1 lightning, 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 Jun 2, 12:48 PM EST, 12 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 148 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002 CURRENTLY...WEST COAST SEA BREEZE DEPICTED ON VISIBLE LOOP ABOUT 5- 10 MILES INLAND. 88D SHOWING SHORT-LIVED/ISOLD SHOWERS ALONG THE SEA BREEZE OVER CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES. EAST COAST SEA BREEZE STILL CLOSE COAST. VAPORT SHOWS UPPER VORT NORTH OF BAHAMAS MOVING SE... WITH SWATH OF DRY AIR OVER THE PENIN. --FORECAST DISCUSSION-- MODELS SIMILAR WITH NEXT FEW DAYS ON LARGE SCALE SHOWING WEAK UPPER TROF CONTINUING TO WEAKEN OVER THE WCENT GULF WHILE A WEAK UPPER RIDGE BUILDS NE OF THE STATE MON...SHIFTING EAST INTO THE ATLC TUE AND WED. BY WED...THE WEAK UPPER LOW THAT HAS BEEN OVER THE W GULF IS PROGD TO BE OVER THE NCENT GULF. FOR MON...ANOTHER DAY OF LIMITED DEEP LAYER MOISTURE...AND WITH A SLIGHT BUILDING OF UPPER HTS. EXPECT LIMITED COVERAGE FOR CONVECTION. LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL ALSO AGAIN BE VERY LIGHT MON...SHIFTING TO WNW BY AFTN WITH THE SEA BREEZE. WITH SUCH LIGHT FLOW...TOUGH TO PICK BEST LOCATION FOR POPS. WILL GO ISOLD ALL AREAS. BY TUE...LOW LEVEL FLOW BECOMES MORE ESE AS SFC RIDGE BUILDS OFF THE MID ATLC COAST/W ATLC AND NOSES SW INTO FL. MODELS ALSO SHOWING DEEPER MOISTURE...WHICH SHOULD HELP INCREASE POPS 10-20%. ON WED...CONTINUED INCREASE IN DEEP LAYER MOISTURE ALONG WITH SE WINDS WILL GIVE AT LEAST CLIMO (CHC) POPS ALL AREAS. IGNORING AVN SFC LOW SPIN UP OVER SE GULF FOR NOW. --EXTENDED-- LATEST AVN APPEARS TO BE BACKING OFF ON STRENGTH OF NEXT UPPER TROF BY THURS AND FRI. APPEARS UPPER LOW THAT WAS OVER GULF DISSIPATES OVER THE N GULF...WHILE ANOTHER ONE POSSIBLY DROPS FROM THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF NEXT UPPER TROF...CLOSING OFF OVER THE W GULF AGAIN BY FRI SINCE NEW AVN SOLUTION DOESNT MATCH WELL WITH OLD MRF RUN...WILL MAKE LITTLE/NO CHANGES TO EXTENDED...KEEPING CHC POPS. COULD GET BACK INTO SIMILAR PATTERN WE ARE CURRENTLY IN IF UPPER LOW CUTS OFF OVER THE W GULF...WITH GENERALLY ZONAL UPPER FLOW N OF THE STATE. --MARINE-- LIGHT WINDS WITH NO HIGHLIGHTS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. ONLY POTENTIAL PROBLEM COULD BE IF AVN IS CORRECT WITH DEVELOPING A SFC LOW OVER THE SE GULF BY LATE WEEK...WHICH WOULD INCREASE WINDS. PRELIM S: BKV 066/092 067/093 -213 TPA 072/091 073/092 -213 GIF 070/092 071/093 2222 SRQ 070/090 070/090 1213 FMY 072/093 073/094 1213= .TBW...NONE. MORALES
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Brush fires sparked by lightning near Warm Mineral Springs burned about 500 acres south of Interstate 75. At one time, the fire came within a quarter mile of the interstate, threatening to close it.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 2002
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: 5298528.