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 Jun 10, 12:49 PM EST, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 149 PM EDT MON JUN 10 2002 CURRENTLY...LAPS SOUNDING DATA DEPICTS AN INCREASING MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER THE FA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SATELLITE AND 88D RETURNS CONFIRM THIS WITH AN EXPANDING AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS NOW APPROACHING MY INTERIOR COUNTIES FROM THE EAST. AS THE AFTERNOON CONTINUES I EXPECT TO SEE ADDITIONAL CONVECTION FIRE OFF...ESPECIALLY JUST WEST OF I-75 CORRIDOR BY LATE AFTERNOON AS THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE GETS INVOLVED. BASED ON THIS WILL ADVERTISE HIGHEST EVENING POPS OVER COASTAL ZONES...AND SLIGHTLY LOWER INTERIOR. WITH THE COOL/DRY AIR IN THE MID LEVELS...SO STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. BY LATER THIS EVENING ALL CONVECTION WILL WIND DOWN WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. SHORT TERM...A WET SCENARIO APPEARS TO SHAPING UP FOR THE FORECAST AREA FOR THE BALANCE OF THE WORK WEEK WITH SOME BENEFICIAL RAINS POSSIBLE. MODELS THIS AFTERNOON HOWEVER DIFFER WITH RESPECT TO HOW MUCH RAIN THE FA WILL ACTUALLY SEE. THE ETA/MESO-ETA AND NGM CONTINUE ALONG SIMILAR TRENDS WITH MOVING THE UPPER LOW/SHEAR AXIS EAST OF THE FL PENINSULA...AND THE TROPICAL WAVE EXTENDING FROM THE BAHAMAS SWWD TO THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SLOWLY WEST NORTHWEST UNDER THE SERN U.S. UPPER RIDGE CROSSING THE S-CENTRAL PENINSULA DURING THE NEXT 24- 48 HOURS. ON THE OTHER HAND THE AVN CONTINUES TO ADVERTISE WEAK LOW PRESSURE AREAS FORMING ALONG THE TROUGH AXIS OFF THE SE FL COAST MOVING THE INDIVIDUAL WAVES NEWD THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE AVN SOLUTION WOULD KEEP MUCH OF THE FA ON THE DRIER SIDE OF THESE FEATURES MENTIONED ABOVE...AND THUS LOWER POPS AS REFLECTED BY THE MAV NUMBERS. HOWEVER GIVEN THE SERN UPPER RIDGE POSITION AT THIS TIME...I AM INCLINED TO FAVOR A WEST NORTHWEST MOVEMENT TO THE UPPER LOW/SFC FEATURES ADVERTISED BY THE ETA/MESO-ETA/NGM. IN ADDITION THE AVN HAS BEEN DEPICTING THESE LOWS NOW FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS...AND NOTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE HAS YET DEVELOPED. WITH ALL OF THIS SAID WILL LOOK FOR INCREASING MOISTURE TO SPREAD INTO THE FA FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGH THURSDAY WITH ABOVE CLIMO POPS EXPECTED. FWC/ETA/MAV TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO BE CLOSE...SO WILL USE A BLEND IN MOST AREAS. EXTENDED...(FRI-MON)...LATEST AVN CONTINUE TO BE SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS RUNS AND CLOSE TO THE 00Z MRF SOLUTION IN DEPICTING A FULL LATITUDE TROUGH DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN U.S. DURING THIS TIME FRAME. LATEST AVN CONTINUES TO DEPICT A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE NRN PENINSULA ON SATURDAY AND MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL PENINSULA ON SUNDAY. IF THE AVN/MRF SOLUTIONS PAN OUT MOST OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES WOULD EXPERIENCE A DECREASE IN POPS AS A SW-WLY STEERING FLOW DEVELOPS WHICH WOULD FAVOR INTERIOR ZONES. LIKE YESTERDAY I STILL THINK THE AVN/MRF SOLUTIONS ARE OVERDOING THE STRENGTH OF THE UPPER TROUGH GIVEN THE TIME OF THE YEAR...SO WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE NEAR CLIMO-POPS THROUGHOUT UNTIL FUTURE MODEL RUNS DICTATE OTHERWISE. MARINE...IN THE NEAR TERM WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE OUT OF THE EAST GRADUALLY BECOMING MORE SOUTHEAST AS WE HEAD TOWARDS WEDNESDAY. GRADIENT WILL WEAKEN ENOUGH TO ALLOW AN AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE EACH AFTERNOON. SIMILAR TO LAST EVENING...AM EXPECTING ANOTHER SURGE (WINDS INCREASING TO 15-20 KNOTS AND GUSTY) AFTER SUNSET AS THE EAST COAST BOUNDARY MOVES OFFSHORE. BY THE END OF THE WEEK SFC RIDGE POSITION AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHING FROM THE NW...WILL RESULT IN A SOUTH THEN SW-WLY FLOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE MARINE AREA AS WE MOVE INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. AT THE MOMENT WIND/SEAS SHOULD REMAIN JUST BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA WITH NO HIGHLIGHTS EXPECTED. FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS MOISTURE LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. PRELIMINARY #S BKV 069/091 069/091 3535 TPA 072/091 073/090 3546 GIF 072/091 073/092 2536 SRQ 072/090 072/089 3546 FMY 072/092 073/090 4657 .TBW...NONE. MCMICHAEL
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:38 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Newspaper reported a small tornado at the Charlotte County Speedway, just south of the airport. A tower, fence, billboards, and lightning system were all marred.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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