1 tornado, 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 Jul 25, 1:05 PM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 205 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2002 CURRENTLY...ORIENTATION OF SURFACE RIDGE AXIS ACROSS THE N-CENTRAL PENINSULA IS ALLOWING THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE TO PUSH INLAND FROM HERNANDO COUNTY NORTH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE SELY FLOW FURTHER SOUTH IS DELAYING ITS ONSET. 88D RETURNS DEPICT ONGOING CONVECTION OVER LEVY AND CITRUS COUNTIES...AND AS THE AFTERNOON CONTINUES EXPECT AREAL COVERAGE TO INCREASE NORTH OF THE BAY AREA FIRST...THEN ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ZONES BY LATE AFTERNOON AS THE SEA BREEZE DEVELOPS FURTHER SOUTH...SO WILL WORD FOR SCATTERED EVENING POPS IN ALL ZONES. SHORT TERM(TON-SUN)...PERSISTENCE SEEMS TO BE THE BEST WAY TO GO THIS CYCLE AS LATEST MODELS SHOW LITTLE CHANGE OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. WEAK SERN U.S TROUGHINESS OF THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS WILL BE REPLACED BY A BUILDING UPPER RIDGE FROM THE ATLANTIC. ATTENDANT SFC RIDGE AXIS WILL CONTINUE TO MEANDER ABOUT THE CENTRAL PENINSULA PROVIDING ALL OF THE FA WITH A SE-SLY WIND FLOW WITH AN ONSHORE SEA BREEZE COMPONENT DEVELOPING ALONG COASTAL LOCATIONS EACH AFTERNOON. WITH PWS PROGD TO REMAIN IN THE 1.7-2 RANGE...A CONTINUATION OF SCATTERED DIURNAL SEA/ LAKE BREEZE DRIVEN CONVECTION IS EXPECTED EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD. INCREASING HEIGHTS WILL MEAN SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. EXTENDED(MON-THURS)...UPPER RIDGE PROGD TO REMAIN OVER THE SERN U.S AS SURFACE RIDGE AXIS REMAINS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PENINSULA. LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE IN MOISTURE LEVELS MEANS A CONTINUATION OF SCATTERED DIURNAL POPS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD. MARINE...SURFACE RIDGE POSITION WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR A LIGHT SE-SLY WIND FLOW OF LESS THAN 10 KNOTS OVER THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS WITH ONSHORE SEA BREEZE COMPONENT DEVELOPING EACH AFTERNOON. NO HIGHLIGHTS EXPECTED. FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. PRELIMINARY CCF #S BKV 073/093 072/093 2424 TPA 078/092 078/092 2424 GIF 075/093 075/094 2424 SRQ 077/091 077/091 2424 FMY 076/093 076/093 2424 .TBW...NONE. MCMICHAEL
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:44 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado damaged roof of a former fire station and downed or damaged nearby trees.
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