Florida, 2004

Damaging Wind in Florida, June 25, 2004

June 25, 2004 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 25, 12:10 PM EST, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 12:10 PM EST, 45 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
110 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - SUN)...TONIGHT WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO LAST
EVENING WITH MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND SEA/LAKE BREEZE BOUNDARIES
SUPPORTING SCATTERED EVENING SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA. WITH RATHER COOL AIR ALOFT SOME STORMS COULD AGAIN BE ON THE
STRONG SIDE WITH HAIL AND OR DAMAGING WINDS. BY LATER TONIGHT ALL THE
CONVECTION WILL AGAIN WIND DOWN...WITH SKIES CLEARING OVERNIGHT.

DURING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED. DEEP LAYERED
RIDGING WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION WITH THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS
MEANDERING ABOUT THE CENTRAL PENINSULA. SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
COMBINED WITH DAILY AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS WILL SUPPORT
NEAR NORMAL LATE JUNE DIURNAL SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS
AND STORMS...AND WILL DEPICT POPS IN THE 40-50% RANGE FOR BOTH DAYS.
WITH AN EXPECTED INCREASE IN PRECIP COVERAGE THE NEXT FEW DAYS MAX
TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE A FEW DEGREES LOWER THAN PREVIOUS DAYS (NO
MORE UPPER 90S)...BUT STILL EXPECTED TO RUN A FEW DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL...WITH READINGS 90 TO LOWER 90S ALONG THE COAST TO THE
LOWER/MID 90S WELL INLAND. EVEN THOUGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
BE SLIGHTLY LOWER...DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER/MID 70S WILL KEEP THINGS
QUITE UNCOMFORTABLE OUTDOORS WITH HEAT INDICES CONTINUING TO RUN IN
THE 100-105 DEGREE RANGE EACH AFTERNOON. MET/MAV TEMPS CLOSE AND WILL
USE A BLEND.

.LONG TERM (SUN NIGHT - FRI)...ONLY MAJOR CHANGE TO FORECAST IS TO
INTRODUCE ISOLD LAND BREEZE SHOWERS OUT OVER THE GULF EACH OVERNIGHT
IN THE PERIOD. WE HAD SOME SHOWERS OUT THERE THIS MORNING...AND IT IS
THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN THESE USUALLY DEVELOP. OTHERWISE...SFC RIDGE
AXIS MEANDERS N AND S OVER THE CENTRAL FA. WEAK RIDGING CONTINUES
ALOFT AS TUTT LOW MAINTAINS ITS POSITION OVER THE CENTRAL GULF...AND
ANOTHER LOW E OF THE BAHAMAS CONTINUES TO MOVE OUT TO SEA. SHOULD SEE
TYPICAL SCT AFTN AND EVENING TSTMS FORMING ALONG SEA BREEZE AND
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. LONG RANGE GUIDANCE INDICATES A TROPICAL WAVE
WILL PUSH THRU S FL ON FRI...BUT WILL WAIT FOR FUTURE MODEL RUNS
BEFORE MAKING A SHIFT AWAY FROM CLIMO FOR POPS.

&&

.MARINE...SURFACE RIDGE AXIS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE CENTRAL WATERS
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH LITTLE CHANGE TO ONGOING FORECAST
EXPECTED. A LIGHT SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH WITH DAILY AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE NEAR SHORE EXPECTED EACH DAY.
WIND/SEA MAY BE HIGHER IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS...OTHERWISE
NO HIGHLIGHTS ARE EXPECTED.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...HUMIDITY LEVELS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL
VALUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH NO WATCHES OR FLAGS EXPECTED.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TPA 076 091 076 093/ 20 40 20 40
FMY 075 093 075 093/ 20 40 20 50
GIF 076 094 074 094/ 30 50 20 50
SRQ 076 091 075 091/ 20 40 20 40
BKV 073 092 071 092/ 20 40 20 50

&&

.TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

SHORT TERM...MCMICHAEL
LONG TERM...SHARP
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 4:29 AM EST, 8 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
529 AM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-251400-
CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-
LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER-
529 AM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY:

...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FIRST
ALONG THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY INTENSIFY DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THEY MOVE
INLAND WITH THE SEA BREEZE. IN GENERAL...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON FROM SARASOTA
NORTHWARD...BUT HAVE A SLOW MOTION TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OVER
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE DAMAGING WIND...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS LOCATIONS WELL INLAND.

REMEMBER TO MOVE INDOORS AS SOON AS YOU HEAR THUNDER OR SEE
LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY:

SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY.
THERE WILL BE A RISK FOR STRONG STORMS EACH AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO
THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE ON THEIR OWN IF THREATENING
WEATHER DEVELOPS.

&&

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW (LOWER CASE)

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:52 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hernando

When
June 25, 12:55 PM EST
Where
Hernando County, Spring Hill
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates
28.550, -82.450

Several trees and power lines down at Linden Drive and Fish Cove.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

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: 5404061.