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 27, 1:37 PM EST, 2 hours 45 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
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:22 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew out the stained glass windows of a church, downed a few large trees and damaged a large shed in St. Petersburg.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5255081.