1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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 21, 12:20 PM EST, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 120 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2003 NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. BRIEF BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER EARLIER HAS ADDED TO HEATING INCREASING INSTABILITY THE FILL IN WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS. FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES WITH ABUNDANT RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER ALREADY SATURATED AREAS AS MANY RIVERS REMAIN IN OR NEAR FLOOD. MODELS DIFFER CONSIDERABLY THRU 60 HOURS. BELIEVE GFS OVERDONE WITH SFC LOW DEVELOPING ON FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN GULF THEN INTO THE EASTERN GULF. WILL GO WITH MORE OF THE SAME FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. WESTERLY FLOW TO CONTINUE TO KEEP ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE IN PLACE AS UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVES/PVA ROTATE OVERHEAD. MOISTURE TO SLOWLY SINK SOUTHWARD IN TIME...SO WILL HOLD THE HIGHEST POPS SOUTH AND TREND LOWER INTO THE NORTH. TEMPS TO REMAIN STEADY. WILL CONTINUE FLOOD WATCH ALL AREAS INTO SUNDAY...WITH MORE EXPECTED RAINFALL IN ALREADY SATURATED AREAS. EXPECT TO SEE MORE IN THE WAY OF SUN AND LOWER SCT POPS ON MON. TEMPS TO WARM TO NEAR NORMAL. EXTENDED(TUE-SAT)...LATEST GFS SOLUTION NOW DIFFERING FROM PREVIOUS RUNS WITH RESPECT TO DRIER AIR MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. 12Z RUN NOW DEPICTS UPPER TROUGHINESS AND AMPLE TROPICAL MOISTURE REMAINING IN PLACE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FA THROUGH THURSDAY WITH THE GFS DEPICTING A WEAK (1010-1013MB) SPURIOUS LOOKING SFC LOW LURKING JUST OFFSHORE THE FL WEST COAST THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS SOLUTION IS RATHER SUSPECT AT THIS TIME...SO CONFIDENCE IN ITS FORECAST IS ON THE LOW SIDE SO WILL MAINTAIN NEAR CLIMO POPS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ZONES...WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER VALUES FAR NORTH...WHERE SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR WILL RESIDE. BEYOND THIS THE MRF SHOWS A SFC RIDGE AXIS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE SOUTH-CENTRAL PENINSULA FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...SO A MORE TYPICAL SUMMER TIME REGIME SHOULD BE THE RULE WITH MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING CONVECTION GENERATED BY AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS. NO REAL TEMPERATURE CHANGES EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH READINGS CONTINUING AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL LEVELS. MARINE...SW/WESTERLY FLOW TO CONTINUE WITH LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED. NO HIGHLIGHTS EXPECTED. FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS: BKV 073/088 072/090 5533 TPA 076/088 075/089 7734 GIF 075/089 074/090 6734 SRQ 076/087 074/088 7854 FMY 074/088 074/089 7865 .TBW...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL ZONES INTO SUNDAY. RD/JM
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-211500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 615 AM EDT SAT JUN 21 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TODAY... DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND THIS COMBINED WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CAUSE PERIODS OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. WIDESPREAD RAINS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY 8 INCHES...IS LIKELY AGAIN TODAY. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE SERIOUS PROBLEMS...INCLUDING WIDESPREAD FRESHWATER FLOODING. SUCH FLOODING COULD CLOSE DOZENS OF ROADS...INCLUDING A FEW MAJOR THOROUGHFARES... AND FLOOD PASTURE LAND. IN ADDITION...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSE A THREAT OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: THE MOIST TROPICAL AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A BRADENTON TO SEBRING LINE... WITH THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN SUNDAY AND SOME FLOODING STILL POSSIBLE. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WILL SEE A RETURN TO ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW PRC
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Manatee River at Rye Bridge crested at 19.71 feet on June 22nd. Manual river readings were performed as the gauge went under water. This was the second highest crest ever and the highest crest since the Manatee Dam was built. The flood stage is 11 feet.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 2003
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: 5363885.