1 flash flood, 1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 22, 12:40 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 140 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2003 RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW WIDESPREAD CONVECTION OVER THE ENTIRE AREA ATTM. FLOOD PROBLEMS CONTINUE WITH MANY RIVERS AT OR NEAR RECORD LEVELS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ADDING TO URBAN FLOODING PROBLEMS AS WELL. SFC FRONT FROM THE ATLANTIC STALLED OVER EXTREME N FL TO THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES. CONFLUENT REGION CONTINUES OVER THE FL PENINSULA WITH DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE IN PLACE. WV SAT IMAGERY SHOWING SHORTWAVE ENERGY OVER THE GULF MOVING OVERHEAD WITH DRY AIR OVER NORTH FL AS WELL...JUST N OF OUR CWA. PROBLEM FLOODING EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...SO WILL EXTEND FLOOD WATCH THRU MONDAY. MODEL DIFFERENCES CONTINUE WITH AVN REMAINING VERY WET WHILE FORMING A LOW IN GULF AND MOVES IT TO S FL LATE MON...THE MESOETA IS LESS WET WITH NO LOW. LAST OF THE SHORTWAVES TO MOVE INTO EASTERN GULF TONIGHT...STRENGTH STILL IN QUESTION...BUT END RESULT WILL BE MORE EVENING TO OVERNIGHT PRECIP. MAINLY FROM NATURE COAST SOUTHWARD. BOTH MODELS BEGIN TO SLOWLY SINK MOISTURE SOUTH THRU MON. SHORTWAVE AND ENERGY TO BE IN EXTREME SE GULF ON MON WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SW FL...WILL TREND POPS TO REFLECT THIS SCENARIO. ENTIRE AREA TO BEGIN TO REALLY DRY OUT LATE MON AND TUE WITH NW/N FLOW ALOFT AND DRIER AIR FILTERING IN. TEMPS CLOSE TO GUIDANCE. EXTENDED(WED-SUN)...MUCH NEEDED DRIER AIR SHOULD KEEP NORTH INTO CENTRAL ZONES ON THE DRY SIDE ON WEDNESDAY AS N-NELY UPPER FLOW MAINTAINS A DRIER AIR MASS (PWS 1) ACROSS THESE AREAS. GIVEN THIS WILL REMOVE POPS FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ZONES (NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM KSRQ TO KLAL)...BUT WILL RETAIN ISOLATED POP WORDING ACROSS MY FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES WHERE SLIGHTLY HIGHER PWS WILL RESIDE. BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY LATEST GFS SOLUTION SHOWS MOISTURE AND POP CHANCES INCREASING ONCE AGAIN. IN ADDITION THE GFS CONTINUES TO DEPICT SOME SORT OF WEAK SFC LOW REFLECTION OFF THE FL EAST COAST WITH A TROUGH AXIS EXTENDING WEST TO THE GULF. GIVEN THIS ALONG WITH HIGHER MOISTURE VALUES WILL DEPICT POPS 40% FOR BOTH DAYS. AS FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND THINGS COULD BECOME QUITE INTERESTING AND UNFORTUNATELY VERY WET. LATEST GFS/MRF SOLUTIONS SHOWS DEEPER MOISTURE ADVECTING INTO THE FA FROM THE SOUTH ON A DEVELOPING DEEP SE-SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW AS A TROPICAL WAVE MOVES FROM THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN NWWD INTO THE SERN GULF. WE WILL NEED TO MONITOR FUTURE MODEL RUNS TO SEE IF SCENARIO PANS OUT...BUT FOR NOW WILL ADVERTISE POPS IN THE HIGH END OF THE SCATTERED RANGE 50% FOR ALL ZONES. NO REAL TEMPERATURE CHANGES EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH READINGS REMAINING AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL LEVELS. MARINE...STILL EXPECT WEAK FLOW OVER THE MARINE WATERS EVEN IF WEAK LOW FORMS THEN GRADUALLY SHIFT AROUND TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST BY TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTH. WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW 15 KNOTS THROUGH THE PERIOD...NO HIGHLIGHTS EXPECTED. FIRE WEATHER...NO PROBLEMS OR HIGHLIGHTS. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS: BKV 069/091 067/093 4311 TPA 074/089 074/091 5422 GIF 073/090 072/093 5422 SRQ 074/088 073/090 6522 FMY 074/088 074/092 7632 .TBW...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL ZONES THROUGH MONDAY. RD/JM
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-221500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 600 AM EDT SUN JUN 22 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 THIS COMBINED WITH WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CAUSE PERIODS OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. WIDESPREAD RAINS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY 6 INCHES...IS LIKELY AGAIN TODAY...BUT MAINLY IN LOCATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 4. 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY: THE REGION WILL SEE A RETURN TO MORE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME WEATHER WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY 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
FLZ055-060-221800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 151 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2003 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING THROUGH MANATEE AND SARASOTA COUNTIES... AT 151 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF PALMETTO TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VENICE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. A SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN BRADENTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT... PALMETTO. ELLENTON. BRADENTON. GATOR CREEK ESTATES. MYAKKA RIVER STATE PARK. SARASOTA. VENICE. && LAT...LON 2754 8259 2707 8246 2706 8215 2760 8227 25
FLZ055-060-222000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 151 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2003 CORRECTED TO FIX EXPIRATION TIME ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING THROUGH MANATEE AND SARASOTA COUNTIES... AT 151 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF PALMETTO TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VENICE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. A SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN BRADENTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT... PALMETTO. ELLENTON. BRADENTON. GATOR CREEK ESTATES. MYAKKA RIVER STATE PARK. SARASOTA. VENICE. && LAT...LON 2754 8259 2707 8246 2706 8215 2760 8227 25
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Twenty one roads were washed out and State Roads 62, 64, 70, and 72 were closed due to the flooding and flash flooding. Rainfall of 11.78 inches was recorded 4 miles northeast of Myakka Head during the past three days.
Fresh water flooding inundated areas for three days. Most of the damage was confined to the public infrastructure in the areas of Bowling Green, Wauchula, and Zolfo Springs.
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: 5364808, 5364809.