1 tornado, 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 Jul 11, 8:30 AM EST, 5 hours earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 930 AM EDT THU JUL 11 2002 CURRENTLY...SUNNY SKIES INLAND...AND PARTLY CLOUDY OVER THE COASTAL COS WITH LINE OF CB/TCU JUST OFFSHORE. SCT-BKN CONVECTION STRETCHES ALONG THE ENTIRE CWFA COASTLINE...AND SOME CELLS NOW EASING ONTO LAND ESPECIALLY FROM SARASOTA THROUGH PINELLAS CO. SFC FLOW SSE BUT FLOW JUST OFF THE DECK FROM THE SSW...THE HARBINGER OF WX PATTERN TO COME FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. DISC...WITH ATMOSPHERE JUICED AGAIN...EXPECT CU/TCU TO QUICKLY COVER THE SKY INLAND. BETTER COLLISION TODAY (UNLIKE YESTERDAY) BETWEEN OFFSHORE CONVECTION/SW FLOW AND SSE FLOW FARTHER INLAND SHOULD ALLOW WIDESPREAD SHOWER/TSTM ACTIVITY LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH AFTN...WHICH IS COVERED NICELY BY THE CURRENT PACKAGE. WINDS MAY BE A BIT MORE S THAN SW...BUT SPEEDS OK AND NOT ENOUGH REASON TO AMEND. MARINE...SFC WINDS RUNNING GENERALLY FROM THE S AT 10 TO 15 KT AND GUSTY...SO WILL TWEAK DIRECTION BUT LEAVE SPEEDS ALONE. TBW...NONE. 88/GOLDSMITH
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:28 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Brief tornado caused roof to be blown off of the Florida Room and additional minor roof damage to nearby structures.
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