LOW LEVEL FLOW FOR SUN AND MON WITH AFTN WEST COAST SEA BREEZES. SUN MAY HAVE SLIGHTLY HIGHER MOISTURE/POPS S 1/2 OF THE FA AS EAST SIDE OF TUTT LOW...CURRENTLY APPROACHING THE SE FL COAST... MOVES INTO THE E GULF SUN AFTN. EITHER WAY...CHC POPS AFTN/EARLY EVENING EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. --EXTENDED-- TROPICAL WAVE ADVERTISED BY AVN/MRF LAST SEVERAL RUNS AROUND CUBA AND W CARIBBEAN...NOW LOOKS TO BE EVEN FARTHER SOUTH. THIS WILL LESSEN ANY POTENTIAL IMPACT OF HIGHER POPS TO THE EXTREME S FA. WINDS STILL COULD BE BREEZY WED AND INTO THURS AS PRESS GRAD INCREASE BETWEEN 1025MB+ RIDGE TO THE NORTH AND TROPICAL WAVE TO THE SOUTH. MRF KEEPS WAVE MOVING WEST INTO THE SCENT GULF THURS THROUGH SAT. LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED IN EXTENDED. --MARINE-- NO HIGHLIGHTS OR SIGNIFICANT CHANGES EXPECTED THROUGH TUES. INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS STILL POSSIBLE WED AND THURS AS WAVE MOVES BY TO THE SOUTH. PRELIM #S: TPA 075/091 075/091 2323 FMY 074/091 075/092 2433= .TBW...NONE MORALES
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter to dime sized hail was reported by Skywarn Spotters from Palmetto to Ellenton in northern Manatee county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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