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 Sep 24, 8:33 AM EST, 5 hours 27 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 933 AM EDT MON SEP 24 2001 CURRENTLY CIRRUS DECK BEGINNING TO OVERSPREAD FORECAST AREA WITH RADAR INDICATING SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL COASTAL WATERS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST TOWARD COASTAL PORTIONS OF SARASOTA...CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES. SURFACE WINDS STILL SOUTHEAST ACROSS REGION...BUT SHOULD BE VEERING AROUND TO THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AS COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. WILL LOWER MAX TEMPS TODAY TO 85 TO 90 ACROSS NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL ZONES AS CIRRUS SHIELD WILL LIMIT AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE ALONG WITH WINDS SHIFTING AROUND AND COMING OFF GULF. OTHERWISE REMAINDER OF ZONE FORECAST LOOKS OKAY AT THIS TIME. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW OVER COASTAL WATERS AT THIS TIME SHOULD ALSO BE SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON WITH NO MAJOR CHANGES PLANNED FOR MARINE FORECAST. .TBW...NONE. PRC
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Pasco county emergency management reported that thunderstorm winds, estimated at 45 mph, caused minor roof damage to a mobile home on the 6300 block of Connecticut Street, south of County Road 54, in Zephyrhills.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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