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 8, 1:14 PM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 214 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001 PATTERN FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS ALREADY SETTING UP. NLY UPPER FLOW AROUND THE THE LARGE 5H RIDGE OVER THE CNTRL U.S. IN PLACE...FOLLOWED BY NWLY FLOW ALOFT THROUGH THE COMING WEEK DUE TO SUSTAINED 5H TROFFING OVER THE ERN STATES. SFC RIDGE AXIS ALREADY HAS SAGGED TO THE S PNSULA...TO ONLY GET SHOVED FURTHER SOUTH TO THE FL STRAITS ON MONDAY THROUGH THE WEEK. ABOVE SETS UP A LENGTHY PERIOD OF WLY BNDRY FLOW FAVORING SCATTERED MAINLY MORNING TILL MID AFTERNOON DIURNAL SHWRS/TSTMS DAILY. TEMPS WILL BE QUITE MUGGY WITH BNDRY FLOW OFF MID 80S GULF WATER TEMPS... WITH 75-80 MINS...LOW 90S MAXES...AND ABOVE NORMAL HUMIDITY. INCREASED DAYTIME HUMIDITY WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AFTN HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 OUTSIDE ANY TEMPORARY SHOWER RELIEF. SHORT TERM...EXPECT 40-50 POPS FOR SCTD DIURNAL CONVECTION INTO THIS EVENING 50-60 POPS MONDAY AS WEAK UPPER IMPULSES AND HEATING PROVIDE ADEQUATE LIFT FOR SHWRS/TSTMS. NNELY UPPER FLOW WILL LEAD TO EXTENSIVE CONVECTION BLOWOFF CLOUDINESS DURING THE LATE DAY HRS TODAY AND MONDAY...WITH PREMISE FOR SOME SCTD LINGERING R- FROM TSTM DEBRIS CLOUDINESS INTO THE EVENINGS. WITH UPPER FLOW BECOMING MORE NWLY TUESDAY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...EXPECT JUST TYPICAL WLY SFC FLOW PATTERN WITH SUB CLIMO 40-50 POPS...WITH JUST ISOLATED EVENING SHOWERS UNDER LESS LATE DAY DEBRIS CLOUDINESS. PATTERN THROUGH THE WEEK NOT FAVORABLE FOR RELIEVING THE RAINFALL DEFICIT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES WITH TYPICALLY LIGHTER RAINFALL AMOUNTS UNDER SCTD EARLIER DAY SHWRS/TSTMS. MARINE...EXPECT SUSTAINED WLY WINDS OF 10 KNOTS THROUGH THE WEEK WITH PROBABLE 10-15 KNOTS NEAR SHORE DURING THE AFTERNOONS WITH ADDED ONSHORE SEA BREEZE COMPONENT. PRELIM NUMBERS TPA 78/89/79/89 3534 FMY 75/91/76/90 3534 TBW...NONE. DMR
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 26 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 50 mph, caused a carport to collapse onto and severely damage an automobile in Myakka City, in extreme eastern and rural Manatee county.
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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