1 lightning, 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 27, 1:37 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 237 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2001 CURRENTLY...VISIBLE SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS AN EXPANDING CU FIELD ACROSS THE ENTIRE FA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. 88D RETURNS DEPICT AREAS OF ONGOING CONVECTION OVER SUMTER AND POLK COUNTIES ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE WHICH IS MOVING WESTWARD. OTHER AREAS OF CONVECTION WERE NOTED OVER HARDEE...DESOTO...CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES AS WELL. AS FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE MAY BE DELAYED A BIT FROM KTPA SOUTH DUE TO TIGHTER EASTERLY GRADIENT...BUT EVENTUALLY IT WILL DEVELOP. THIS BOUNDARY WILL INTERACT WITH THE WESTWARD MOVING EAST COAST BOUNDARY AND RESULT IN HIGH EVENING POPS FOR MY COASTAL ZONES. WITH ADEQUATE INSTABILITY AND COLD TEMPS ALOFT...SOME STRONG STORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. TONIGHT...BOUNDARY COLLISION CONVECTION WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE IT FINALLY MOVES WEST INTO THE GULF AND SLOWLY DISSIPATES LATE TONIGHT...WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY (MID AND HIGH VARIETY CLOUDS) LINGERING OVERNIGHT. SHORT TERM...MODELS AGAIN IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH ONE ANOTHER WITH RESPECT TO OVERALL SYNOPTIC SCALE FEATURES. CLOSED UPPER LOW NOW OVER EASTERN MO WILL CONTINUE TO MEANDER WEST AS THE LARGE ATLANTIC UPPER RIDGE BUILDS WEST ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC SOUTH TO FL. THROUGH FRIDAY. EASTERLY WAVE NOW OFF THE SE FL COAST IS PROGD BY MODELS TO DRIFT EVER SO SLOWLY W-NWWD ACROSS THE STATE AND INTO THE GULF DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. THIS FEATURE IN COMBINATION WITH AMPLE MOISTURE AND SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS WILL KEEP PROSPECTS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS QUITE HIGH THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY...WITH THE BEST AREAL COVERAGE OF STORMS CONTINUING OVER MY COASTAL ZONES AS EASTERLY STEERING FLOW CONTINUES. GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES ARE AGAIN VERY CLOSE...SO A BLEND SHOULD SUFFICE IN MOST ZONES. EXTENDED...LATEST AVN RUN SHOWS SOME LOWER PW'S MOVING INTO THE FA FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY IN WAKE OF THE TROPICAL WAVE MENTIONED ABOVE AND HAS BACKED OFF ON MORE SUBSTANTIAL DRYING PROGD TO MOVE INTO THE FA FROM THE EAST AHEAD OF TUTT CELL APPROACHING THE BAHAMAS EARLY NEXT WEEK...SO PLAN TO KEEP POPS NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMO-LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. MARINE...EAST TO SOUTHWESTERLY WIND FLOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE FORECAST CYCLE. WIND AND SEA ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA WITH NO HIGHLIGHTS...THOUGH I WILL ADVERTISE HIGHER WIND AND SEAS NEAR LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION EACH DAY. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS TPA TT 074/090 074/090 5756 FMY TT 073/092 073/091 5756 .TBW...NONE. MCMICHAEL
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-272330- WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1118 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2001 ...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON SOME POSSIBLY STRONG... ABUNDANT MOISTURE...DAYTIME HEATING AND SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON OVER INTERIOR WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA AS THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE MOVES WEST. BY MID AFTERNOON THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE WILL DEVELOP AND REMAIN CLOSE TO THE COAST. AS THE EAST SEA BREEZE INTERACTS WITH THE WEST COAST BOUNDARY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL FIRE OFF OVER COASTAL LOCATIONS WHERE THE BEST AREAL COVERAGE OF STORMS WILL RESIDE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...WITH SOME STORMS POSSIBLY STRONG. AT THE PRESENT TIME THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES...AND HAIL. RESIDENTS PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. MARINERS OPERATING ON THE GULF WATERS SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT TO STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCAL WIND GUSTS ABOVE 35 KNOTS... ROUGH SEAS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE WATERSPOUTS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO THE GULF WATERS. AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING WEATHER SEEK A SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. IF CAUGHT IN OPEN WATERS...GO BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE AND STAY AWAY FROM ALL UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS. MCMICHAEL
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:57 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
An adult male was struck and injured by the sideflash of lightning that struck a pole he was standing near along the 17000 block of Singing Wood Place east of State Road 597 (Dale Mabry) in Lutz.
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: 5255080.