1 hail, 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 31, 3:15 PM EST, 48 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
315 PM EST SAT MAR 31 2001
WILL CANCEL FLOOD WATCH WITH THIS PACKAGE. WE ARE GETTING LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN WITH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT NOT WIDESPREAD
ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY THE CONTINUATION OF THE FLOOD WATCH.
SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE PROBLEM THIS EVENING...BUT FAIR WEATHER
SUNDAY AND BEYOND AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN AT ALL LEVELS FOR THE
WEEK.
MARINE: WILL LET CURRENT FORECAST RIDE AS LITTLE TIME TO LOOK AT
ANYTHING. SCEC CRITERIA MAY BE MET SUNDAY...AS PER CURRENT FORECAST.
PRELIM NUMBERS:
TPA 62/76/52/76 1000
FMY 66/81/55/80 4000
.TBW...FIRE WX WATCH SUNDAY FLZ039-042>043-052-056>057-061...AND
INTERIOR FLZ048>049.
ALSHEIMERThe Tampa radar (KTBW), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:00 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Nickel to dime sized hail was reported by Skywarn Spotters and Ham Radio operators from Winter Haven to one mile north of Cypress Gardens.
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: 5238495.