1 waterspout, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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, 1:03 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 203 PM EDT THU JUN 28 2001 IF ALL WORKS OUT THE NEXT THREE DAYS...MOST OF W CENTRAL AND SW FL WILL SEE ABOVE NORMAL PCPN FOR JUNE...WELCOME RELIEF FROM THE QUITE DRY PERIOD OF APRIL AND MAY. INTERESTINGLY...JUNE PROVIDES A COMPLEMENTING BOOKEND TO MARCH...THE LAST TIME MONTHLY RAIN WAS ABOVE NORMAL. IN GENERAL...SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS TOWARD THE COAST...THOUGH EVERYONE SHOULD SHARE THE WEALTH THIS EVENING AS TROPICAL WAVE CONTINUES ITS INFLUENCE OVER THE AREA. THEREAFTER...DEEP SE FLOW REMAINS ENTRENCHED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IN FACT...REMNANTS OF TROPICAL WAVE HANG ALONG THE GULF COAST INTO EARLY SAT BEFORE SLIDING W. SEED MOISTURE FROM THE WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE DECENT COVERAGE OF AFTN/EVE PCPN INTO THE WEEKEND. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT...AVN PERHAPS A BIT TOO WET AND ETAS PCPN TIMING OFF. FOR THE BIG PICTURE...NGM SEEMS TO HAVE IT RIGHT. SHORT TERM: MAY BE HARD TO TIME ENDING OF PCPN TOWARD THE COAST. BEST GUESS IS AROUND MIDNIGHT...BUT PROXIMITY OF TROPICAL WAVE AND WELL SATURATED ATMOSPHERE (1.9 PCP WATER OR GREATER) MAY KEEP SOME LIGHT PCPN GOING BEYOND. AT THE VERY LEAST...EXPECT CONS CLDS (SIMILAR TO EARLIER TODAY) TO HANG ON OVER THE COAST...PERHAPS A BIT LESS INLAND. FOR FRI-SAT...NO REASON TO NOT CONTINUE WITH MORE WIDESPREAD COVERAGE GENERALLY BETWEEN 4 AND 9 PM OVER THE COASTAL COS...A BIT EARLY INLAND. TEMPS LOOK SEASONAL...WITH NIGHTTIME LOWS CUT A TAD WHERE WIDESPREAD RAIN OCCURS. EXTENDED: AVN SHOWS SUBSIDENT DRYING IN THE MEAN BY MON...BUT DEEP E/SE FLOW CONTINUES. SUCH PATTERN REMAINS THROUGH THURS. EXPECT PERHAPS A BIT LESS COVERAGE...POP MAY SLIDE JUST A BIT UNDER CLIMO...BUT WORDING WILL REMAIN SCT AFTN/EVE TSTMS WITH SEASONAL TEMPS. MARINE: QUIET OUTSIDE OF TSTMS. NUFF SAID. FIRE WX: CONTINUING SATURATION OF AMS AND SURFACE FUELS WILL KEEP THE THREAT LOW. NO HIGHLIGHTS. PRELIM NUMBERS: TPA TT 072/091/073/091 6656 FMY TT 072/091/072/092 6646 .TBW...NONE. 88/GOLDSMITH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
A waterspout was reported by the Pinellas county sheriffs department.
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: 5255089.