Florida, 2003Tornado in Florida, June 29, 2003
June 29, 2003 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What forecasters said that day
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 29, 8:24 PM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 8:24 PM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
924 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2003
DISCUSSION...LESS ACTIVE THAN LAST NIGHT. ISOLATED CONVECTION
STILL ONGOING...BUT WINDING DOWN AND MOVING OFFSHORE. STLT AND RUC
DATA SHOWS UPPER RIDGE STARTING TO BUILD IN ACROSS FLORIDA. MSAS
SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES RIDGE AXIS ALONG FL/GA BORDER WITH SE AND S
LOW LEVEL FLOW ACROSS CWFA. PLAN TO UPDATE PUBLIC ZONES BY 10 PM TO
DROP EVENING WORDING...WILL LEAVE SLIGHT CHANCE AFTER MIDNIGHT IN
NORTH GROUP. COASTAL WATERS FORECAST GOOD AND WILL ISSUE BY 1030 WITH
OUT CHANGE.
.TBW...NONE.
RKR
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 4:30 AM EST, 18 hours 22 minutes before
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-291400-
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL FL
530 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2003
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY:
A WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA
TO GENERATE POTENTIALLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY MOVING INTO THE THE AREA THIS MORNING.
WITH DAYTIME HEATING...THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN
COVERAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE NORTHWARD THROUGH
THE DAY. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY:
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.
RD
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 29, 6:32 PM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
732 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0653 PM 2 NW DADE CITY FL WIND DAMAGE
06/29/03 PASCO NUMEROUS TREES DOWN FROM
POSSIBLE TONADO. REPORTED
BY STORM SPOTTER.
RKR
...CORRECTED FOR PRODUCT TIME...Local storm report, Jun 29, 7:04 PM EST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
804 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0655 PM BOCA GRANDE FL WIND DAMAGE
06/29/03 LEE SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWN AT
VARIOUS LOCATIONS ON THE
ISLAND. REPORTED BY FIRE
AND RESCUE.
RKRLocal storm report, Jun 29, 7:52 PM EST, 3 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
852 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0841 PM BRADENTON BEACH FL 65 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/29/03 MANATEE WINDS 55 WITH GUSTS TO 65.
ROOF TORN OFF BOAT HOUSE.
REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER.Local storm report, Jun 29, 8:00 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
MARINE LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
900 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....MARINE SUBZONE.... GMZ ...EVENT/REMARKS...
......MARINE ZONE......
0841 PM LONGBOAT PASS-EGMONT 853 56 KT MARINE TSTM WIND
06/29/03 ENGLWD-TARP SPGS 20NM ALSO CAUSED ROOF DAMAGE TO
BOAT HOUSE ON BRADENTON
BEACH. REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
BSGLocal storm report, Jun 29, 9:22 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1022 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0653 PM DADE CITY FL WIND DAMAGE
06/28/03 PASCO NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS AND
TREES DOWN...AS WELL AS
POWER LINES. AT LEAST A
DOZEN STREETS BLOCKED AND
SEVERAL HOMES IMPACTED BY
FALLEN TREES. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
...UPDATED FOR LATER INFORMATION. DAMAGE MAY HAVE BEEN FROM
TORNADO...SURVEY BEING CONDUCTED FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WITH
POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE FROM THE NWS IN RUSKIN...
BSGLocal storm report, Jun 29, 9:38 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1038 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0841 PM BRADENTON BEACH FL WIND DAMAGE
06/29/03 MANATEE 2 TO 3 EYEWITNESSES REPORT
FUNNEL CLOUDS JUST OFF
BRADENTON BEACH. ROOF
DAMAGE TO SEASIDE
MOTEL...20 PEOPLE
EVACUATED. TREES DOWN ALONG
BEACH REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
...UPDATED FOR LATER INFORMATIONTornado, Charlotte
- When
- June 29, 10:52 PM EST to 10:57 PM EST
- Where
- Charlotte County, Charlotte Harbor
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.7 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 26.950, -82.067
A single rotating thunderstorm moved north through Charlotte Harbor and spawned a brief tornado in the city of Charlotte Harbor. Damage consisted mostly of downed trees and power lines. However, a gas station awning was blown down and a roof was damaged at a blood bank under construction. The damage was limited to areas where Kingsway, Edgewater, and Harborview cross U.S. Highway 41.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Wildfire in California, June 29 to 30, 2003$1.6 million · 1 event
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, June 29 to 30, 2003$165,000 · 20 events
- Lightning Strikes in New York, June 29, 2003$125,000 · 2 events
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in New York, June 29, 20031 injured · $50,000 · 75 kt wind · 2 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, June 29, 2003$50,000 · 0.88 in hail · 6 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 29, 2003$34,000 · 1 in hail · 8 events
- Tornado in Florida, June 29, 2003$40,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 29, 2003$25,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 29, 200355 kt wind · 6 events
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 29, 200350 kt wind · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 29, 20031 in hail · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 29, 20031 in hail · 4 events
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: 5366846.