Florida, 2002

Damaging Wind in Florida, June 28, 2002

June 28, 2002 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Open the live radar over this ground

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, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 12:55 PM EST, 3 hours 45 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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 28, 3:49 PM EST, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN  FL
449 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0243 PM    5 E CRYSTAL RIVER         FL   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/02   CITRUS                         SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS AND
                                          ONE TREE FELL ALONG CR 486
                                          2 MILES E OF SR 44. ONE
                                          TREE FELL ON A CAR.
                                          REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

BSG

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:37 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pinellas

When
June 28, 4:40 PM EST
Where
Pinellas County, Clearwater
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
27.967, -82.800

Tops of trees sheared off and 10 inch limbs snapped off

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

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: 5298204.