Flash Flood in Florida, June 19, 2003

Name: Flash Flood in Florida, June 19, 2003
Start: 2003-06-19T08:40
End: 2003-06-19T15:00
Location: Florida

June 19, 2003 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $250,000
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 19, 2:07 AM EST, 6 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 2:07 AM EST, 6 hours 33 minutes before

WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
307 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2003

CURRENTLY...PRECIPITATION SOUTH OF A KSRQ-KGIF LINE REACHES
BEYOND THE SOUTH CWFA. HEAVIER SHOWERS/ISOLATED TSTMS WERE NEAR
AND OFFSHORE KFMY.

SHORT TERM (TODAY-SAT NIGHT)...UPPER LEVEL TROUGHINESS FROM THE GREAT
LAKES TO THE WESTERN GULF COAST AND AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS
FLORIDA WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SAT WHEN THE TROUGHINESS SHIFTS EASTWARD
AND DEEPENS INTO A LOW OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES AND THE UPPER
RIDGE SLIDES SOUTH SOME. THESE SYSTEMS WILL PROVIDE DEEP SOUTH AND
SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...TAPPING TROPICAL MOISTURE AND KEEPING
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ABOVE 2 INCHES THROUGH THE PERIOD. HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE ATLANTIC MAINTAIN A RIDGE AXIS ACROSS SOUTH FL WITH
MOSTLY SOUTHWEST LOW LEVEL FLOW ACROSS THE CWFA. MOSTLY CLOUDY TO
CLOUDY TO PREVAIL WITH POPS LIKELY FOR THE AFTERNOONS AND IN THE MID
TO HIGH SCATTERED RANGE OTHERWISE. THE HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNT ARE
EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST WITH A FLOOD WATCH FOR COASTAL COUNTIES...
LISTED BELOW...INTO FRIDAY. RAIN AND CLOUDS WILL HELP KEEP HIGHS ON
THE LOW SIDE WHILE SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL KEEP LOWS IN THE MID 70S.

EXTENDED (SAT NIGHT-WED)...THE CUT OFF LOW OVER THE NORTHEAST U.S.
LIFTS OUT AND IS REPLACED BY A DEEP LAYER RIDGE.  WE GET BACK INTO
EASTERLY FLOW BY EARLY NEXT WEEK AND WITH THAT PM SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

MARINE...OTHER THAN TSTMS NO PROBLEMS WITH WINDS SOUTHWEST BECOMING
WEST AND THEN MOSTLY VARIABLE AT SPEEDS OF 10KT OR LESS.

FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS.

THANKS FOR THE COORD MIA.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS:
BKV 088/073 090/073 7472
TPA 088/075 088/079 7472
GIF 088/074 090/075 7474
SRQ 087/076 087/078 7472
FMY 088/074 090/075 7474

.TBW...FLOOD WATCH FOR THE COUNTIES OF CHARLOTTE...CITRUS...
       HERNANDO...HILLSBOROUGH...LEVY...MANATEE...PASCO...
       PINELLAS...SARASOTA...LEE...THROUGH FRIDAY.

RKR/DS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 5:05 AM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes before

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-191500-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL FL
605 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY:

...A FLOOD WATCH FOR COASTAL COUNTIES TODAY AND TONIGHT...

DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO TRAVERSE THE AREA TODAY
AND TONIGHT...PROVIDING PERIODS OF RAIN WHICH MAY BE HEAVY AT
TIMES AND ALSO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME NUMEROUS BY
THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS OFFSHORE BEFORE SUNRISE THIS
MORNING WILL BE MOVING ACROSS COASTAL LOCATIONS THIS MORNING AMD
OVER INLAND COUNTIES BY AFTERNOON...AND INCREASING IN AREAL
COVERAGE.

THE GREATEST THREAT TODAY WILL BE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN FLOOD
PRONE AREAS...WITH RAINFALL THAT COULD LOCALLY BE AS HIGH AS 4 TO
5 INCHES.

HOWEVER...THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS ALSO POSE A THREAT WITH STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY:

...A FLOOD WATCH FOR COASTAL COUNTIES CONTINUES FRIDAY...

THE MOIST TROPICAL AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM OVER THE AREA
WITH THE THREAT OF FLOODING EXISTING INTO FRIDAY. SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY TO SATURDAY.

SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL SEE A RETURN TO SCATTERED MAINLY
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Pasco

When: June 19, 8:40 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where: Pasco County, Hudson
Property damage: $250,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 28.307, -82.439 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy rains caused flooding that impacted 125 properties and flooded 25 homes and businesses in the Hudson, Odessa, Wesley Chapel, and Zephyrhills area. Nine roads were damaged to a total of $150,000. The rainfall totals for the day were 8.01 inches 6 miles east northeast of Tarpon Springs, 6.36 inches in Gowers Corner, and 5.65 inches in Hudson.

What these are

Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5365091.