Thunderstorm Wind, Levy
- When
- July 9, 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Levy County, 2 mi SW of Otter Creek
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.300, -82.800
Emergency Management reported several large pine trees uprooted.
Damaging Wind in Florida, July 9, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
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 9, 8:45 AM EST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 8:45 AM EST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 945 AM EDT TUE JUL 9 2002 UPPER LOW CONTINUES IN THE WESTERN GULF WITH WEAK UPPER RIDGING OVER THE SE US TO KEEP UPPER LEVEL NW FLOW OVER THE AREA. SFC EASTERLY WAVE CONTINUES SLOW NW MOVEMENT IN EASTERN GULF WITH SFC RIDGE AXIS OVER THE DEEP SOUTH. MID LEVELS SHOWING SAME SCENARIO. MORNING SOUNDING SHOWING DEEP SE FLOW OVER THE STATE THRU 500 MB AND PWATS CONTINUE AROUND 2 INCHES OVER THE PENINSULA IN TROPICAL AIRMASS. LARGE AREA OF CONVECTION CONTINUES TO MOVE NWWARD OVER THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA NOW OVER MY SOUTHERN AND SOUTH INTERIOR ZONES WITH CLOUD COVER THICKENING ELSEWHERE AS WELL. 06Z MODELS CONTINUE WET PATTERN THRU THE DAY...AS THEY SHOULD. ZONES DOING FAIRLY WELL...WILL UPDATE WORDING TO REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS. MARINE...LATEST BUOY REPORTS HAVE WINDS AND SEAS WITHIN CURRENT PACKAGE. EXPECT CONDITIONS TO REMAIN GUSTY...BUT BELOW SCEC REST OF THE AFTERNOON...SO NO HIGHLIGHTS. TBW...NONE. RD
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 169 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:27 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in California, July 9 to 15, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 9, 2002
- Wildfire in Oregon, July 9 to 26, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Flood in North Dakota, July 9 to 20, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 9, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, July 9, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 9, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in West Virginia, July 9 to 10, 2002
- Hail in Nebraska, July 9, 2002
- Tornado in Indiana, July 9, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 9, 2002
- Lightning Strike in New York, July 9, 2002
More
Every storm in Florida in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 2002
Sources
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: 5303293.