1 funnel cloud, 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 Jun 22, 12:00 PM EST, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 100 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-FRI)...UPPER TROUGH TO SLIDE EAT A BIT THROUGH THURSDAY AND THEN BEGIN TO LIFT OUT TO THE NE THROUGH FRIDAY. WEAK LOW PRESSURE AT THE SFC WILL GIVE WAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK IN FROM THE ATLANTIC THROUGH FRIDAY. THE SHORT WAVE CURRENTLY JUST OFFSHORE OF THE SOUTHERN ZONES WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY MOVE OFF TO THE EAST THROUGH THE EVENING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. SHOULD HAVE LESS COVERAGE ACROSS THE AREA FOR THU AND FRI AS MAIN BULK OF MOISTURE PUSHES EAST OF THE AREA AND AN EASTERLY WIND FLOW RETURNS...BUT SOME RESIDUAL MOISTURE AND ENERGY WILL ALLOW FOR SCATTERED STORMS TO DEVELOP MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH THE SEA BREEZE EACH DAY. TEMPS TO RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL... WITH HIGHS AROUND 90 TO THE LOWER 90S AND LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. && .LONG TERM (FRI NIGHT-WED)...ALL MODELS SHOW WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGHINESS FROM THE GULF THROUGH THE COAST OF THE CAROLINAS. GFS AND DGEX DEVELOP AND KEEP A SMALL UPPER LOW NEAR NORTHERN FLORIDA THRU MONDAY WHILE ECMWF BUILDS IN AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF HAVE A RIDGE OVER THE STATE BY TUESDAY. LOW CONFIDENCE IN MODELS THROUGH PERIOD AND WILL CONTINUE TO LEAN TOWARD THE ECMWF. LITTLE CHANGE TO PREVIOUS FORECAST. KEPT CHANCE MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOWS IN THE 70S AND HIGHS NEAR 90. && .MARINE...NO HIGHLIGHTS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN 15 KNOTS OR LESS WITH SEAS LESS THAN 4 FEET. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD BACK OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND CONTINUE OVER THE WATERS INTO NEXT WEEK. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 73 90 74 90 / 30 30 20 40 FMY 72 91 72 91 / 40 40 20 40 GIF 72 92 73 91 / 30 30 20 40 SRQ 72 89 73 90 / 30 30 20 40 BKV 68 91 69 91 / 20 30 20 40 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JLC LONG TERM....NOAH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 503 AM EDT WED JUN 22 2005 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-221501- CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE- LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER- 503 AM EDT WED JUN 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: ISOLATED SHOWERS THROUGH THE MORNING OVER THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF LEVY...CITRUS....PASCO AND HERNANDO THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE MORNING THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY: ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING PERIODS BECOMING SCATTERED IN THE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE WEEK. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. REYNES
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 459 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2005 FLZ051-222145- HILLSBOROUGH- 459 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2005 ...TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CONTINUE IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THROUGH 6 PM... A BROKEN LINE OF STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDING FROM LUTZ SOUTHEAST THROUGH TEMPLE TERRACE...BRANDON...AND TO THE FISH HAWK AND LITHIA AREAS...WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 545 PM EDT. RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS HAS LIKELY EXCEEDED 3 INCHES...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF LITHIA. ELSEWHERE ALONG THE LINE...RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE LIKELY OCCURRED. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO IS POSSIBLE BEFORE CONDITIONS BEGIN TO IMPROVE. EVENING COMMUTERS IN THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. && REMEMBER...IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS...DO NOT CROSS THEM. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN BSG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 508 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2005 FLZ039-222200- LEVY- 508 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWEST LEVY COUNTY... A THUNDERSTORM...DRIFTING SOUTHEAST...WILL AFFECT OTTER CREEK AND RURAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LEVY COUNTY ALONG STATE ROAD 24...UNTIL 600 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS POSSIBLE. 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. RJS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 513 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2005 FLZ052-222200- POLK- 513 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTY... A THUNDERSTORM STATIONARY...WILL AFFECT MULBERRY...LAKELAND HIGHLANDS AND BARTOW...PORTIONS OF U.S. 17 AND STATE ROAD 60 UNTIL 600 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL. 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. RJS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 536 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2005 FLZ052-222215- POLK- 536 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING THROUGH CENTRAL POLK COUNTY HEADED INTO LAKE WALES WITH GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS... A THUNDERSTORM...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT WAHNETA AND LAKE WALES...UNTIL 615 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. A FUNNEL CLOUD IS ALSO POSSIBLE. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. 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. EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE IF OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. && STAY TUNED FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS OR FLOOD ADVISORIES BEFORE 6 PM. BSG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
618 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 E ZEPHYRHILLS 28.24N 82.14W
06/22/2005 4.00 INCH PASCO FL TRAINED SPOTTER
RAIN FELL IN JUST UNDER AN HOUR BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM. MINOR
STREET FLOODING.
0550 PM HEAVY RAIN NEW PORT RICHEY 28.25N 82.72W
06/22/2005 0.00 INCH PASCO FL AMATEUR RADIO
POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AT INTERSECTION OF S.R. 54 AND
U.S. 19. ONLY ONE NORTHBOUND LANE PASSABLE.
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BSGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 624 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2005 FLZ052-222315- POLK- 624 PM EDT WED JUN 22 2005 ...TORRENTIAL RAINS PUSHING EAST THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN POLK COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH...WILL CONTINUE AFFECTING AREAS FROM LAKE WALES TO FROSTPROOF AND POINTS EAST...UNTIL 715 PM EDT. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR...WITH STORM TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. BSG
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:32 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency Management relayed numerous reports of funnel clouds around Ozella.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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