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 17, 1:50 PM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 250 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2002 THE RAIN HAS BEEN PLENTIFUL ACROSS THE N SUNCOAST TODAY...WHICH WAS ONE OF THE AREAS WHICH HAD NEEDED IT MOST. OTHER AREAS HAVE SEEN SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS WITH THE DRY SPOT BEING THE SW COAST... IRONICALLY THE LOCATION THAT THE MODELS WERE FOCUSING THE MAXIMUM MEAN RH (AND HENCE PCP WATER...PCPN...ETC) ON YESTERDAYS RUNS. HEREAFTER...THE CURRENT FCST TRENDS LOOK ON THE MONEY. THE GULF IS LADEN WITH CONVECTION...AND CONTINUED SW FLOW AND FAVORED DIURNAL EFFECTS SHOULD PRODUCE OCCASIONAL RAINS FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYONE OVERNIGHT AND WELL INTO TUESDAY. MORE SEASONABLE (YET STILL MOIST) SE FLOW PATTERN WILL CLOSE OUT THE WEEK. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE BIG PICTURE. THE AVN HAS SOME CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK LATER TONIGHT/TUE...YET BACKGROUND FLOW IS QUITE SIMILAR TO THE ETA/NGM. SHORT TERM: WITH SW FLOW OF DEEP MOISTURE...AND GOOD 250 MB DIVERGENCE... CONTINUING OVERNIGHT SEE NO REASON WHY OCNL PCPN WONT CONTINUE/REDEVELOP OVERNIGHT. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF LULL THIS EVENING...BUT WIDESPREAD CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING IN THE CENTRAL GULF AND SHOULD SUSTAIN AS IT MOVES ENE TOWARD AT LEAST THE CENTRAL ZONES. STATUS QUO FOR TUESDAY. THOUGH ACTIVITY MAY FOLLOW THE BEST ENERGY TO THE N HALF OF THE CWFA...INSTABILITY AND A SLIGHT WEAKENING OF THE SW FLOW ACROSS THE S SHOULD ALLOW PLENTY OF COVERAGE TOWARD FMY...SO WILL HOLD ONTO LIKELY PCPN AS CURRENTLY FCST. BY TUE NIGHT...FLOW BEGINS TO SLACKEN THEN TURN TO THE SE TOWARD DAYBREAK. HOWEVER...THIS HAPPENS FIRST ACROSS THE S ZONES...AND WITH 850-700 MB FLOW REMAINING SW AND STILL WEAK UPPER DIVERGENCE WILL NOT MENTION PCPN TIMING. FOR WED...EXPECT A GOOD COLLISION TOWARD THE W COAST AS SE FLOW BEGINS TO ESTABLISH...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE A WCSB. WILL HOLD ONTO 50/50 CHANCE THOUGH BELIEVE IT MAY GO HIGHER WITH TIME. EXTENDED: SE FLOW TAKES OVER IN EARNEST THU THROUGH MON. AT THE SAME TIME... 500 MB SHEAR AXIS REMAINS NEARBY AND DEEP MOISTURE (THOUGH NOT AS DEEP AS THE AVN SUGGESTS) CONTINUES. INTERESTINGLY...WCSB MAY BE NON-EXISTENT BUT WOULD EXPECT PCPN TO STEADILY MARCH ACROSS THE STATE FROM THE E/SE REACHING THE COAST BY LATE AFTN/EVE EACH DAY. IN SHORT...VIRTUALLY NO CHANGE TO THE CURRENT PACKAGE MARINE: HAD THE HIGHER WINDS/SEAS WITH LOCAL STORMS IN THE WATERS TODAY... AND EXPECT MORE OF THE SAME TONIGHT AND TUE. OUTSIDE OF THAT... GRADIENT SUPPORTS CONDS UNDER CRITERIA INTO WED NIGHT. SCEC CONDS QUITE POSSIBLE LATER IN THE WEEK AS SE FLOW BECOMES WELL ESTABLISHED. THIS IS HANDLED WELL AND WILL NOT CHANGE. FIRE WX: NO PROBLEMS WITH CONTINUED DEEP MOISTURE. PRELIM NUMBERS: BKV 072/085 072/090 6745 TPA 077/085 077/091 6745 GIF 074/087 074/091 5745 SRQ 076/085 076/090 6745 FMY 075/087 074/092 5745 .TBW...NONE. 88/GOLDSMITH
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-180145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - MORE HEAVY RAINFALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 400 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2002 ...MORE HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF TAMPA BAY... UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES...COMBINED WITH CONTINUED MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW...WILL PRODUCE MORE AMPLE RAINFALL LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. CURRENT SATELLITE...RADAR...AND NUMERICAL MODEL DATA SUGGEST THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL ONCE AGAIN EXTEND FROM THE IMMEDIATE TAMPA BAY REGION NORTH TO LEVY COUNTY. TODAYS OBSERVED RAINFALL TOTALS FROM THE NORTH SUNCOAST GENERALLY RANGED FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES...THOUGH HIGHER TOTALS OF 4 INCHES OR MORE HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED BY DOPPLER RADAR. PERSISTENT RAIN BANDS WERE THE MAIN REASON FOR THE HIGH TOTALS. FARTHER SOUTH...ACROSS THE IMMEDIATE TAMPA BAY AREA...SCATTERED FAST MOVING CELLS PRODUCED LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAINS...BUT AVERAGE TOTALS WERE LESS THAN AN INCH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE EASTERN GULF AND MOVE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON NORTH OF TAMPA BAY...WITH LOCATIONS UNDERNEATH PERSISTENT RAIN BANDS RECEIVING AT LEAST 3 TO 5 INCHES. THESE RAINS...FALLING ON TOP OF NOW SATURATED GROUND...MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RESIDENTS OF THE NORTH SUNCOAST SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...INCLUDING POSSIBLE FLOOD ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW (LOWER CASE) STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Waterspout came ashore at the 4000 block of Holmes Beach. No damage was reported.
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