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NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 9, 8:50 AM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 950 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY ALONG THE ENTIRE TBW COAST... .DISCUSSION...EFFECTS FROM DENNIS HAVE ALREADY BEEN FELT THIS MORNING WITH ONE OF THE INITIAL BANDS. THIS BAND THAT MOVED THRU THE TAMPA BAY AREA AROUND SUNRISE PRODUCED SCATTERED WIND DAMAGE REPORTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE REST OF TODAY WITH EACH OF THE STRONGER BANDS. DENNIS CONTINUES TO MOVE NW THIS MORNING OVER THE EASTERN GULF. RADAR AND SAT PICS SUGGEST MOST OF THE RAIN ON THE EAST SIDE OF DENNIS. AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE NW DURING THE DAY...ADDITIONAL GUSTY RAINBANDS WILL MOVE ACROSS OUR AREA...WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE...ESP SOUTH NEAR FMY WHERE 3-6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN EARLY THIS MORNING. && .MARINE...CONDITIONS OVER THE GULF WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS MORNING WITH TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. LATEST SLOSH RUNS NOW SUGGESTING TIDE LEVELS 3-5 FT ABOVE NORMAL DEVELOPING LATER TODAY... INITIALLY SOUTH NEAR FMY...THEN DEVELOPING NORTHWARD ALONG THE COAST THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TORNADO WATCH 627 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT FOR ALL 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. NP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 601 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-091200- CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE- LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER- 601 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA/ .DAY ONE...TODAY: ...TORNADO WATCH 626 IN EFFECT 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 FROM 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. OUTER RAINBANDS ON THE PERIPHERY OF HURRICANE DENNIS MOVING NORTHWEST OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS NOW AFFECTING PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FROM SARASOTA SOUTH TO THE FORT MYERS AREA. THESE RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH... OVERSPREADING THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH THE DAY. SQUALLY WINDS UP TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE AND VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE BANDS AS MOVE INTO THE REGION. THESE RAINS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AND WILL CAUSE AREA RIVERS TO BE ON THE RISE. IN ADDITION TO THE RAINS WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WITH GUSTS UP TO HURRICANE STRENGTH OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. FURTHER INLAND WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH GUST UP TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BE BLOWN AROUND...SO RESIDENTS SHOULD BRING IN ANY OUTDOOR OBJECTS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS...AS THESE OBJECTS CAN BE PROJECTILES IN THE STRONG WIND. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON HURRICANE DENNIS...PLEASE REFER TO LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HERE IN RUSKIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE ON SUNDAY AS DENNIS MOVES FURTHER NORTH. HOWEVER WIND AND SEAS WILL REMAIN QUITE HIGH OVER THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS...WITH THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. DURING MUCH OF NEXT WEEK SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH THE MAIN HAZARDS BEING LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED THROUGH TONIGHT. && 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
653 AM EDT SAT JUL 09 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 AM TORNADO BRADENTON 27.49N 82.58W
07/09/2005 MANATEE FL LAW ENFORCEMENT
2 HOMES WITH MINOR DAMAGE. TREE DOWN ON A CAR.
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NPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
730 AM EDT SAT JUL 09 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0655 AM TSTM WND DMG PINELLAS PARK 27.86N 82.71W
07/09/2005 PINELLAS FL TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN. ESTIMATED WIND GUST OF 60 MPH.
0658 AM TORNADO SAINT PETERSBURG 27.76N 82.67W
07/09/2005 PINELLAS FL LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT RELAY REPORT OF A PUBLIC SIGHTING OF A
TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. TREES DOWN.
0715 AM TSTM WND DMG BRANDON 27.93N 82.29W
07/09/2005 HILLSBOROUGH FL BROADCAST MEDIA
NUMEROUS TREE BRANCHES DOWN AT THE CORNER OF BRYON AND
LUMSDEN.
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NPSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 735 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005 FLZ048-049-091230- HERNANDO-PASCO- 735 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005 ...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT PASCO AND HERNANDO COUNTY... STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN OUTER BAND OF DENNIS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF PASCO AND HERNANDO COUNTIES. THIS LINE IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 40 MPH...WILL AFFECT THESE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SOME DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. NP
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
836 AM EDT SAT JUL 09 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 AM TORNADO TAMPA 27.96N 82.48W
07/09/2005 HILLSBOROUGH FL AMATEUR RADIO
HAM RADIO REPORT OF A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR THE PORT OF
TAMPA. BUILDING AND TREE DAMAGE REPORTED.
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NPThe Tampa radar (KTBW), 30 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:57 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
The American Red Cross relayed a report of a brief tornado that was viewed by five people.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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