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 24, 8:39 AM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 939 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2001 ANOTHER WEAK SHORT WAVE MOVING EAST THROUGH THE BASE OF THE UPPER TROUGH ALONG WITH UPPER DIVERGENT PATTERN AND SURFACE HEATING SHOULD AGAIN RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY... ESPECIALLY OVER MY CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ZONES WHERE DEEPEST MOISTURE RESIDE. AS FOR MY NORTHERN ZONES (HERNANDO NORTH)...ONGOING FORECAST HAS PRECIP ENDING BY AFTERNOON AS DRIER MID LEVEL (AS DEPICTED ON WATER VAPOR LOOP) FILTERS SEWD. AT THE MOMENT I AM NOT CONVINCED THAT THIS WILL BE THE CASE...AND IN FACT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE DRIER MID LEVEL AIR MAY ACTUALLY HELP TO ENHANCE CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME IT POSSIBLY STRONG WITH SOME HAIL AS 50H TEMPS ARE NOW RUNNING AROUND -10.5C. WITH THIS IN MIND PLAN TO UPDATE ZONES LATER THIS MORNING TO KEEP A LOW POP (30%) MENTION IN THESE AREAS FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ELSEWHERE ONGOING POP REGIME FOR MY INTERIOR AND SOUTHERN MOST ZONES LOOKS GOOD...BUT WILL ALSO KEEP LOW POP MENTION GOING IN OVER MY WEST CENTRAL COASTAL ZONES RATHER THAN THE PARTIAL CLEARING WORDING FOR THE AFTERNOON. AFOREMENTIONED COLD TEMPS ALOFT MAY ENHANCE HAIL THREAT WITH ANY OF THE STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL RE- ADDRESS THIS IN A LATE MORNING HWO. MARINE...MINOR WIND WORDING CLEAN UP EXPECTED IN THE 1030 AM UPDATE OTHERWISE REST OF PACKAGE LOOKS IN GOOD SHAPE. THANKS FOR COORD KJAX. .TBW...NONE. MCMICHAEL
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-242330- WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1051 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2001 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH ABUNDANT ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ONSHORE THE WEST COAST LATE THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH... AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. RESIDENTS AND MARINERS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...MOVE INDOORS OR SEEK A SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS IN THE EVENT ANY STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS BECOME NECESSARY. MCMICHAEL
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:37 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A local utility reported that thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees, several large branches and a few power lines from Auburndale to Winter Haven over northern Polk county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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