Thunderstorm Wind, Citrus
- When
- June 28, 2:50 PM EST
- Where
- Citrus County, 5 mi N of Floral City
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 28.817, -82.283
Numerous large oak limbs down with average diameter of four inches.
Damaging Wind in Florida, June 28, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
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, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 12:55 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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 radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:51 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Michigan, June 28, 2002
- Rip Current in Alabama, June 28, 2002
- Flash Flood in New York, June 28, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, June 28, 2002
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 28, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Montana, June 28, 2002
- Wildfire in California, June 28, 2002
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 28, 2002
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, June 28, 2002
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 28, 2002
- Tornadoes in Montana, June 28, 2002
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 28 to 30, 2002
More
Every storm in Florida in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 2002
Sources
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: 5298203.