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 Mar 29, 9:25 AM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
925 AM EST THU MAR 29 2001
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA...
HAVE SENT AN UPDATE TO THE FORECASTS TO ADD HEADLINE FOR THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH TODAY. THE WATCH IS VALID UNTIL 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON FROM MANATEE AND POLK COUNTIES NORTHWARD TO LEVY.
A LINE OF STRONE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN GULF HAS BEEN
STEADILY MOVING TOWARD THE FA. THE NORTHERN END OF THE LINE IS NOW
HITTING LEVY COUNTY...AND EXPECT IT TO REACH THE PINELLAS COAST
AROUND 10 AM. THE MORNING WIND PROFILE SHOWED STRONG LOW LEVEL
VEERING...WITH SE WINDS AT THE SFC...TO SW WINDS ABOVE. WIND SPEEDS
JUST ABOVE 1K FT WERE 40 TO 45 KTS. SPC EXPECTS THE MAIN THREATS
FROM STORMS TO BE STRAIT LINE WIND GUSTS...BUT 88D SIGNATURES HAVE
BEEN INDICATING THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLD TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS.
EXPECT A BUSY MORNING AND WILL MONITOR FORECAST FOR ANY ADDITIONAL
UPDATES THIS MORNING.
MARINE FORECAST WILL BE UPDATED AT 1030 AM...BUT DO NOT ANTICIPATE
ANY BIG CHANGES. WINDS HAVE BEEN 25 TO 30 KTS WELL OFFSHORE...AND
MAY NEED TO BUMP UP A LITTLE FROM TARPON NORTH.
.TBW...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 2 PM FOR LEVY CITRUS HERNANDO
SUMTER PASCO PINELLAS HILLSBOROUGH POLK MANATEE
.SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY BONITA BEACH TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT
60NM INCLUDING 6TAMPA BAY.
MORALESFLZ039-042-043-048>052-055-291900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1210 PM EST THU MAR 29 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELED FOR LEVY...CITRUS...HERNANDO... SUMTER...AND PASCO COUNTIES... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 2 PM FOR PINELLAS... HILLSBOROUGH...MANATEE AND POLK COUNTIES... AT 12 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICED DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED SOUTHWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR LEVY...CITRUS...HERNANDO...PASCO AND SUMTER COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE MUCH MORE SLOWLY THROUGH CENTRAL FLORIDA...WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES STILL EXPECTED WITH ANY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND OR WARNINGS SHOULD THEY BECOME NECESSARY. MORALES
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported a family of three waterspouts one half mile west of Lido Key.
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, March 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: 5238489.