Thunderstorm Wind, Hillsborough
- When
- June 29, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Hillsborough County, Valrico
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 27.933, -82.283
Downed trees damaged one car and one home.
Damaging Wind in Florida, June 29, 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
- $5,000
- 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 29, 2:10 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 2:10 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION...COR WORDING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 310 PM EDT SAT JUN 29 2002 WET PATTERN ACROSS THE REGION WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK. LIGHT SOUTHEAST BOUNDARY FLOW WILL PERSIST ONE MORE DAY BEFORE BECOMING SOUTHERLY ON SUNDAY NIGHT AS SURFACE HIGH TEMPORARILY RETREATS EAST OF FLORIDA. MOISTURE WILL POOL OVER THE NORTHERN FA INVOF A WEAK U/L LOW. THIS WILL INCREASE AFTERNOON SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY NORTH OF TAMPA. MONDAY APPEARS VERY SIMILAR WITH WEAK SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW AND DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE OVER THE REGION. HIGH POPS ACROSS THE AREA WITH HEAVIEST RAINFALL LIKELY NORTH OF TAMPA...WITH TRAINING OF CELLS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. SURFACE HIGH WILL BEGIN TO BUILD OVER SOUTH FLORIDA MONDAY NIGHT CAUSING THE BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW TO SHIFT SOUTHWEST. WITH U/L LOW POSITIONED OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF...ALTHOUGH WEAK...DEEP SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE FA. THIS WILL LEAD TO LATE NIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND SPREADING LOCALLY ONSHORE DURING THE MORNING HOURS. LOCALIZED TRAINING OF CELLS MAY DEVELOP ALONG PORTIONS OF THE COAST WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. THIS PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TIMING IS DIFFICULT...BUT IT APPEARS THE U/L LOW AND POSSIBLE WEAK SURFACE LOW WILL BEGIN TO LIFT EAST OF FLORIDA THURSDAY WITH FLOW BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST ACROSS THE FA FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS WOULD DECREASE AFTERNOON CONVECTION OVER MUCH OF THE FA WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE INTERIOR. SURFACE HIGH WILL BUILD OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. ON SATURDAY WITH DRIER AIR ALOFT ADVECTING OVER MUCH OF THE FA SIGNIFICANTLY LOWERING POPS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA SATURDAY. MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS LESS THAN 15 KNOTS AND SEAS LESS THAN 4 FEET THROUGH THE PERIOD. PRELIM S: BKV 071/089 071/088 3737 TPA 073/089 075/088 4747 GIF 073/091 074/091 3636 SRQ 072/089 074/088 4747 FMY 073/091 074/090 4747= TBW...NONE. OGLESBY
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:42 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
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- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 29, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, June 29, 2002
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 29, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Montana, June 29, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 29, 2002
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, June 29, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, June 29, 2002
More
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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: 5298205.