1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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 23, 8:27 PM EST, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 927 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2003 BACK DOOR COOL FRONT HAS STALLED ACROSS THE PNSULA FROM NW TO SE ALONG THE ERN BORDER OF THE TBW CWFA FROM BRONSON IN ERN LEVY COUNTY TO WILDWOOD...DOWN THE KISSIMMEE RIVER TO STUART ON THE ATLNTC COAST. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUE GENERATE IN THE TROPICAL AIRMASS S OF THE FRONT MAINLY ALONG A LINE FROM TAMPA BAY TO LAKE OKEE. PREMISE IS FOR THESE SHWRS TO SLOWLY DIMINISH BY 10-11PM. FINALLY THE DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO DEPART SWD AS UPPER WINDS HAVE STEERED TO N-NWLY. THE LOWER ATMOS WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY AS SOME OF THE DRIER AIR EAST OF THE FRONT WITH DEWPTS IN THE 60S FILTERS WWD ACROSS THE PNSULA. THIS SHOULD SPELL CLEARING SKIES TONIGHT...THEN LOTS OF SUNSHINE ON TUES/WEDNES WITH ONLY 20 PERCENT CHANCE FOR AN AFTN/EVE SHWR/TSTM. BUT CONTINUED ELY LOW LVL FLOW WILL EVENTUALLY PROMOTE DEEPENING ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE FOR A RETURN TO TYPICAL SUMMER-LIKE SCT AFTN/EVE TSTMS FOR THURS/FRI. WILL UPDATE PUBLIC ZONE FCST AS SHWRS DISSIPATE THIS LATE EVENING. .MARINE...WINDS TO REMAIN LIGHT IN TRANSITION TO ELY LATER TNGT... WITH CONTINUED ELY 10KT WINDS TUES/WED EXCEPT FOR AFTN COASTAL ONSHORE SEA BREEZES DAILY. .TBW...NONE. DMR
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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Peace River near Bartow crested at 8.32 feet on June 25th. The flood stage is 8 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: 5365096.