1 lightning, 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 Jun 21, 8:47 AM EST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 947 AM EDT THU JUN 21 2001 12Z SOUNDING A TOUCH MORE UNSTABLE THIS MORNING...BUT NOT SIGNIFICANT. WINDS BETWEEN 1K AND 3K FEET HAVE VEERED MORE TO THE SOUTH THIS MORNING...BUT GENERAL DIRECTION IN THE LOWEST 10K FEET REMAINS LIGHT SOUTHEAST FOR ANOTHER DAY. BY AFTERNOON...EXPECT A TRANSITION TO A MORE SOUTHERLY FLOW AS THE SURFACE RIDGE CONTINUES TO SLOWLY SLIP SOUTH IN RESPONSE TO DIGGING UPPER TROF. CEDAR KEY ALREADY HAS A SOUTHWEST WIND AT 9 AM...A SIGN OF THE CHANGES TO COME. NO REASON TO CHANGE ONGOING FORECAST AT THIS TIME. .TBW...NONE. ALSHEIMER
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:13 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 32 year old female was injured by lightning while indoors in Pinellas Park. The female was shocked and injured while grabbing a metal closet door knob in her home while lightning struck at a nearby undetermined location outside.
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, June 2001
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