1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 8, 1:25 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
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 Tampa radar (KTBW), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:41 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Damage survey showed path from Boca Ciega Isle to McPherson Bayou with damage to 40 homes, 10 of which where uninhabitable due to water damage. The tornado ripped off parts of roofs, crumbled pool cages, and toppled trees.
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