1 thunderstorm wind, 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 28, 7:56 PM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
856 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2003
DISCUSSION...IR AND WATER VAPOR STLT SHOWS LARGE AREA CONVECTION
FROM THE YUCATAN NORTH INTO THE EAST AND CENTRAL GULF. LATEST MSAS
DATA PLACES SURFACE RIDGE AXIS NORTH OF CWFA WITH FAIRLY DEEP
SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH LOW LEVEL FLOW. PUBLIC ZONES GENERALLY OK...BUT
WILL UPDATE TO REMOVE EVENING WORDING AND ALSO PRECIPITATION TIMING
FOR THE COASTAL ZONES.
MARINE...HAVE ALREADY ISSUED ONE MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT WITH
MORE POSSIBLE. WILL UPDATE WITH SCEC ALL GULF WATERS FOR 15KT WITH
GUSTS TO 20KT AND BEEF UP TSTM WORDING. WILL KEEP TAMPA BAY OUT
OF SCEC.
.TBW...SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION BONITA BEACH TO SUWANNEE
OUT TO 60NM.
RKRFLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-281400- WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL FL 530 AM EDT SAT JUN 28 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE IS NOW OVER THE AREA AND WILL COMBINE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING OVER THE REGION TO GENERATE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY MOVING OVER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH THE DAY. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH... DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: A MOIST UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AND COMBINE WITH THE AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE TO GENERATE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY. MONDAY THROUGH INDEPENDENCE DAY...THE BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL REMAIN ESTABLISHED OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA FOR MORE TYPICAL MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EACH DAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW RD
FLZ042-048>050-290300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 950 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2003 ...TORRENTIAL RAINS MOVING TOWARD THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE FROM PINELLAS THROUGH CITRUS COUNTIES... A LINE OF STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE ONSHORE BETWEEN CLEARWATER BEACH AND HOMOSASSA BETWEEN 10 AND 11 PM THIS EVENING. THE STORMS... MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH...WILL AFFECT SHORELINE LOCATIONS HARDEST...PRIMARILY ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 19. THIS WILL INCLUDE LOCATIONS SUCH AS TARPON SPRINGS...NEW PORT RICHEY...HUDSON...AND HERNANDO BEACH. STORMS WILL MOVE ASHORE IN NORTHERN PINELLAS AND PASCO COUNTIES BY 1015 PM...HERNANDO AND CITRUS COUNTIES BY 1045 PM. COASTAL RESIDENTS CAN ALSO EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AS WELL AS BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH. MOTORISTS NEAR THE COAST CAN EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITY TO ONE MILE OR LESS...AS WELL AS PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THIS EVENING. && REMEMBER...LIGHTNING KILLS STAY AWAY FROM SOURCES OF ELECTRICITY... OR UNPLUG THEM BEFORE THE STORMS HIT. BSG
MARINE LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1016 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2003
TIME(EDT) .....MARINE SUBZONE.... GMZ ...EVENT/REMARKS...
......MARINE ZONE......
1014 PM JOHNS PASS-CLWTR 853 34 KT MARINE TSTM WIND
06/28/03 ENGLWD-TARP SPGS 20NM REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
NETWORK AUTOMATED SENSOR ON
CLEARWATER BEACH.
BSGFLZ050-051-055-290330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1030 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2003 ...TORRENTIAL RAINS HEADED FOR MUCH OF THE TAMPA BAY METRO AREA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE COAST OF MANATEE COUNTY...AND JUST OFFSHORE FROM THE MOUTH OF TAMPA BAY. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ONSHORE AND COVER MOST OF PINELLAS COUNTY...THE WESTERN HALF OF MANATEE COUNTY...AND WESTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...BETWEEN 1030 AND 1115 PM. CITIES TO BE IMPACTED HARDEST BY THE STORMS INCLUDE BRADENTON...SAINT PETERSBURG...AND ALL BEACHES BETWEEN CLEARWATER AND LONGBOAT PASS. PARTS OF TAMPA WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE TORRENTIAL RAINS. RESIDENTS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST...SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE BLINDING RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...AND EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS BEFORE MIDNIGHT. && REMEMBER...LIGHTNING KILLS STAY AWAY FROM SOURCES OF ELECTRICITY... OR UNPLUG THEM BEFORE THE STORMS HIT. BSG
MARINE LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1047 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2003
TIME(EDT) .....MARINE SUBZONE.... GMZ ...EVENT/REMARKS...
......MARINE ZONE......
1036 PM HUDSON-BAYPORT 850 47 KT MARINE TSTM WIND
06/28/03 TARP SPGS-SUWANNEE 20NM SKYWARN SPOTTER NEAR
HERNANDO BEACH REPORTED
MEASURED 55 MPH WIND GUST
BSGThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind gusts to 63 MPH were measured by an amateur radio weather station. Coincidently, an amateur radio Field Day site testing emergency communications reported damage to antennas, awnings, and tents.
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: 5365486.