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 6, 1:00 PM EST, 5 hours 55 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 200 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2001 ...CORRECTED 3RD PERIOD POP... THIS WILL BE BRIEF AS THE AFD I JUST SPENT THE LAST HOUR TYPING GOT LOST SOMEWHERE IN THE MEMORY OF AWIPS. A WEAK TROUGH WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE WHICH WILL ENHANCE RAIN CHANCES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. A DEEP TROUGH WILL DIG SOUTH INTO THE SOUTH CENTRAL STATES BY THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL HELP KEEP HEIGHTS AND SURFACE PRESSURES A LITTLE LOWER. I WILL RUN HIGHER THAN SEASONAL NORMALS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE BIG QUESTION IS WITH THE STEERING FLOW WHICH WILL REMAIN VERY WEAK. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE A PROBLEM AS WILL TIMING AS THE RIDGE WILL MEANDER OVER THE STATE. I HAVE A LITTLE TROUBLE BELIEVING THE MRF. THERE ARE BIG DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MRF...UKMET AND ECMWF. IN FACT THERE ARE SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MRF AND AVN. I WILL BROADBRUSH THE FORECAST AND KEEP NEAR NORMAL POPS IN THE EXTENDED IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THE MRF WANTS TO SPIN UP ERIN...AND ALLOWED IT TO PULL DRY AIR SOUTHWARD OVER THE STATE. NO MARINE OR FIRE WEATHER ISSUES. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS TPA TT 076/089 076/089 075 7464 FMY TT 075/090 075/090 075 7464 .TBW...NONE. SOBIEN
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:54 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 37 year old male in a garage in Largo was stunned when lightning struck the ground nearby.
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: 5269747.