Florida, 2001

Waterspout in Florida, June 28, 2001

June 28, 2001 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 waterspout, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

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 28, 9:02 AM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 9:02 AM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1002 AM EDT THU JUN 28 2001

CURRENTLY...RAIN AND EMBEDDED TSTMS COVERING THE CENTRAL FL EAST
COAST...WITH AREA SLOWLY CREEPING W.  ANOTHER BATCH OF SHOWERS IS
OVER EASTERN LEE CO...AND A PRETTY GOOD FLARE-UP OF TSTMS IS OVER
THE OFFSHORRE WATERS S OF ENGLEWOOD.  OTHERWISE...CI ARE THINNING
OUT ACROSS W CENTRAL FL.

DISC...SOUNDINGS ARE TROPICALLY MOIST THIS MORNING...ESP TO OUR
EAST.  BOTH MIA AND MLB WERE WELL OVER 2 INCHES IN PCP WATER...
WITH MIA LIKELY RELEASED INTO DEEP CONVECTION.  KTBW SOUNDING
GENERALLY MOIST...BUT DRY POCKET EXHIBITED ABOVE H60.

TROPICAL WAVE IS HARD TO DISCERN ON BOTH WV AND IR...BUT IT APPEARS
TO BE OVER INTERIOR S CENTRAL FL...INCHING TO THE W.  IN GENERAL...
THE CURRENT FCST HANDLES EXPECTED TRENDS WELL.  HEATING TO THE U80S
WILL DESTABILIZE THE W COAST...ALLOWING THE EXPECTED WIDESPREAD
COVERAGE TO DEVELOP.  THOUGH WE'LL SEE CONTINUED MORNING SUNSHINE...
EXPECT A QUICK DEVELOPING CU FIELD BY 11 AM.

PLAN NO CHANGES TO CURR PACKAGE NOW...BUT IF ACTIVITY ENSUES SHORTLY
AFTER NOON (AND TEMPS DROP ACCORDINGLY) MAY ISSUE A "CONTINUANCE"
UPDATE FOR STEADY TEMPS AND PCPN.

MARINE:  WINDS GENERALLY E AT 5 TO 10 KT AND SEE NO SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES THROUGH THE AFTN.  LIGHT WINDS OFF THE SFC (7 KT OR LESS)
MAY INCREASE A TAD TOWARD AFTN...BUT WILL MAINTAIN A MENTION 5OF
VRBL AT THE COAST.

FIRE WX:  NO HIGHLIGHTS WITH GOOD RAINS EXPECTED.

.TBW...NONE.

88/GOLDSMITH

The radar

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Event by event

1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.

Waterspout, Manatee

When
June 28, 12:21 PM EST
Where
Manatee County, 1 mi W of Bradenton Beach
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
27.478, -82.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A waterspout was reported by Manatee county 911 dispatch, one mile west of Bradenton Beach.

What these are

Waterspout
A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

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: 5255088.