A frontal boundary gradually settled across the area on the 23rd and 24th. The energy associated with the boundary combined with warm afternoon temperatures to produce scattered thunderstorms mainly along and ahead of the boundary.
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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 episode as NWS TBW wrote it up.
A frontal boundary gradually settled across the area on the 23rd and 24th. The energy associated with the boundary combined with warm afternoon temperatures to produce scattered thunderstorms mainly along and ahead of the boundary. Several thunderstorms produced large hail, strong damaging winds and two tornadoes.
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 23, 1:30 AM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 230 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2009 .SHORT TERM. (TODAY-THURSDAY)...CONVECTION HAS LINGERED OFF THE EAST COAST OVERNIGHT WITH NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGH A DEEP LAYER OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE. UPPER-LEVEL LOW PRESSURE HAS BEGUN TO DIVE SOUTHWARD OFF THE CAROLINAS AND IS SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAKENING THE STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE STATE. THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE...WITH SURFACE WINDS BECOMING MORE EASTERLY LATE TODAY AND OVERNIGHT AS A BACK-DOOR COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE...ALLOWING FOR SCATTERED STORMS. WITH WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW PREVAILING AGAIN TODAY...THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL BE INLAND...ALTHOUGH ANY STORMS PERSISTING INTO THE EVENING WILL HOLD THE POTENTIAL OF DRIFTING WESTWARD TOWARD THE COAST. THE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL SETTLE OVER THE AREA...SOUTH OF TAMPA BAY. WITH THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY SOUTH. TEMPERATURES AND THE HEAT INDEX WILL DROP IN RESPONSE TO THE FRONT ALTHOUGH THEY WILL GENERALLY REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL. .LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT-MONDAY)...A WEAK UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THE PERIOD. WEAK RIDGING WILL BUILD AT THE SFC KEEPING S/SW FLOW IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA. THIS SHOULD KEEP THE BEST RAIN CHANCES INLAND THROUGH THE PERIOD AS THE SEA BREEZE WILL PUSH INLAND EARLY IN THE S/SW FLOW. HAVE MAINLY SCATTERED CHANCES EACH DAY AND TIMING SHOULD BE IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR NORMAL AS THE EARLY SEA BREEZE WILL KEEP TEMPS FROM GETTING TOO HOT...WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S-LOWER 90S AND LOWS IN THE 70S. && .AVIATION...MAY HAVE SOME BRIEF MVFR CIGS WITH BASES BETWEEN 1500-2000FT OVERNIGHT...BUT GENERALLY VFR WILL PREVAIL. MAY ALSO HAVE NEARBY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS CAUSE MVFR CONDITIONS...BUT MAIN ACTIVITY SHOULD BE INLAND FROM THE TERMINALS. && .MARINE...WESTERLY FLOW WILL PERSIST TODAY INTO TONIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL IMPACT THE WATERS LATER IN THE WEEK WITH MORE PERSISTENT SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 92 78 87 77 / 40 40 40 30 FMY 92 78 87 76 / 40 30 50 30 GIF 93 76 89 76 / 60 30 40 30 SRQ 91 78 85 77 / 40 30 50 30 BKV 93 73 88 73 / 50 40 30 30 SPG 92 80 85 79 / 40 40 40 30 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && SHORT TERM/MARINE...05/CANTIN LONG TERM/AVIATION...24/COLSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 407 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2009 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-232000- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 407 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...HEAT IMPACT... HEAT INDUCES WILL RISE ABOVE 100 DEGREES ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PROVIDE SOME RELIEF...HOWEVER...CAUTION IS ADVISED AND RESIDENTS SHOULD AVOID OUTDOOR ACTIVITY DURING THE HOURS OF PEAK HEATING DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...ESPECIALLY INLAND AS DEEPER MOISTURE MOVES OFF THE ATLANTIC TOWARD THE GULF COAST. THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... DAILY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FAVORED IN AREAS FROM TAMPA BAY SOUTHWARD THROUGH LATE WEEK...THEN ALL AREAS BY THE WEEKEND AS DEEP LAYER MOISTURE SETTLES OVER THE PENINSULA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. CANTIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
513 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2009
FLZ052-231015-
POLK-
513 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2009
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN POLK COUNTY INCLUDING
THE INTERSTATE 4 CORRIDOR...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A THUNDERSTORM...
MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT RURAL NORTHERN POLK COUNTY...
UNTIL 615 AM EDT.
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
TO BE SAFE GO INDOORS IMMEDIATELY IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND A LOW
SPOT...AND STAY AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 2813 8182 2834 8190 2835 8179 2835 8167
2834 8166 2827 8166 2827 8157 2822 8153
2818 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0912Z 346DEG 10KT 2833 8170The Tampa radar (KTBW), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:43 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 tornado, 1 heat, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
One large old tree fell onto a shed on 13th Street in Haines City.
Penny sized hail was reported south of Lake Wales.
Afternoon temperatures in the lower 90s combined with dew points in the lower 70s to make a heat index of 100 to 105 degrees on this afternoon. A 25-year-old male collapsed and later died due to the heat while playing basketball with friends in Cape Coral.
Quarter sized hail was reported south of Auburndale.
One mobile home had major roof damage. Several other mobile homes had damage to carports and other minor damage.
One tree fell through a house.
Quarter sized hail was reported south of Inverness.
A tornado touched down in the Castle Lake Mobile Home Park and the Stoneridge Landing Mobile Home Park, causing damage ranging from minor to severe to an estimated 50 mobile homes. The severe damage occurred to roofs and carports. In addition, 50 trees around the parks had the tops sheared off or twisted requiring removal of the trees. Winds were estimated at 85mph.
Quarter sized hail was reported on County Highway 581.
A tree fell through a house and trapped a resident inside.
Nickel sized hail was reported near Inverness.
Quarter sized hail was reported near the intersection of East Summit Road and East Jefferson Street.
One tree fell onto cars in Seminole.
A tree fell through the roof of a house near the intersection of 16th Avenue South and 6th Street South in Saint Petersburg.
A microburst with winds of about 60mph occurred in a mobile home park along 62nd Avenue North in Lealman. Fifteen mobile homes incurred damage, with four homes sustaining major damage, mainly to carports and portions of the roof where the carport was attached. One tree and numerous limbs were also downed just to the northwest of the mobile home park along 27th Street North from 59th Avenue North to 62nd Avenue North.
The tornado touched down along Fruitville Road, snapping a few trees, and then traveled south into a plant farm. It tore two metal beams from the foundation of a metal building on the farm and then moved across a field of more than two dozen greenhouses, destroying or seriously damaging all but one. The tornado then continued south into a wooded area, where it damaged a few more trees before lifting. Winds were estimated around 95mph.
Numerous cars were flooded, some floating down the roads, and there were several road closures around Cape Coral from 4.00 to 4.50 inches of rain falling in a two hour period. Water was two to three feet deep in some locations along Del Prado Boulevard and along Northwest 3rd Avenue.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat, Lee | 2009-06-23 | 25 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 183604, 183607, 185308, 183611, 183973, 183928, 183785, 184506, 183786, 183853, 183788, 183849, 183943, 184526, 184399, 184381, 185304.