1 flash flood, 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 Sep 13, 12:27 PM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 127 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2003 TO END THE WEEKEND AND BEGIN THE WORKWEEK...A MORE TYPICAL MID SEPTEMBER REGIME WILL PREVAIL WITH SCT MAINLY AFTN/EVE PCPN AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS. THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WILL BE DETERMINED BY ISABELS FUTURE...WHICH FOR NOW SHOULD PLACE THE SUNCOAST WELL IN THE SUBSIDENCE ZONE WITH REDUCED COVERAGE/CHANCES OF PCPN. WELL FINE TUNE AS WE GET CLOSER. MODELS IN GENERALLY GOOD AGREEMENT THIS PACKAGE...WITH SUBTLE DIFFERENCES IN MOISTURE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM AFFECTING AFTN/EVE PCPN FORECASTS. PREFER A BLEND OF THE ETA/GFS. SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - MON): REMNANT SUBSIDENCE AROUND OLD CUTOFF (WHICH WAS ONCE HENRI) IN THE CAROLINAS WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO. EASTWARD MOVING AND WEAKENING TROUGH HEADING INTO ARKANSAS THIS EVE WILL LEAVE A 500 MB SHEAR AXIS BEHIND...WHICH WILL APPROACH THE PENINSULA ON MON. THE COMBINATION OF THESE SYSTEMS WITH WEAK FLOW AND INCREASING MEAN LAYER MOISTURE WILL PROVIDE SCATTERED AFTN/EVE SHOWERS AND A FEW TSTMS EACH DAY. THE BETTER CHANCE LOOKS TO BE SUNDAY...AS N/NE FLOW BEGINS TO DEVELOP MON REDUCING DEEP LAYERED MOISTURE A TAD. CURRENT FCSTS INDICATE THIS AND HAVE CHANGED THEM LITTLE. EXTENDED (MON NIGHT - SAT): WILL CONTINUE THE CURRENT TREND OF PARTLY CLOUDY WITH LOW POPS AND WINDS BACKING INTO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST. THE CWFA IS EXPECTED TO BE UNDER SUBSIDENCE ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF ISABEL AS SHE MOVES ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC...WITH LOWER MOISTURE AND BELOW NORMAL CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION. TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN SEASONABLE. MARINE: LIGHT E FLOW WILL BECOME MORE NE BY MON AND PERHAPS INCREASE JUST A SMIDGE. FLOW WILL BECOME MORE NORTHERLY LATER IN THE WEEK OWING TO ISABELS APPROACH TO THE EASTERN SEABOARD AND AN EXPECTED INCREASE IN SIZE...BUT EXPECT SPEEDS TO REMAIN BELOW ANY HIGHLIGHT CRITERIA. FIRE WX: LIGHT WINDS AND SEASONABLE RH VALUES MEAN NO PROBLEMS. PRELIM NUMBERS: TPA 075/089 074/090 2433 FMY 074/090 073/091 2433 GIF 074/090 073/091 2423 SRQ 074/088 073/090 2433 BKV 068/090 069/090 2423 .TBW...NONE. BSG/RKR
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-131500- WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 600 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG SEABREEZE BOUNDARIES. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS MAY FORM ALONG SEABREEZE BOUNDARIES ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THEN FOR TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED AS DRIER MORE STABLE AIR ENTERS THE REGION FROM THE WEST SIDE OF HURRICANE ISABEL. SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY. JLC
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:31 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A nearly stationary thunderstorm formed along a sea breeze boundary across Cape Coral and dropped four to six inches of rain in three hours. The excessive rain caused widespread flooding along Hancock Bridge Parkway from Sarabarbra Blvd to N.E. 24th Ave.
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, September 2003
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