Florida, 2002

Flood in Florida, June 8, 2002

June 8, 2002 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Wind
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  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
1
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 8, 1:25 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 1:25 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
225 PM EDT SAT JUN 8 2002

CURRENTLY...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE REGION WITH MOST PRECIPITATION COMING TO AN END FROM AN
OCALA TO ORLANDO TO VERO BEACH LINE BEHIND MAIN WIND SHIFT/SURGE.
CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE WEST SOUTHWEST ACROSS
THE FORECAST AREA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND END FROM NORTH TO SOUTH LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

FORECAST...MODELS FAIRLY SIMILAR FOR THE FIRST FEW DAYS.  EASTERLY
FLOW WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY
PART OF NEXT WEEK.  MESOETA IS SHOWING A LOT OF DRIER AIR MOVING
INTO THE AREA SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES
DROPPING TO NEAR 1 INCH OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION SUNDAY
AND TO BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION MONDAY.
THINK THE TREND OF BRINGING DRIER AIR IN IS CORRECT...BUT A LITTLE
OVERDONE.  WILL FOLLOW AVN SOLUTION WHICH HAS SOME DRYING...AND LOWER
POPS SOME ON SUNDAY OVER NORTHERN AND INTERIOR ZONES AS SOME DRIER
AIR COMES IN.  SEA BREEZE IS NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE TOO FAR INLAND ON
SUNDAY SO BEST CHANCES OF RAIN WILL BE ALONG CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
COASTAL COUNTIES.  ON MONDAY WILL LOWER POPS ACROSS THE ENTIRE
AREA...BUT SHOULD STILL SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORM
DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON.  BY MID-WEEK...AVN IS STILL
INDICATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW ON THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA MOVING
NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN FLORIDA BY LATE WEEK.  WILL LIKELY BE AT
LEAST A TROUGH ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA AND WITH EASTERLY FLOW CONTINUING
WE SHOULD SEE MORE SCATTERED CONVECTION DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS EACH DAY.

MARINE...EASTERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS TONIGHT AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK.

FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS:
BKV 069/090 068/092 3322
TPA 073/090 074/092 3433
GIF 071/091 072/092 3322
SRQ 071/089 072/091 4533
FMY 071/091 072/092 5533

THANKS FOR THE COORDINATION CALL MLB.

.TBW...NONE.

PRC

The radar

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Pinellas

When
June 8, 2:55 PM EST
Where
Pinellas County, Treasure Is
Injuries
1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
27.903, -82.739 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy rain caused the roof of a hotel to collapse. One minor injury was reported due to falling ceiling tiles inside the motel during the collapse.

What these are

Flood
Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

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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: 5298413.