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 Mar 27, 9:22 AM EST, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 922 AM EST THU MAR 27 2003 ACTIVE RADAR OVER MAINLY THE MARINE AREAS THIS MORNING AS PNSULA APPEARS TO BE ENCIRCLED WITH CONVECTIVE SHWRS/TSTMS. THIS ACTIVITY IS RENEWED AFTER THE OVERNIGHT AREA OF TSTMS OVER THE ERN GOMEX DISSIPATED COMING OFF THE GULF LOOP CURRENT INTO A SOMEWHAT MORE UNFAVORABLE MORE STABLE ENVIRONMENT OVER THE PNSULA AS EVIDENT WITH THE 12K FT INVERSION ON THE 12Z TBW RAOB. BUT AS THE UPPER LOW CUTOFF CENTERED OVER THE N CNTRL GOMEX KICKS OUT ENEWD TDY THRU TNGT INTO THE ATLNTC OFF THE GA COAST BY FRI MRNG...CONDITIONS ARE QUICKLY BECOMING MORE UNSTABLE TO GENERATE CONSIDERABLE SHWR/TSTM DVELPMT TDY ENDING THIS EVENING. MORNING GOMEX CONVECTION FURTHER ENHANCED BY MODEL INDICATED PVA AREA SWINGING NEWD INTO PNSULA. THIS SHOULD FAVOR BEST PCPN CHANCES THRU ERY/MID AFTN ALONG FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES...WITH FAVORED CONVECTION OVER THE INLAND COUNTIES MID AFTN THRU LATE DAY. SOME STORMS EXPECTED TO BE POTENT...ESPECIALLY INLAND AREAS AND NRN FA UNDER COOLER TEMPS ALOFT...WITH CONCERNED POTENTIAL SEVERE THREAT FOR HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ONGOING PACKAGE FOR THE SHORT TERM SEEMS OK BUT WILL EDGE UP TDYS MAX TEMPS A FEW DEGS DUE TO INCREASED SUNSHINE THIS MRNG. MARINE...WITH TBW 12Z RAOB WINDS OF 20+KTS 1K-3K FT...WILL BUMP UP SFC WINDS TO 10-15 KTS TDY. .TBW...NONE. DMR/DN
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-271600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 520 AM EST THU MAR 27 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: ...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING...WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER TO THE AREA. FOR THIS MORNING...ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. BY EARLY AFTERNOON...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND STRENGTH... ESPECIALLY OVER INTERIOR LOCATIONS...WITH SOME STORMS BECOMING STRONG TO SEVERE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST TODAY AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES. REMEMBER...ALL THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY: ...MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATER THIS WEEKEND... ANOTHER STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE WEST ON SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG STORMS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS AND STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS CONCERNING THE THREAT FOR STRONG STORMS LATER THIS WEEKEND. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON...AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW MORALES
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:48 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
One fence and one tree were knocked down as well as several large limbs. Damage to trees and fences suggest a north to south wind event.
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