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 Oct 24, 1:00 AM EST, 4 hours earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 200 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...MAJOR HURRICANE WILMA TO MAKE LANDFALL IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS MORNING... .SHORT TERM (TODAY-WED)...EXPECT HURRICANE CONDITIONS SHORTLY OVER SW FL AND TS CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL FL PENINSULA. TORNADO POTENTIAL CONTINUES WITH LAND FALLING HURRICANE TOR WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 15Z. DIVING AND DEEPENING UPPER LOW SPINNING OVER THE MID MS RV VALLEY AS SEEN IN WV SAT IMAGERY WHILE WILMA GETTING KICKED QUICKLY NEWARD. SFC COLD FRONT RACING THRU THE N CENTRAL GULF ALONG STRONG VORT MAX WHILE ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS DRAPED OVER THE N CENTRAL FL PENINSULA. CONVECTION FROM WILMA...FRONTS...AND UPPER SUPPORT TO DRENCH THE AREA THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. WILMA AND FRONTS TO QUICKLY MOVE EASTWARD WITH SIGNIFICANT DRYING AND COOLING POST FRONT ON NW FLOW FROM SFC TO ALOFT LATER TODAY/TONIGHT. ALL LATEST MOS SHOWING TEMPS 10+ DEGREES BELOW CLIMO THRU THE PERIOD. WHICH WILL FEEL WINTERY AS TEMPS AND HUMIDITY HAVE BEEN ABOVE NORMAL LAST FEW WEEKS/MONTHS. .LONG TERM (WED NIGHT-SUN)...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN AT THE SFC THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH WEAK UPPER TROUGHING REMAINING IN PLACE OVER THE STATE. THERE WILL BE AN ISOLATED CHANCE FOR RAIN FOR FRI THROUGH SUN AS MOISTURE RETURNS TO THE AREA AND SOME UPPER VORTICITY MOVES THROUGH THE W/SW FLOW. TEMPS TO BEGIN WELL BELOW NORMAL AND THEN GRADUALLY MODERATE BACK TO NEAR NORMAL BY THE WEEKEND. && .MARINE...TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD OVER THE WATERS LATE TODAY WITH WINDS SHIFTING N/NW WITH SEAS 15 TO 20FT SLOWLY SUBSIDING LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT TO 6-8 FT LATER TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE TO WEAKEN AND SETTLE INTO THE REGION MID TO LATE WEEK WITH WINDS AND SEAS CALMING DOWN. && .AVIATION...WINDS AND RAIN WILL BE INCREASING THROUGH THE NIGHT AS HURRICANE WILMA APPROACHES THE SW FL COAST...WITH LOWERING CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN THE RAIN. THE PEAK FOR WINDS AND RAIN SHOULD BE IN THE MORNING HOURS (ROUGHLY 10-15Z) AS WILMA MAKES LANDFALL AND BEGINS TO PUSH INLAND. CONDITIONS SHOULD RAPIDLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WILMA CONTINUES NE ACROSS THE STATE AND EVENTUALLY RE-EMERGES IN THE ATLANTIC AND A COLD AND DRY AIRMASS MOVES INTO THE AREA. && .FIRE WEATHER...TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS EARLY TODAY. STRONG WINDS AT ALL LEVELS FOR HIGH DISPERSION VALUES TODAY/TUE. COLDER AND DRIER CONDITIONS TONIGHT-MID WEEK. POSSIBLE LOW RH OVER INTERIOR AREAS TUE/WED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 74 52 68 51 / + 00 00 00 FMY 78 54 72 52 / + 00 00 00 GIF 74 49 68 49 / + 00 00 00 SRQ 75 53 69 52 / + 00 00 00 BKV 73 41 67 40 / 90 00 00 00 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LONGBOAT KEY SOUTH INCLUDING THE SHORELINES OF SARASOTA...CHARLOTTE...LEE...AND DESOTO. TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LONGBOAT KEY NORTH INCLUDING THE SHORELINES OF MANATEE...PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH PASCO...HERNANDO...CITRUS...AND LEVY COUNTIES. INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NON COASTAL AND NON TIDAL SARASOTA...CHARLOTTE...LEE... HARDEE... HIGHLANDS AND DESOTO COUNTIES. INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NON COASTAL AND NON TIDAL MANATEE...HILLSBOROUGH...PASCO...HERNANDO...CITRUS... SUMTER...POLK...AND LEVY COUNTIES. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 837 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MONDAY MORNING FOR ALL COUNTIES EXCEPT LEVY. FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES. && RD/JC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 343 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-250745- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 343 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT POWERFUL HURRICANE WILMA WILL QUICKLY MOVE OVER THE SOUTH FLORIDA PENINSULA THIS MORNING. HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER LAND AND SEAS FROM SARASOTA COUNTY SOUTHWARD AND TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM MANATEE COUNTY NORTHWARD THIS MORNING. DAMAGING WINDS...TORRENTIAL HEAVY RAINS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ACCOMPANY THESE CONDITIONS. FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION AS TO THE WINDS...RAINFALL... TORNADIC AND MARINE THREATS FROM WILMA REFER TO OUR HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENTS. HURRICANE WILMA IS GENERATING LARGE ROUGH SEAS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL MAKE AREA BEACHES DANGEROUS TODAY. THE PUBLIC SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS THIS MORNING UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING MUCH COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS TO THE AREA THE REST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS MORNING. && FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW (LOWER CASE) RD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 558 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 FLZ065-241045- LEE- 558 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...OUTER EYEWALL WIND GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH APPROACHING THE SOUTHWEST LEE COUNTY COAST... THE LARGE EYE OF HURRICANE WILMA HAS MOVED ONSHORE IN COLLIER COUNTY SOUTH OF NAPLES BETWEEN 530 AND 545 AM THIS MORNING. A FEEDER BAND WILL MOVE THROUGH BONITA BEACH AND BONITA SPRINGS...REACHING SANIBEL AND PERHAPS CAPTIVA BEFORE 630 AM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES IS LIKELY AS THIS FEEDER BAND MOVES THROUGH...AND LARGE LIMBS AND WIRES ARE LIKELY TO FALL CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. ALL RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO REMAIN INDOORS...AWAY FROM WINDOWS...THROUGH AT LEAST 630 AM BSG
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:02 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter reported a tornado that tore the porch of a home and destroyed a shed at Lake Josephine.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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