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 Jun 23, 8:02 AM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 902 AM EDT SAT JUN 23 2001 CURRENTLY...LARGE AREA OF CONVECTION AFFECTING MY COASTAL ZONES WITH MORE MOVING ONSHORE FROM THE GULF VIA 88D RETURNS. REVIEW OF MORNING ROAB DATA SHOWS ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE IN PLACE WITH PW'S NOW ABOVE 2". THIS DEEP LAYERED MOISTURE ALONG WITH SEVERAL WEAK SHORT WAVES MOVING THROUGH THE BASE OF THE UPPER TROUGH AND GOOD DIVERGENCE ALOFT WILL RESULT IN STRONG UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION WHICH WILL TRANSLATE INTO MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL FOR THE FORECAST AREA THE REST OF THE DAY...WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE AS TRAINING OF CELLS OCCUR. THE VERY MOIST AIRMASS ALONG WITH LIMITED SURFACE HEATING SHOULD KEEP OVERALL SEVERE THREAT TO A MINIMUM...BUT AS ALWAYS SOME STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND WILL RE-ADDRESS IN A LATE MORNING HWO. BASED ON THINKING ABOVE WILL UPDATE ZONES TO KEEP RAINFALL GOING RATHER THAN TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON FOR MY COASTAL ZONES... AND WILL CLEAN UP INTERIOR ZONE WORDING TO REMOVE MORNING SUN. ONLY OTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT ARE THE MAX TEMPERATURES. WITH LOTS OF CLOUDS AND PRECIP EXPECTED...I MAY NEED TO TWEAK TEMPS BACK A BIT. FOR NOW WILL MONITOR TEMP A WHILE LONGER AND MAKE ANY LAST MINUTE ADJUSTMENTS IF NEEDED JUST PRIOR TO RELEASING THE MORNING UPDATE. MARINE PACKAGE LOOKS IN GOOD SHAPE AND NO CHANGES EXPECTE1D. .TBW...NONE. MCMICHAEL
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-231500- WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 500 AM EDT SAT JUN 23 2001 ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTH SUNCOAST THIS MORNING... ...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY... ...ALONG THE COAST... THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ONSHORE BETWEEN 7 AND 10 AM...CONTINUING INLAND THEREAFTER. TORRENTIAL RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. FROM TAMPA BAY NORTH...STORM TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES. MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS EXPECTED WHERE FREQUENT DOWNPOURS OCCUR. FARTHER SOUTH...STORM TOTALS WILL BE GENERALLY 2 INCHES OR LESS...THOUGH STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ACTING ON AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR ALL OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES. THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS FROM ISOLATED SMALL TORNADOES. ...INLAND... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK TOWARDS INTERIOR WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEFORE NOON. THE STORMS WILL WEAKEN SOMEWHAT AS THEY MOVE INLAND. HOWEVER...STRONGER CELLS WILL STILL CONTAIN DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND BRIEFLY GUSTY WINDS. MOST STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER...ONE OR TWO MAY BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS. RESIDENTS ACROSS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY AT ANY TIME. MARINERS...PARTICULARLY FISHERMEN AND RECREATIONAL BOATERS...ARE URGED TO POSTPONE THEIR TRIPS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. FULL SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ATTUNED TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GOLDSMITH
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:48 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A Skywarn Spotter reported that three large, possibly rotted, tree limbs were downed by thunderstorm winds, estimated at 50 mph, on the 1800 block of Flamingo Drive in Sebring.
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
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5254173.