1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 6, 6:50 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 750 PM EDT MON SEP 6 2004 .CURRENTLY...THE CENTER OF TS FRANCES MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN GA WITH LAST MAJOR FEEDER BAND MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA FROM OFFSHORE OF PINELLAS COUNTY NORTH THROUGH LEVY COUNTY AND INLAND TO SUMTER COUNTY. A FEW SHOWERS ARE ALSO LOCATED IN HIGHLANDS AND SE POLK COUNTIES. WINDS ARE STILL GUSTING AROUND THE BAY AREA AND NORTH UP TO 30 KNOTS WITH SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS. THE TORNADO WATCH EXPIRES AT 8 PM AND WILL UPDATE ZONES TO REMOVE THIS HEADLINE. OTHERWISE THE ZONES ARE ON TRACK AND NO OTHER CHANGES ANTICIPATED. COASTAL FLOOD WARNING FOR LEVY...CITRUS AND HERNANDO COUNTIES CONTINUES THROUGH MIDNIGHT AND HIGH SURF ADVISORY CONTINUES FROM PASCO COUNTY SOUTH TO LEE COUNTY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. && .MARINE...BUOYS SHOWING SW WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS AND GUSTY OVER THE NORTHERN WATERS...DOWN TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS OVER THE SOUTHERN WATERS. SEAS OVER THE NORTHERN WATERS ARE AROUND 10 FEET. WILL ADJUST FORECAST ACCORDINGLY BUT NO MAJOR CHANGES IN STORE. && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... COASTAL FLOOD WARNING THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR LEVY...CITRUS AND HERNANDO COUNTIES. HIGH SURF ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR PASCO...PINELLAS... HILLSBOROUGH...MANATEE...SARASOTA...CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES. FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL BUT CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES. && JLC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 546 AM EDT MON SEP 6 2004 FLZ039-061530- LEVY- 546 AM EDT MON SEP 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LEVY COUNTY. .DAY ONE...TODAY: ...TORNADO THREAT CONTINUES THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON... CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRIEF TORNADOES IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE FEEDER BANDS FROM TROPICAL STORM FRANCES. SMALL TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 2 PM. TREES...POWER LINES...AND POORLY CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS WILL BE MOST AT RISK. WINDS COULD ALSO GUST UP TO 60 MPH IN ASSOCIATION WITH SOME OF THE SPIRAL BANDS WRAPPING AROUND TROPICAL STORM FRANCES. ALONG THE COAST...THESE WINDS WILL CREATE HIGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. AVOID GOING OUT INTO THE WATER TODAY. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL TONIGHT. REMEMBER...WHEN YOU SEE WATER RUSHING ACROSS A ROAD...OR YOU CANNOT SEE HOW DEEP THE WATER IS...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE MAIN CAUSE OF DEATHS FROM HURRICANES AND TROPICAL STORMS IS INLAND FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK. .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) FLZ042-043-048>051-055-060-061530- CITRUS-HERNANDO-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-SARASOTA-SUMTER- 546 AM EDT MON SEP 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NATURE COAST AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: ...WINDS AND RAINS CONTINUE FROM TROPICAL STORM FRANCES... SPIRAL BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO PULL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. WINDS COULD ALSO GUST UP TO 60 MPH IN ASSOCIATION WITH SOME OF THESE BANDS. ALONG THE COAST...THESE WINDS WILL CREATE HIGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. AVOID GOING OUT INTO THE WATER TODAY. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. REMEMBER...WHEN YOU SEE WATER RUSHING ACROSS A ROAD...OR YOU CANNOT SEE HOW DEEP THE WATER IS...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE MAIN CAUSE OF DEATHS FROM HURRICANES AND TROPICAL STORMS IS INLAND FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK. .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) FLZ052-056-057-061-061530- DE SOTO-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-POLK- 546 AM EDT MON SEP 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE INLAND COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: ...WINDS AND RAINS CONTINUE FROM TROPICAL STORM FRANCES... SPIRAL BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO PULL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. WINDS COULD ALSO GUST UP TO 40 MPH IN ASSOCIATION WITH SOME OF THESE BANDS. ALONG THE COAST...THESE WINDS WILL CREATE HIGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. AVOID GOING OUT INTO THE WATER TODAY. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. REMEMBER...WHEN YOU SEE WATER RUSHING ACROSS A ROAD...OR YOU CANNOT SEE HOW DEEP THE WATER IS...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE MAIN CAUSE OF DEATHS FROM HURRICANES AND TROPICAL STORMS IS INLAND FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK. .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) FLZ062-065-061530- CHARLOTTE-LEE- 546 AM EDT MON SEP 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: ...WINDS AND RAINS CONTINUE FROM TROPICAL STORM FRANCES... SPIRAL BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO PULL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. WINDS COULD ALSO GUST UP TO 40 MPH IN ASSOCIATION WITH SOME OF THESE BANDS. ALONG THE COAST...THESE WINDS WILL CREATE HIGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. AVOID GOING OUT INTO THE WATER TODAY. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. REMEMBER...WHEN YOU SEE WATER RUSHING ACROSS A ROAD...OR YOU CANNOT SEE HOW DEEP THE WATER IS...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. THE MAIN CAUSE OF DEATHS FROM HURRICANES AND TROPICAL STORMS IS INLAND FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES. RJS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 736 PM EDT MON SEP 6 2004 FLZ042-043-048-049-070030- CITRUS-HERNANDO-PASCO-SUMTER- 736 PM EDT MON SEP 6 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE NATURE COAST... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH...WILL AFFECT PORT RICHEY...NEW PORT RICHEY...JASMINE ESTATES AND INVERNESS...UNTIL 830 PM EDT. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 750 PM EDT MON SEP 6 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... .SYNNOPSIS...AS TROPICAL STORM FRANCES PULLS AWAY FROM THE AREA AND CONTINUES TO WEAKEN...THE UPPER LEVEL WINDS SUPPORTIVE OF TORNADOES HAS DIMINISHED. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060-061-GMZ830-850-853-070044- CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEVY-MANATEE- PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER- 750 PM EDT MON SEP 6 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH #806 THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR... PASCO...SUMTER...LEVY...CITRUS...HILLSBOROUGH...SARASOTA... HERNANDO...POLK...HIGHLANDS...HARDEE...DE SOTO...PINELLAS AND MANATEE COUNTIES ...HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE LAST FEEDER BAND FROM TROPICAL STORM FRANCES ACROSS THE NATURE COAST WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED.
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:00 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
The broadcast media relayed a report of a tornado in Sea Pines with several trees down, including a 60 foot tall tree across the road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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