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 5, 9:04 AM EST, 48 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1004 AM EDT THU JUL 5 2001 WILL TWEEK PUBLIC ZONE PACKAGE READJUST TIMING OF DIURNAL CONVECTION TO MAINLY MID DAY AND AFTERNOON. WILL ALSO MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO MARINE...I.E. LIGHT TO MODERATE BAY AND INLAND WATERS DURING THE DAYTIME PERIODS...AND SCATTERED AS OPPOSED TO WIDELY SCATTERED NOCTURNAL TSTMS. .TBW...NONE. DM R
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-051600- WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 600 AM EDT THU JUL 5 2001 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY... PLENTIFUL TROPICAL MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. DAYTIME HEATING WILL HELP DEVELOP THE GULF COAST SEA BREEZE...WHICH WILL FOCUS THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE MOVING INLAND LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...WITH AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 2 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS...WHICH MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. RESIDENTS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TODAY SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. MOTORIST ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION AND AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:50 UTC.
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported, through the Pasco county emergency management, a waterspout off Hudson Beach, Florida.
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
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