1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 23, 8:45 AM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
945 AM EDT MON JUN 23 2003
CURRENTLY...EXPECT AREAS OF LOW LEVEL STRATUS/FOG ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 4 TO BURN OFF THIS AFTERNOON. FURTHER ALOFT...WATER VAPOR
LOOP SHOWED DRY AIR ALOFT NORTH OF A TAMPA TO NASA LINE MOVING SOUTH
AT 12 KTS. DIFFLUENCE ALOFT HAS AIDED A LINE OF STORMS ACROSS
SOUTHERN COASTAL WATERS AND LEE/CHARLOTTE COUNTIES. RADAR SHOWED
THREE HOUR RAIN FALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES BETWEEN FORT MYERS TO
CAPTIVA. THE LINE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAD SOME
TRAINING FROM THE GULF BUT THE LINE CONTINUED TO SAG SOUTH.
ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM PINELLAS COUNTY TO THE
NORTHWEST. 12Z SOUNDING SHOWED SUBSIDENCE AND DRYING ABOVE 550 MB
BUT THE PRECIP WATER WAS STILL 1.91 INCHES. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY
REMAIN WITH A LIFTED INDEX OF -3. WILL LOWER POPS TO 10-20% ACROSS
NORTHERN HALF OF FORECAST AREA...OTHERWISE NO CHANGES.
HEAVIEST AND MOST WIDESPREAD RAIN TO BE IN THE FORT MYERS AREA EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE SAGGING SOUTH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
EXPECTED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 4 AND ISOLATED STORMS POSSIBLE TO THE
NORTH. WILL KEEP FLOOD WATCH AS IS DUE TO SATURATED GROUND AND
EXPECTED THUNDERSTORMS...BUT DO NOT EXPECT WIDESPREAD PROBLEMS.
MARINE...WINDS LESS THAN 15 KTS SO NO PROBLEMS EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. EXPECT DECREASING ACTIVITY ACROSS SOUTHERN WATERS AND
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE.
FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS.
.TBW...FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR PASCO...PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...
POLK...MANATEE...SARASOTA...HARDEE...DESOTO...HIGHLANDS...
CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES.
NOAHFLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-231500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 600 AM EDT MON JUN 23 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PASCO...PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH... POLK...MANATEE...SARASOTA...HARDEE...DESOTO...HIGHLANDS...CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES TODAY... THE DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE HAS SHIFTED SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA 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 IN LOCATIONS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SARASOTA TO LAKE OKEECHOBEE. 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: 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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding closed three miles of Burnt Store Road from the Marina to Kismet Parkway and caused minor water damage to several businesses.
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: 5363890.