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 19, 12:26 PM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 126 PM EDT SUN SEP 19 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - TUE)...LATEST MODELS INSIST ON STRONG JET DEVELOPING OVER FAR SOUTH FLORIDA FOR MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...PUTTING CWA INTO FAVORABLE LEFT FRONT QUAD. THIS IS EXPECTED TO INTERACT WITH SURFACE TROF MOVING SOUTHWESTWARD OVER THE FAR WESTERN ATLANTIC AND INTO THE FLORIDA PENINSULA...FOR ENHANCED VERTICAL MOTION AND RAINFALL. I HAVE RAISED POPS MONDAY AND TUESDAY DUE TO THIS FAVORABLE INTERACTION. IN ADDITION...MUCH MORE CLOUD COVER SHOULD HOLD MAX TEMPS DOWN A FEW DEGREES FROM TODAY...AND LOW LEVEL COLD ADVECTION WILL HELP THE PROCESS OUT AS WELL. WITH STRONG HIGH BUILDING TO THE NORTH...NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE...GIVING SOMEWHAT BREEZY CONDITIONS. LOW CLOUDS SHOULD MOVE IN ON THE NORTHEASTERLY WINDS TONIGHT NORTH OF TAMPA... AND WILL PROBABLY HAVE A HARD TIME BREAKING AT ALL ON MONDAY. MY CURRENT FORECAST MAX TEMPS MAY EVEN TURN OUT TO BE TOO HIGH. .LONG TERM (TUE NIGHT - SUN)...FOR THE TIME BEING WILL DAMPEN OUT THE FEATURE OUT IN THE GULF THAT APPEARS TO BE THE REMNANTS OF IVAN BUT WILL KEEP SCATTERED POPS IN FOR WED. OTHERWISE DEEP RIDGING OVER THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL KEEP A DRIER NORTHEASTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE CWFA WITH ISOLATED CONVECTION AFTER WED. WINDS REMAIN NE INTO THE WEEKEND BUT WILL DECREASE AS THE RIDGING MOVES OFF THE EAST U.S. COAST...ALLOWING THE GRADIENT TO SLACKEN AMD PROVIDE THE PROSPECTS OF A NICE BOATING WEEKEND. && .MARINE...AS MENTIONED ABOVE...WIND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE STARTING TONIGHT AND LASTING INTO TUESDAY. SCEC CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MONDAY AND LAST INTO EARLY TUESDAY. && .FIRE WEATHER...INCREASING WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR INCREASING DISPERSIONS MONDAY AND TUESDAY...BUT MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL REMAIN ABOVE ANY FLAG CRITERIA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 072 085 073 088 / 00 60 40 50 FMY 073 088 072 088 / 00 50 40 50 GIF 071 085 072 088 / 00 60 40 50 SRQ 073 086 075 088 / 00 60 40 50 BKV 068 083 071 088 / 10 50 40 40 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...ALSHEIMER LONG TERM...RKR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 502 AM EDT SUN SEP 19 2004 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-191300- CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE- LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER- 502 AM EDT SUN SEP 19 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY: STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES WILL SUPPORT BREEZY NORTHEAST WINDS OVER THE REGION THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK...WITH WINDS OVER THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS POSSIBLY APPROACHING SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION CRITERIA BY TUESDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE INCREASING WINDS...A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE REGION LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY COMBINED WITH INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH THE MAIN HAZARD BEING OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. && FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW (LOWER CASE) JCM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
347 PM EDT SUN SEP 19 2004
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0333 PM TORNADO 1 WSW CAPE CORAL 26.57N 82.00W
09/19/2004 LEE FL EMERGENCY MNGR
CAPE CORAL FIRE CHIEF REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO WITH SOME
DAMAGE TO LESS THAN 12 HOMES NEAR THE WATER.
0335 PM WATER SPOUT 2 SW CAPE CORAL 26.55N 82.01W
09/19/2004 LEE FL TRAINED SPOTTER
BRIEFLY A TORNADO IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST CAPE CORAL WITH
SOME DAMAGE TO LESS THAN 12 HOMES.
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NOAHThe Tampa radar (KTBW), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:30 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
The Cape Coral Fire Chief reported a brief tornado with damage limited to lanai and roof fascia at 15 homes near the water on the corner of Southwest 25th Place and Beach Parkway West.
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