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 Jul 9, 3:45 AM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 445 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005 .UPDATE...WILL UPDATE ZONES AND COASTALS TO UPGRADE THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FROM ANCLOTE KEY TO SUWANNEE RIVER TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AS PER LATEST TPC ADVISORY. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS WITH UPDATED W/W/A SECTION... .SHORT TERM (TODAY - MONDAY)...OUTER FEEDER BANDS CONTINUE TO MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHWEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WELL AHEAD OF HURRICANE DENNIS WHICH HAS NOW JUST EMERGED OFF THE NORTH COAST OF CUBA. AS DENNIS CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWEST OVER THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS INCREASING SHEAR WITHIN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL SUPPORT SMALL SHORT LIVED TORNADOES WITHIN THESE BANDS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS THE FAVORABLE RIGHT FRONT QUADRANT OF DENNIS MOVES OVER THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. MODEL CONSENSUS AND OFFICIAL TPC TRACK KEEPS DENNIS ROUGHLY 200 MILES TO THE WEST OF THE TAMPA BAY AREA...WHICH SHOULD KEEP THE WORSE CONDITIONS CONFINED TO THE COASTAL WATERS...HOWEVER WITH THE FORECAST AREA ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF DENNIS (STRONGEST SIDE) STRONG SQUALLS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH ARE LIKELY TO IMPACT COASTAL COUNTIES FROM LEE COUNTY NORTH TO PASCO COUNTY TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THESE CONDITIONS SPREADING NORTH TO MY NORTHERN MOST ZONES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. FURTHER INLAND WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE IN SQUALLS ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS. EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER AND HIGH RAIN CHANCES WILL KEEP TEMPS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL THROUGH SUNDAY. BASED ON THE LATEST OFFICIAL TRACK OF DENNIS BY TPC...NO CHANGES TO THE CURRENT WATCHES/WARNINGS STATUS LISTED BELOW...BUT IF NEEDED WILL MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS IN A QUICK UPDATE LATER THIS MORNING AFTER THE NEXT ADVISORY ISSUANCE AROUND 5 AM EDT. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON DENNIS...SEE OUR HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT (HLSTBW). .LONG TERM (MON NIGHT - FRI)...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS WILL FILL IN BEHIND WHATS LEFT OF DENNIS. BY LATE TUE A SECONDARY HIGH WILL BREAK OFF INTO THE CENTRAL GULF. FL WILL BE IN THE WEAKNESS IN BETWEEN. MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTING THAT THE REMAINS OF DENNIS WILL REMAIN OVER THE APPALACHIANS WITH GENERAL TROUGHINESS FILLING IN THE WEAKNESS. YESTERDAY ATTM GUIDANCE HAD A RIDGING OVER CENTRAL FL BY THE END OF THE PERIOD...SO THIS IS QUITE THE FLIP FLOP. FOR NOW THE NEWER SOLN LOOKS MORE REASONABLE GIVEN LATEST TPC FORECAST. EITHER WAY...WELL HAVE SCT AFTN SHOWERS AND TSTMS EACH DAY...WITH TEMPS NEAR CLIMO EACH DAY. && .MARINE...CONDITIONS OVER THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TODAY AS HURRICANE DENNIS MOVES NORTHWEST INTO THE EASTERN GULF. BASED ON THE CURRENT OFFICIAL TRACK OF DENNIS VIA TPC...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE WILL IMPACT THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH NORTH TO ENGLEWOOD BEGINNING LATER THIS MORNING...WITH THESE CONDITIONS SPREADING FURTHER NORTH DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. CLOSER TO SHORE...WINDS WILL BE INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 25 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS WILL LEAD TO COASTAL FLOODING PROBLEMS...WITH TIDES EXPECTED TO RUN SOME 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. MARINERS ARE URGED TO REMAIN IN PORT. && .FIRE WEATHER...HIGH RAIN CHANCES WILL PRECLUDE ANY RED FLAG CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...HOWEVER STRONG 20 FOOT AND TRANSPORT WINDS WILL MAKE FOR VERY HIGH DISPERSION INDICES TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 86 77 86 79/ 100 70 50 40 FMY 86 77 87 76/ 100 70 50 40 GIF 86 76 86 76/ 100 70 50 40 SRQ 86 78 86 78/ 100 70 50 40 BKV 87 77 86 78/ 100 80 60 40 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TORNADO WATCH 626 UNTIL 9 AM EDT FOR MANATEE...SARASOTA...HARDEE... DESOTO...HIGHLANDS...CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES. TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM BONITA BEACH TO SUWANNEE RIVER. WIND ADVISORY 8 AM TODAY UNTIL 8 AM SUNDAY FOR SUMTER...POLK... HARDEE AND HIGHLANDS COUNTIES. FLOOD WATCH 8 AM TODAY UNTIL 8 AM SUNDAY ALL ZONES. SHORT TERM...JCM LONG TERM/UPDATE....RJS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1202 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005 FLZ061-062-090445- CHARLOTTE-DE SOTO- 1202 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEAST CHARLOTTE AND SOUTHERN DESOTO... ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS...AN OUTER RAIN BAND FROM HURRICANE DENNIS...IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT BABCOCK RANCH AND FORT OGDEN...UNTIL 1245 AM EDT. GUSTY WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RJS
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:51 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado in a rain band of Hurricane Dennis destroyed a vacant wood frame home.
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