1 flash flood, 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 22, 12:34 PM EST, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 134 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2002 CURRENTLY: AS EXPECTED...GOOD COVERAGE OF CONVECTION WITH MORE COMING UP FROM THE SOUTH. TEMPS REMAINING BELOW CLIMO THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGH CLOUD COVER. FORECAST: DO NOT PLAN ON MAKING MANY CHANGES TO CURRENT ZONES. WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS UPPER LOW SLOWLY MOVING WESTWARD PER MODELS... AND LIKEWISE WEAK SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IS NOW OVER THE EASTERN GULF. THIS PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THE FEED OF DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE INTO THE CWA FOR SEVERAL DAYS WITH AVN FORECASTING CONTINUOUS PWS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES. LOCAL FLOODING EXPECTED AT TIMES...AND WILL NEED TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE BASINS OF THE FASTER RESPONDING RIVERS AND CREEKS. MAX TEMPS A TOUCH BELOW NORMAL BECAUSE OF CLOUD COVER WITH LOW TEMPS NEAR NORMAL. PROBABLY WONT NEED THE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS ON THIS WEEK. MARINE: WINDS HAVE COME AROUND TO SOUTHEASTERLY OR SOUTHERLY EVERYWHERE NOW THAT THE SURFACE LOW HAS DRIFTED INTO THE GULF. THAT WILL BE THE PREDOMINANT DIRECTION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. NO HIGHLITES EXPECTED. PRELIM NUMBERS: BKV 72/86/72/87 6757 TPA 73/87/73/87 6757 GIF 73/87/73/87 6757 SRQ 73/86/73/87 6757 FMY 72/87/72/88 6757 .TBW...NONE. ALSHEIMER
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:45 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Four inches of rain in one hour was reported by city officials. Flooding shut down U.S. Highway 301and a two block area near the Wildwood shopping center.
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