1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 3, 1:15 PM EST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 215 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2001 CURRENTLY...88D LOOP CLEARLY SHOWS TWO SEPARATE REGIMES OF PRECIP ACROSS THE PENIN. A LARGE AREA OF -RA MOVING FROM SW TO NE ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW...AND MORE POTENT SHOWERS MOVING FROM EAST TO WEST IN THE LOW LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW. COVERAGE HAS BEEN INCREASING IN THE PAST HOUR...MAKING IT MORE PROMISING FOR MANY AREAS TO GET SOME MEASURABLE RAIN. SHORT-TERM: APPEARS TO BE SOME LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PENIN BETWEEN ENE FLOW AND NNE FLOW. THIS...ALONG WITH THE UPPER LEVEL SHOULD HELP TO INCREASE COVERAGE ALONG TOWARD THE WEST SIDE OF THE PENIN LATER THIS AFTN AND EARLY EVENING. FCST DISC: THE UPPER LOW OVER THE NE GULF IS FCST BY ALL MODELS TO MOVE SE ACROSS THE CENT PENIN TONIGHT...AND THEN OFF THE SE FL COAST BY FRI. THE BEST CHCS FOR RAINFALL WILL BE WITH THE UPPER LOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. LATEST MODELS SEEMS TO HANG ONTO A LITTLE MORE MOISTURE OVER THE S 1/2 OF THE FA EARLY FRI. THUS...WILL KEEP ISOLD POPS FOR SOUTHERN-MOST GROUP ON FRI...BUT DRY REST OF THE AREA. NO POPS EXPECTED FROM LATER FRI THROUGH SAT NIGHT. TEMPS TO REMAIN NEAR NORMAL. EXTENDED: WEAK UPPER RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE AREA THROUGH TUES...THEN ANOTHER UPPER TROF MOVES INTO THE E U.S. WED AND THURS. LOOKS LIKE A BACKDOOR FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA ON MON...BUT NOT GOING FOR ANY PRECIP YET FOR ANY OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. TEMPS NEAR NORMAL. MARINE: MODELS INDICATING MARGINAL SCEC CONDITIONS TONIGHT...BUT WILL LIKELY HOLD OFF HEADLINE FOR NOW. WINDS TO REMAIN 15 KTS OR LESS AND SEAS LESS THAN 5 FT THROUGH TUES. FIRE WX: WITH FULL SUN AND WARM TEMPS OVER THE N FA ON FRI...HAVE DECIDED TO GO FIRE WX WATCH ACROSS LEVY FOR MARGINAL RH DURATIONS. PRELIM S: TPA 064/083 063/085 3100 FMY 064/084 063/087 4200= .TBW...NONE. MORALES
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Florida Highway Patrol reported thunderstorm winds downed several light poles along the Sunshine Skywarn Bridge (I-275) near Terra Ceia in Manatee county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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