1 lightning, 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 4, 12:30 PM EST, 5 hours 4 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 130 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2001 CURRENTLY...SCT SHOWERS AND TSTMS FIRING AS EXPECTED ALONG THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE. TSTMS AROUND THE TAMPA BAY AREA MUCH EARLIER THAN YESTERDAY. VISIBLE SAT LOOP SHOWING S-N ALLIGNED CLOUD STREETS... WHICH CLEARLY INDICATES A SOUTHERLY STEERING FLOW. A SLIGHT ANTICYCLONIC CURVATURE IN THE CLOUD STREETS OVER THE CENT FA UNDER THE SFC RIDGE AXIS. --FCST DISC-- MODELS VERY SIMILAR WITH SHOWING LITTLE TO NO CHANGE IN LARGE SCALE PATTERN THROUGH 60 HRS. UPPER SHEAR AXIS AND WEAK SFC TROF WILL REMAIN WELL NORTH OF THE AREA OVER S GA...WHILE IL-DEFINED SFC RIDGE AXIS SITS GENERALLY OVER THE N 1/2 OF THE FA. WEAK SSE SYNOPTIC LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL PERSIST...WITH AFTN WEST COAST SEA BREEZES. WITH WEAK SOUTHERLY STEERING FLOW...EXPECT STORMS TO FIRST FORM ALONG THE SEA BREEZE...AND THEN FORM ALONG CONFLUENT BOUNDARIES WELL INLAND. BY LATER IN THE AFTN/EVENING...THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL INTERACT...ESPECIALLY FROM ABT SRQ N...WHERE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE EXPECTED TO PUSH FARTHER INLAND. NEAR CLIMO 40-50% POPS SEEM APPROPRIATE FOR NOW...SAME AS CURRENT FCST. --EXTENDED-- NEW AVN AND OLD MRF INDICATE ESE FLOW TO PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. LITTLE/NO CHANGE EXPECTED TO CURRENT EXTENDED. WILL ALSO NEED TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON FUTURE TRACK OF ERIN. --MARINE-- RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS WITH NO HIGHLIGHTS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. NO SIGNIFICANT CHGS EXPECTED. PRELIM S: TPA 077/090 076/090 3545 FMY 075/091 075/091 4555= .TBW...NONE. MORALES
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:32 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck and injured an adult female and a seven year old male child while exiting a vehicle along the 900 block of 21st Street South in St. Petersburg.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5269698.