1 waterspout, 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 5, 9:30 AM EST, 55 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1030 AM EDT WED SEP 5 2001 THIS MORNINGS ATMOSPHERIC ANALYSIS INDICATED WEAK EAST TO WEST 500- 700 MB HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL FLORIDA. SURFACE TO 700 MB FLOW PATTERN FROM THE SOUTHEAST. ALSO...500 MB VORTICITY MAXIMUM WITH ASSOCIATED POSITIVE VORTICITY ADVECTION EVIDENCED OFF CEDAR KEY IN NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO. 12Z FLORIDA SKEW-T ANALYSIS INDICATED MOIST ATMOSPHERE WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER LEVELS BETWEEN 2 AND 2.25 INCHES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. SKEW-T ANALYSIS ALSO POINTED TO LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE OVER THE WEST FLORIDA COASTAL COUNTIES. STEERING FLOW WEAK AND ERRATIC WHILE UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL BLOW CONVECTIVE CANOPIES MAINLY TO THE SOUTH. CURRENT FORECAST ON TARGET. HOWEVER...DUE TO HIGH PWS AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF STORMS...WILL UP POPS SLIGHTLY AND INTRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WORDING FOR THIS AFTERNOON IN ALL ZONES. .TBW...NONE. ZALESKI
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-051515- WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 530 AM EDT WED SEP 5 2001 ...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO NORTH FLORIDA WILL INTERACT WITH AFTERNOON HEAT AND HUMIDITY TO FORM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL START ALONG THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY...THEN WORK SLOWLY INLAND DURING THE DAY. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN A FEW PLACES. THESE HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS.
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:24 UTC.
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
A Skywarn Spotter reported a waterspout southwest of Gasparilla Pass.
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, September 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: 5269745.