1 tornado, 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 Sep 15, 7:40 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 840 PM EDT WED SEP 15 2004 .DISCUSSION...OUTER FRINGE BAND OF IVAN TRYING TO FORM OVER INLAND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. CURRENT LAPS SOUNDING AND 00Z SOUNDING INDICATE GOOD LOW LEVEL HELICITY. 88D SHOWING SEVERAL AREAS OF MODERATE SHEAR...WHICH WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE TORNADOES THROUGH THE NIGHT. SOME TRAINING GOING ON AS THE SHOWERS ARE MOVING PARALLEL TO THEIR ORIENTATION. 3-HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS STILL BELOW 1 INCH...SO NO FLOOD ISSUES YET. STILL EXPECT THE BEST RAIN CHANCES TO BE UP NORTH...CLOSER TO IVAN. CURRENT ZONES REFLECT THIS...AND DO NOT PLAN ANY CHANGES TONIGHT. ONLY POSSIBLE UPDATE WILL BE IF TPC CHANGES END POINT FOR CURRENT TROPICAL STORM WARNING OVER LEVY COUNTY. && .MARINE...SCA CONTINUES EVERYWHERE EXCEPT TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM YANKEETOWN TO SUWANNEE RIVER. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM HURRICANE IVAN WILL KEEP WINDS AROUND 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS NORTH OF YANKEETOWN. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT AS LARGE WAVES AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT THROUGH THU. COASTAL FLOOD WARNING ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALL COASTAL COUNTIES NORTH OF ENGLEWOOD EXCEPT LEVY. AS WINDS BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY THROUGH THE NIGHT TONIGHT...WILL SEE 2-4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDES WITH LEVY COUNTY HAVING 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TROPICAL STORM WARNING YANKEETOWN TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT TO 60 NM. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY BONITA BEACH TO YANKEETOWN OUT TO 60 NM. SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION TAMPA BAY. HIGH SURF ADVISORY TONIGHT BONITA BEACH TO YANKEETOWN. COASTAL FLOOD WARNING TONIGHT FOR CITRUS...HERNANDO...PASCO... PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...MANATEE AND SARASOTA. && RS/DN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 548 AM EDT WED SEP 15 2004 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-151900- CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE- LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER- 548 AM EDT WED SEP 15 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: POWERFUL HURRICANE IVAN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH NORTHWEST THROUGH THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO TODAY. ITS OUTER FRINGES WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE AREAS WEATHER TODAY INTO THURSDAY. THIS LATEST TRACK IS APPROXIMATELY 350 MILES WEST OF THE AREAS COAST LINE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER LEVY COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS TODAY INTO THURSDAY. DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH IVAN WILL PRODUCE BANDS OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH TODAY. LOW LEVEL SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH THESE BANDS MAY PRODUCE ROTATION IN SOME STRONGER CELLS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES. WITH A LARGE SLOW MOVING HURRICANE IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO...AREA TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO BE 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TODAY AND 2 TO 4 FEET TONIGHT. IVAN IS ALSO GENERATING LARGE SWELLS OF OVER 15 FEET THAT WILL BRING HIGH SURF AND LARGE BREAKING WAVES TO AREA BEACHES CREATING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. SEA GOING VESSELS...SUCH AS BARGES AND FREIGHTERS...MAY WANT TO VENTURE WELL OUT TO SEA. STORM FORCE WINDS MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO MOORED VESSELS. OWNERS OF SMALL BOATS SHOULD MOVE THEM TO SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. A RIP CURRENT IS A 10 TO 30 YARD WIDE CHANNEL OF WATER THAT CAN PULL EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER. TO AVOID GETTING CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM AT GUARDED BEACHES AND HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL. AT UNGUARDED BEACHES AND NEAR PIERS...JETTIES...AND INLETS...DO NOT GO INTO THE SURF MUCH ABOVE YOUR KNEES. IF CAUGHT IN THE SEAWARD PULL OF A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MOVE DIRECTLY TOWARD SHORE. INSTEAD...MOVE SIDEWAYS ACROSS THE RIP CURRENT UNTIL THE PULL EASES. ANOTHER METHOD OF ESCAPE IS TO LET THE RIP CURRENT PULL YOU SEAWARD 50 TO 100 YARDS...WHERE THE FORCE WEAKENS. THEN...SWIM TOWARD THE BEACH AT AN ANGLE AWAY FROM THE CURRENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY: THE AREA WILL REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HURRICANE IVAN THROUGH THURSDAY WITH SIMILAR WEATHER CONDITIONS AS TODAY. LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TURN MORE SOUTHERLY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY INCREASING THE CHANCES FOR COASTAL FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN AREAS SUCH AS CEDAR KEY...WHICH COULD SEE AND MUCH AS 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS. AREA WEATHER WILL SLOWLY RETURN TO A MORE NORMAL LATE SUMMER PATTERN WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. && FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW (LOWER CASE)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 753 PM EDT WED SEP 15 2004 FLZ042-043-048-049-051-052-056-057-061-160145- CITRUS-DESOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-PASCO-POLK- SUMTER- 753 PM EDT WED SEP 15 2004 ...FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA... A LINE OF SHOWERS...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH...WILL AFFECT SEBRING... AVON PARK...FORT MEADE...BARTOW...LAKELAND...DADE CITY... ZEPHYRHILLS...BROOKSVILLE...THE GREEN SWAMP...AND INVERNESS...UNTIL 945 PM EDT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF ROTATION ALOFT WITH SEVERAL OF THESE SHOWERS. FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE AREAS. FUNNEL CLOUDS CAN BECOME BRIEF TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES. SHARP
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:15 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency Management reported a brief tornado touchdown in the city of Williston.
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