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 3, 12:38 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 138 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001 CURRENTLY: LOOKS LIKE SPRING WITH ALL THE BRUSHFIRES VISIBLE ON THE 88D. VERY HOT PIXEL ON THE 3.9 UM CHANNEL IN SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY...BEGINNING TO INTERACT WITH A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS. MOST PLACES JUST SUNNY AND HOT. FORECAST: STILL EXPECT SOME SCATTERED CONVECTION IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES THIS EVENING AND SEA BREEZES COLLIDE LATE IN THE DAY. ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH WESTWARD MOVING ATLANTIC BREEZE ALREADY A BIT MORE THAN LAST NIGHTS MODELS INDICATED. THINGS SHOULD QUIET DOWN AS USUAL OVERNIGHT WITH LOW LEVEL SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW. TUTT LOW OVER THE BAHAMAS WILL CONTINUE TOWARD THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA...BUT ITS FORWARD PROGRESS SHOULD BE SLOWED AS UPPER RIDGE TO OUR NORTH WEAKENS IN RESPONSE TO DIGGING FULL LATITUDE TROF OVER EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE FOR THE HOLIDAY...GIVING A BETTER CHANCE FOR LATE DAY CONVECTION ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. VORT CENTER ASSOCIATED WITH TUTT BEGINS TO SHEAR APART A BIT OVER SOUTH FLORIDA WHILE ANOTHER VORT ASSOCIATED WITH THE EASTERN TROF DIGS INTO THE CENTRAL GULF STATES. BROAD SCALE LIFT WILL RESULT...ALSO SUPPORTING INCREASED RAIN CHANCES. BY THURSDAY...WEAK SURFACE RIDGE SLIDES RIGHT OVER WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THIS SHOULD ALLOW BOTH THE GULF AND ATLANTIC SEA BREEZES TO MOVE INLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON...GIVING INTERIOR COUNTIES A BETTER CHANCE FOR RAIN THAN THEY HAVE SEEN THE PAST FEW DAYS. MARINE: WILL SEPARATE AREA NORTH OF TARPON...MAINLY FOR FRIDAY AND BEYOND AS THE LOW LEVEL SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL BECOME A BIT BETTER ESTABLISHED NORTH OF THE SURFACE RIDGE. NO HEADLINES. EXTENDED: LOW LEVEL WESTERLY FLOW EXPECTED FROM TAMPA BAY NORTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS SURFACE RIDGE SLIDES INTO SOUTH FLORIDA. WEAK FLOW SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH RIDGE NEARBY AGAIN...THEN ANOTHER WEAK FRONT MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH WILL BRING FLOW BACK TO WESTERLY FOR TUESDAY. CLIMO POPS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. PRELIM NUMBERS: TPA 75/92/75/90 2435 FMY 74/92/75/91 2435 .TBW...NONE. ALSHEIMER
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:01 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds removed the tin roof of a home, damaged several sheds, downed a few large trees, numerous branches and power lines along Lake Buffum Road South in rural south central Polk county.
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