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 Sep 5, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 300 PM EDT WED SEP 5 2001 THIS AFTERNOONS MODEL ANALYSIS YIELDED AN INCREASED THREAT OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...PRIMARILY FROM CHARLOTTE HARBOR NORTH ACROSS THE TAMPA METRO AREA TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. OUT OF THE MODELS...THE MESO-ETA PAINT THE WETTEST PICTURE. THE WEAK EAST TO WEST SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS WILL CONTINUE TO MEANDER ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AND KEEP AN SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH FLOW THROUGH AT THE LEAST THE FIRST 10K OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THE WEAK MID LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS WILL ALSO MEANDER SLOWLY ACROSS THE STATE KEEPING STEERING CURRENTS SLOW AND ERRATIC. THUS...HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER LEVELS...SLOW STEERING CURRENTS AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE FROM SEA BREEZE AND BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS WILL BE THE KEY PLAYERS TO KEEP RAINFALL AND COVERAGE AREA ABOVE NORMAL CLIMATIC VALUES THROUGH THE NEXT 48 HOURS. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY NEXT TWO DAYS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCERS. LOWER PWS EXPECTED FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH RETURN TO CLIMATIC NORMAL PROBABILITIES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. TPA 77/90/77/90 5756 FMY 76/91/75/92 4645 .TBW...NONE. ZALESKI
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
208 PM EDT WED SEP 05 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0645 PM 3 NE DAVENPORT FL WIND DAMAGE
09/04/01 POLK THE DAVENPORT FIRE
DEPARTMENT REPORTED
THAT SEVERAL LARGE
THREE TO SIX FOOT LONG
BRANCHES WERE DOWNED
BETWEEN DAVENPORT AND
LOUGHMAN ALONG U.S.
HIGHWAY 92 IN EXTREME
NORTHEAST POLK CO.
EVENT DURATION 15
MINUTES.
ZALESKIThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Citrus county emergency management reported that thunderstorm winds downed several large trees in the Timberline Estates, three miles south of Beverly Hills.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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