1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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, 1:30 AM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 230 AM EDT SUN JUN 22 2003 CURRENTLY...RATHER QUIET MORNING WITH JUST SOME DEBRIS CLOUDS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. EXPECT MORE CONVECTION TO DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING...SIMILAR TO SATURDAY...ONCE DAYTIME HEATING KICKS IN HELPING TO DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE. SHORT TERM (TODAY-TUE)...MODELS CONTINUING TO GIVE CONSIDERABLY DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS THRU 60 HOURS. GFS APPEARS TO BE OVERDONE WITH SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING ON FRONT AND APPEARS TO BE HAVING SOME GRID SCALE CONVECTION PROBLEMS. WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSPORT ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION WHILE UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVES/PVA ROTATE OVERHEAD. WILL GO MORE ALONG WITH THE ETA/MESOETA WHICH SHOW THE HEAVIEST RAINS A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH... GENERALLY SOUTH OF LINE FROM BRADENTON TO SEBRING. BAND OF DEEPEST MOISTURE WILL SLOWLY SINK SOUTHWARD MONDAY AND WILL LEAVE HIGHEST POPS ACROSS SOUTHERN ZONES. ALL MODELS SHOW SIGNIFICANT DRYING FOR TUESDAY AS TROPICAL PLUME CONTINUES TO SAG SOUTHWARD AS UPPER LEVEL CUTOFF LOW AND ASSOCIATED TROUGH MOVE OFF THE EAST COAST OF THE U.S. AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE PENINSULA. WILL CONTINUE FLOOD WATCH ALL AREAS TODAY...WITH MORE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO WARM UP BACK TO NEAR NORMAL OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH LOWS SUBSIDING SOME AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN BY TUESDAY. EXTENDED (TUE NIGHT-SAT)... GENERALLY DRY CONDS EXPECTED TUE NIGHT INTO THURS AS N FLOW ALOFT BETWEEN EASTERN PERIPHERY OF SOUTHERN U.S. RIDGE AND WEAK TROUGHING OFF THE EAST COAST CONTINUES TO BRING UNUSUALLY LOW RH AIR ABOVE THE SFC (FOR LATE JUNE) INTO THE AREA. BY FRI...RIDGE BEGINS TO FLATTEN AS YET ANOTHER 500 MB TROUGH MARCHES ACROSS THE NATIONS MIDSECTION...AND UPPER WINDS BEGIN TURNING TOWARD THE S AS SFC WINDS VEER FROM NE TO S/SE. FOR NOW...HAVE RETAINED ISOLD PCPN WED...THOUGH VIRTUALLY ALL N AREAS WILL PROBABLY REMAIN RAIN-FREE. HAVE BACKED OFF PCPN CHANCES A HAIR THURS...BUT RETAINED THE MORE TYPICAL SCT AFTN TSTMS FRI AND SAT. DAYTIME TEMPS WILL BE NEAR NORMAL. RELATIVELY PLEASANT OVERNIGHTS WED/THU...ESPECIALLY AWAY FROM URBAN AREAS...WILL RETURN TO MORE TYPICAL SUMMER VALUES BY NEXT WEEKEND. MARINE...WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY 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 AND NO FLAGS ANTICIPATED. FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS: BKV 088/071 090/068 5331 TPA 087/075 089/074 7341 GIF 088/074 090/072 7342 SRQ 086/074 088/073 8542 FMY 086/074 089/073 8563 .TBW...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL ZONES TODAY. PRC/BSG
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
FLZ039-042-221100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 440 EDT SUN JUN 22 2003 ...HEAVY RAINS HEADED FOR LEVY AND CITRUS COUNTIES... SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY IN THE NORTHEASTERN GULF THROUGH DAYBREAK. MODERATE SHOWERS HAVE MOVED ONSHORE BETWEEN CRYSTAL RIVER AND CEDAR KEY AS OF 430 AM...AND MORE SIGNIFICANT RAINS WILL ARRIVE BETWEEN 5 AND 7 AM. IN MOST AREAS OF CITRUS AND SOUTHERN LEVY COUNTY...THE GROUND REMAINS VERY SATURATED. LOCAL RAINS OF MORE THAN 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...AND MAY QUICKLY PRODUCE STREET FLOODING AGAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES...AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS OR URBAN FLOOD ADVISORIES...LATER THIS MORNING. BSG
FLZ039-042-221100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 505 AM EDT SUN JUN 22 2003 ...HEAVY RAINS HEADED FOR LEVY AND CITRUS COUNTIES... SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY IN THE NORTHEASTERN GULF THROUGH DAYBREAK. MODERATE SHOWERS HAVE MOVED ONSHORE BETWEEN CRYSTAL RIVER AND CEDAR KEY AS OF 430 AM...AND MORE SIGNIFICANT RAINS WILL ARRIVE BETWEEN 5 AND 7 AM. IN MOST AREAS OF CITRUS AND SOUTHERN LEVY COUNTY...THE GROUND REMAINS VERY SATURATED. LOCAL RAINS OF MORE THAN 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...AND MAY QUICKLY PRODUCE STREET FLOODING AGAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES...AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS OR URBAN FLOOD ADVISORIES...LATER THIS MORNING. BSG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Horse Creek near Arcadia recorded a record high crest of 18.02 feet on June 23rd. The flood stage is 12 feet. The nearby roads of Highway 72, County Road 769, and Pine Level Road were all closed as a result of the flooding.
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: 5364812.