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 29, 12:38 AM EST, 6 hours 29 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 138 AM EDT FRI JUN 29 2001 CURRENTLY: LAST OF THE RESIDUAL SHOWERS MOVED OFF THE SARASOTA COUNTY COAST DURING THE PAST HOUR. DO NOT EXPECT ANY DEVELOPMENT DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE EARLY MORNING WITH OFFSHORE WINDS. FORECAST: HIGH POPS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA IN THE SHORT TERM AS WE REMAIN IN A MOISTURE WEDGE BETWEEN ONE UPPER LOW OVER THE PLAINS AND ANOTHER EAST OF THE BAHAMAS. ALL MODELS CONTINUE WITH PWS AROUND 2 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON...KEEPING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN A THREAT BUT DECREASING SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. SURFACE WAVE IN THE EASTERN GULF SHEARING APART...BUT RIDGE TO OUR NORTH AND EAST WILL MAINTAIN CLIMATOLOGICALLY FAVORABLE EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW PUTTING THE BEST FOCUS FOR CONVECTION OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES LATE IN THE DAY. MARINE: STILL QUIET THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH PERSISTENT EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW. EXTENDED: AVN SHOWS DRIER AIR MOVING IN AT MID AND UPPER LEVELS FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT LOW LEVEL SOUTHEAST FLOW SHOULD CONTINUE ENOUGH MOISTURE TO SUPPORT SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING POPS. MAX TEMPS SHOULD SNEAK U9P A BIT WITH MORE SUNSHINE. PRELIM NUMBERS: TPA 90/72/91/72 7564 FMY 91/72/91/72 6453 .TBW...NONE. ALSHEIMER
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-291530- WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 540 AM EDT FRI JUN 29 2001 ...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TODAY... PLENTIFUL TROPICAL MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. AFTERNOON HEATING WILL HELP DEVELOP THE GULF SEA BREEZE LATE IN THE DAY...WHICH WILL FOCUS THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM ACITIVTY IN THE COASTAL COUTNIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL EXCCED 2 INCHES IN A FEW LOCATIONS WITH THE HEAVIEST STORMS. EXPECTED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION AND AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:07 UTC.
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
A waterspout was observed to last for five minutes two to three miles west of Pass-A-Grille Beach.
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
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