1 thunderstorm wind, 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 28, 12:55 PM EST, 48 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 155 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2002 CURRENTLY...WEST COAST SEA BREEZE EVEN SLOWER TO DEVELOP THAN YESTERDAY...LIKELY DUE TO TEMPS NOT BEING HOT ENOUGH YET...PLUS A VERY LIGHT SYNOPTIC EAST FLOW. WIDELY SCT SHOWERS DEVELOPING MAINLY OVER THE INTERIOR. SAT LOOP SHOWING A WEAK MID/UPPER DISTURBANCE APPROACHING FROM THE SE GULF. COULD BE ON SUBSIDENCE SIDE OF THIS FEATURE...WHICH IS SLOWING CU/CONVECTION THIS AFTN. --SHORT TERM-- MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW VERY LITTLE CHANGE THROUGH MON. DEEP LAYER RIDGE HANGS ON OVER THE FL PENIN THROUGH SUNDAY...THEN BEGINS TO WEAKEN AND/OR MOVE TOWARD S FL AS A WEAK UPPER TROF TRIES TO BACK SW DOWN THE U.S. EAST COAST. LATEST AVN RUN APPEARS A LITTLE LESS AGRESSIVE WITH THIS FEATURE THAN YESTERDAY...AND WONDER IF IT WILL BACK OFF ENTIRELY IN ANOTHER DAY OR SO. AVN ALSO CONTINUES TO SHOW A SLIGHT DRYING TREND WITH PWS FALLING TO 1.5 TO 1.8 BY SUN...THEN BACK TO AROUND 1.9+ BEYOND. ETA KEEPS PWS 1.8 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THE PERIOD...WHICH SEEMS REASONABLE FOR NOW. THUS...WILL STICK WITH AROUND 50% POPS FOR AFTN AND EARLY EVENING. GENERALLY LIGHT EASTERLY FLOW WITH AFTN SEA BREEZES THROUGH AT LEAST SUN. BY MON...AVN DEVELOPS SYNOPTIC SW LOW LEVEL FLOW...WHICH WOULD PUSH BETTER CHANCES FOR AFTN CONVECTION INLAND...ESPEC N 2/3 OF FA. --EXTENDED-- AVN/MRF MAINTAINS LOW LEVEL WSW FLOW WITH MODERATE TO HIGH DEEP LAYER MOISTURE. SCT/CLIMO POPS THROUGH 4TH OF JULY AND FRI...WITH TIMING TOWARD MORNING/EARLY AFTN COASTAL AREAS...AFTN INLAND. MINS WILL BE WARMER DUE TO ONSHORE FLOW. --MARINE-- NO HIGHLIGHTS THROUGH THE PERIOD. PRECIP COVERAGE HAS BEEN LIGHT ACROSS THE MARINE AREA LAST SEVERAL DAYS...AND EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE. TIMING WILL LIKELY BECOME MORE LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING AS WSW FLOW DEVELOPS MON THROUGH WED. PRELIM #S: BKV 070/091 070/090 3535 TPA 075/090 075/090 3535 GIF 073/091 074/091 4545 SRQ 073/090 073/090 3535 FMY 073/090 073/090 4545= TBW...NONE. MORALES
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:41 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large limbs and one tree fell on a vehicle along County Road 486.
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: 5298202.