1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 23, 1:10 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 210 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2003 CURRENTLY...RADAR SHOWED DECREASE IN ACTIVITY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN WATERS/ZONES AND ISOLATED SHOWERS ACROSS CENTRAL ZONES. FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. SHORT TERM (TGT-WED)...AVN CONTINUES TO HAVE CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK PROBLEMS AND DEVELOPS UPPER LEVEL LOW AT TAIL END OF TROUGH 160NM WEST OF NAPLES TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN DRIFTS FEATURE NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY. WILL GO WITH ETA SOLUTION THAT BRINGS DRY HIGH PRESSURE SOUTH THROUGH STATE WITH BAND OF PRECIP REMAINING SOUTH OF FORECAST AREA LATER TONIGHT. DRY HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH ONLY AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE WITH DAYTIME HEATING. EXPECT A RETURN TO SUNSHINE WITH HIGHS NEAR 90. EXTENDED (WED NGT-SUN)...12Z GFS RUNNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON...SO WILL BASE FCST ON COMBINATION OF 06Z GFS AND LATEST ETA SUITES. IN ANY EVENT THE THE GFS CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK PROBLEMS IN THE NEAR TERM PART OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD...DEPICTING UPPER TROUGHINESS AND WEAK SFC LOW 1013MB MOVING SLOWLY N-NWWD OFF THE FL WEST COAST. ONGOING AND EXPECTED UPPER AIR PATTERN DOES NOT FAVOR THIS SCENARIO AT THIS TIME...SO WILL CONTINUE TO IGNORE GFS SOLUTION. DRIER AIR SHOULD KEEP POPS IN CHECK THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH VALUES REMAINING BELOW CLIMO-LEVELS. BY THURSDAY AND INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND THOUGH...MOISTURE LEVELS WILL AGAIN BE ON THE INCREASE AS LOW AND MID LEVEL FLOW BECOME SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHERLY AHEAD OF YET ANOTHER DIGGING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE LOWER MS VALLEY. COMBINATION OF APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH AND DEEPER MOISTURE AXIS WILL ALL TRANSLATE INTO HIGHER POPS WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION EXPECTED EACH DAY...AND WILL REFLECT THIS IN THE GRIDS WITH POPS IN THE 40-50% RANGE. NO TEMPERATURES CHANGES WITH SEASONAL READINGS CONTINUING. MARINE...WINDS REMAIN BELOW 15 MPH UNTIL THE WEEKEND WHEN SOUTH WINDS INCREASE TO 15 KTS AHEAD OF APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS: BKV 066/092 068/092 1211 TPA 072/090 071/090 2211 GIF 070/092 071/092 1211 SRQ 086/072 090/071 2211 FMY 088/072 092/072 3322 .TBW...NONE. NOAH
FLZ039-042-043-048>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
FLZ049-232000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 339 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2003 ...FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE IN PASCO COUNTY... AT 330 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN HUDOSN AT HAYES ROAD. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE STORM NEARLY STATIONARY. FUNNEL CLOUDS CAN BECOME BRIEF...SMALL...BUT DANGEROUS TORNADOES. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 2840 8265 2827 8251 2829 8240 2842 8242
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were downed by a brief thunderstorm wind gust.
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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: 5364636.