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 Jul 4, 8:48 AM EST, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 945 EDT THU JUL 4 2002 UPPER TROFINESS EXTENDS FROM THE SE ATLANTIC STATES SWWD INTO THE NE GULF OF MEXICO. VORT MAXES STILL EXPECTED TO ROTATE AROUND THIS FEATURE THROUGH THE DAY. LATEST SFC ANALYSIS HAS SFC RIDGE AXIS OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL FL PENINSULA. LATEST VIS SAT IMAGERY SHOWING VIRTUALLY CLOUD FREE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE PENINSULA. WESTERLY FLOW/SEA BREEZE SETTING UP FROM TAMPA BAY NORTHWARD. RADAR SHOWING SOME WEAK SHOWING FORMING ALONG THIS BOUNDARY FROM PINELLAS NORTHWARD AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS JUST OFF CEDAR KEY. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD THRU THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. 12Z MORNING SOUNDING A LITTLE DRIER THAN YESTERDAY WITH A SMALL MID LEVEL DRY SLOT...WILL SEE IF THIS FEATURE CONTINUES WITH NEXT FEW SOUNDING THRU THE DAY. BUT STILL MOIST AND UNSTABLE. EXPECT STORMS TO DEVELOP AS TEMPS HEAT UP INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK MAY ADJUST POP AND WINDS TIMING WORDING... OTHERWISE NO CHANGES. MARINE...LATEST BUOY REPORTS HAVE WINDS AND SEAS WITHIN CURRENT PACKAGE WITH WEAK GRADIENT. WILL ONLY TAKE OUT TIMING WORDING OF POPS. NO HIGHLIGHTS REQUIRED. TBW...NONE. RD
MARINE LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1056 AM EDT THU JUL 4 2002
TIME(EDT) .....MARINE SUBZONE.... GMZ ...EVENT/REMARKS...
......MARINE ZONE......
1012 AM OLD TAMPA BAY 830 WATERSPOUT
07/04/02 TAMPA BAY WATERS SEVERAL REPORTS OF A
WATERSPOUT BEGINNING AT
1412Z...BASED ON PIE
OBSERVATION AND ENDING AT
1433Z BASED ON MCF
OBSERVATION. ALSO REPORTED
BY SPOTTERS AND BAY NEWS
9...WHICH HAD A LIVE VIDEO
OF THE EVENT.
DSThe Tampa radar (KTBW), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency Management reported roof damage to three units and numerous tree limbs down.
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