1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Mar 9, 1:51 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
151 PM EST SUN MAR 9 2003
IN THE SHORT TERM THE FRONT WILL SAG SLOWLY SOUTH...ALL MODELS AGREE
ON THAT. WITH IT A LINE OF SHOWERS WILL SHIFT SOUTHWARD DOWN THE
STATE. AN UPPER DISTURBANCE RACES EASTWARD AND OUT RUNS THE FRONT
BY THIS EVENING...SO IT IS QUESTIONABLE JUST HOW MUCH RAIN WILL
MAKE IT TO THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE AREA. THE GFS CONTINUES TO BE
MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THE FRONT. THE MESOETA WANTS TO HOLD IT UP AS
ANOTHER WAVE AND JET STREAK MOVE OUT OF TEXAS. IN FACT THE MESOETA
CREATES A NORTH/SOUTH BOUNDARY ALONG THE WEST COAST OF THE STATE
WITH A LITTLE ISENTROPIC LIFT AND PERHAPS WEAK LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOONS. WITH THE JET ENERGY
MOVING EAST ACROSS THE GULF I CAN BELIEVE THE FRONT HANGING UP OVER
SOUTH FLORIDA BUT THE MESO ETA SOLUTION SEEMS KIND OF UNUSUAL.
EVEN SO I WILL HOLD ONTO SMALL POPS ALONG THE SOUTHWEST COAST SOUTH
OF THE BAY FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY...PARTLY OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE
MESO ETA AND PARTLY BECAUSE THE FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS SOUTH
FLORIDA AND THERE WILL BE SOME RESIDUAL MOISTURE.
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS WEAK AND THE WINDS OFFSHORE FOR MOST
OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. FOR THE MOST PART WINDS AND SEAS WILL
REMAIN WELL BEHAVED.
.EXTENDED(WED-SUN)...WEAK RIDGE AXIS TO REMAIN ACROSS CENTRAL AND
NORTH FL...WITH GENERALLY EASTERLY FLOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWFA...
AS AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY LINGERS ACROSS THE SOUTH...PROVIDING LOW
AFTERNOON POPS MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTH THROUGH FRIDAY.
THE SURFACE RIDGE IS REINFORCED FROM THE NORTH AS AN UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH PUSHES A WEAK FRONT THROUGH FL AS THE TROUGH MOVES OFF
THE EAST U.S. COAST EARLY IN THE WEEKEND. WILL KEEP TEMPS SLIGHTLY
ABOVE NORMAL DURING PERIOD.
.FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS...ALTHOUGH RH VALUES MAY BE IN THE
40 PERCENT RANGE MONDAY ACROSS THE NORTH.
PRELIMINARY NUMBERS
BKV 058/080 053/082 3000
TPA 065/079 062/081 4101
GIF 066/081 061/084 4-0-
SRQ 065/079 061/080 42-2
FMY 069/084 064/085 32-2
.TBW...NONE.
SOBIEN/RUDEFLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-091630- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 531 AM EST SUN MAR 9 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: A COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER THE NATURE COAST THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...WITH SOME ISOLATED STORMS MAKING IT INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA. WHEN SKIES DARKEN...MOVE INDOORS. IF THERE IS TIME...UNPLUG APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. WAIT UNTIL THE STORM ENDS BEFORE USING THE TELEPHONE OR RUNNING WATER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY: HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:05 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency Management performed a survey of the damage and determined the damage was caused by straight line winds. Many trees were down near Nobleton and power was off to 955 homes.
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