1 thunderstorm wind, 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 May 30, 1:26 PM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 226 PM EDT WED MAY 30 2001 CURRENTLY: VERY DRY OFF THE SURFACE THIS AFTERNOON WITH ONLY A FEW CI AND A FEW RATHER FLAT CU...EXCEPT OVER LEVY COUNTY WHERE THEY ARE CLOSER TO THE OLD FRONT. SHOWERS EXPECTED TO BE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. FORECAST: SURFACE FEATURES DO NOT CHANGE MUCH IN THE SHORT TERM... DISCOUNTING THE OVERDONE AVN LOW PASSING BY TO OUR NORTH FRIDAY. ALL MODELS DO INCREASE THE MOISTURE OVER TIME...HOWEVER...WITH PWS BETWEEN 1.75 AND 2 INCHES FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LEAD TO AN ASSOCIATED INCREASE IN RAIN CHANCES. I WILL GO ISOLATED ALONG THE COAST THURSDAY WITH SCATTERED INLAND...THEN SCATTERED EVERYWHERE ON FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER AND RAIN CHANCES WILL KEEP MAX TEMPS A BIT LOWER ON FRIDAY AS WELL. WITH LOW LEVEL WEST FLOW CONTINUING TIMING SHOULD AGAIN BE MAINLY MORNING NEAR THE COAST AND AFTERNOON INTERIOR. MARINE: NOT MUCH CHANGE IN WIND SPEEDS AND SEAS THROUGH THE PERIOD. MAY SEE A LITTLE INCREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY... BUT NOTHING LIKE THE AVN SOLUTION. NO HEADLINES EXPECTED. FIRE WEATHER: NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS EXPECTED AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL KEEP HUMIDITY VALUES ABOVE CRITERIA. MAY BE CLOSE FOR THE INTERIOR...THOUGH. EXTENDED: MRF STILL INDICATING A CHANGE IN LOW LEVEL FLOW TO SOUTHEASTERLY AND INCREASING MOISTURE LEVELS...ALTHOUGH NOT AS AGGRESSIVELY AS THE PREVIOUS RUN. PATTERN WOULD STILL SUPPORT SCATTERED CONVECTION...SO NO CHANGES PLANNED. PRELIM NUMBERS: TPA 74/90/75/87 0224 FMY 71/91/73/89 1324 .TBW...NONE. ALSHEIMER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds, estimated at 50 mph, removed a large portion of a tin roof from a weathered mobile home in Arcadia.
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, May 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: 5247627.