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| Tampa Bay Area - Ruskin, Florida |
POST TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT...TROPICAL STORM HENRI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
945 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2003
VISIT http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tbw FOR RAINFALL MAPS AND RADAR IMAGES
OF TROPICAL STORM HENRI. THE DATA WILL BE POSTED THIS AFTERNOON.
A. WIND DATA...
...ASOS/AWOS (TWO MINUTE WIND OBSERVATIONS)...
COUNTY CITY DIR/SPEED(KTS) DATE/TIME (UTC)
SUMTER THE VILLAGES (VVG) 350/12 06/1805
HERNANDO BROOKSVILLE (BKV) 060/15* 06/0843
PINELLAS CLEARWATER (PIE) 110/16 06/0538
ST PETERSBURG (SPG) 230/19 06/0856
HILLSBOROUGH TAMPA (TPA) 280/19 06/0929
POLK WINTER HAVEN (GIF) 200/19 06/1108
SARASOTA SARASOTA (SRQ) 230/21 06/0809
CHARLOTTE PUNTA GORDA (PGD) 280/20 06/1302
LEE FORT MYERS PAGE (FMY) 270/20 06/1528
SW FL INTL APT (RSW) 280/18 06/1817
...ASOS/AWOS (MAXIMUM GUST)...
SUMTER THE VILLAGES (VVG) N/A
HERNANDO BROOKSVILLE (BKV) 050/17* 06/0843
PINELLAS CLEARWATER (PIE) 110/19 06/0538
ST PETERSBURG (SPG) 230/25 06/0855
HILLSBOROUGH TAMPA (TPA) 280/25 06/0929
POLK WINTER HAVEN (GIF) 210/23 06/1107
SARASOTA SARASOTA (SRQ) 250/25 06/0852
CHARLOTTE PUNTA GORDA (PGD) 270/23 06/1653
LEE FORT MYERS PAGE (FMY) 250/24 06/0622
SW FL INTL APT (RSW) 290/25 06/1816
...BUOYS (ONE MINUTE OBSERVATIONS)...
42036 100 NM WNW OF BAYPORT 330/41 05/1700
42003 210 NM W OF CAPTIVA ISL 260/19 04/2300
...BUOYS (MAXIMUM GUSTS)...
42036 100 NM WNW OF BAYPORT 330/52 05/1700
42003 210 NM W OF CAPTIVA ISL 260/25 04/2300
...C-MAN (TWO MINUTE OBSERVATIONS)...
LEVY CEDAR KEY (CDRF1) 070/14 06/0400
SARASOTA VENICE (VENF1) 230/24 06/0900
...OTHER (ONE MINUTE OBSERVATIONS)...
HILLSBOROUGH MACDILL AFB (MCF) 210/19 06/0959**
POLK LAKELAND (LAL) 230/15 06/1153
...OTHER (MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS)...
LEVY CEDAR KEY (CDRF1) 070/15 06/0400
HILLSBOROUGH MACDILL AFB (MCF) 210/26 06/0959**
POLK LAKELAND (LAL) 230/20 06/1153
SARASOTA VENICE (VENF1) 230/26 06/0900
B. LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE...
COUNTY CITY PRES/MILLIBARS DATE/TIME (UTC)
LEVY CEDAR KEY (CDRF1) 1008.1 05/2200
SUMTER THE VILLAGES (VVG) 1008.5 06/0845
HERNANDO BROOKSVILLE (BKV) 1007.1 06/0858
PINELLAS CLEARWATER (PIE) 1004.4# 06/0849
ST PETERSBURG (SPG) 1005.4 06/0858
HILLSBOROUGH TAMPA (TPA) 1005.1 06/0924
MACDILL AFB (MCF) 1005.4 06/0959
POLK WINTER HAVEN (GIF) 1007.8 06/1045
LAKELAND (LAL) 1006.4 06/1050
SARASOTA SARASOTA (SRQ) 1006.4 06/0656
VENICE (VENF1) 1008.1 06/0800
CHARLOTTE PUNTA GORDA (PGD) 1009.5 06/0746
LEE FORT MYERS (FMY) 1009.5 06/0828
SW FL INTL APT (RSW) 1009.1 06/0720
42036 (BUOY) 100NM WNW OF BAYPORT 1001.7 05/1800
42003 (BUOY) 210NM W OF CAPTIVA 1009.1 05/2300
C. RAINFALL TOTALS...
THE FOLLOWING ARE PRELIMINARY RAINFALL AVERAGES FROM HIGHEST TO
LOWEST BY COUNTY. FOR SELECTED UNOFFICIAL VALUES...CHECK OUR
WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW AND CLICK ON PUBLIC
INFORMATION STATEMENT IN THE TABLE AT RIGHT.
COUNTY RAINFALL RANGE
CHARLOTTE 5 TO 10 INCHES
SARASOTA 3 TO 9 INCHES
LEE 2 TO 7 INCHES
DESOTO 2 TO 6 INCHES
MANATEE 1 TO 3 INCHES
HIGHLANDS 1 TO 3 INCHES
HERNANDO 3 TO 6 INCHES IN EAST SPRING HILL AND SOUTH
BROOKSVILLE...1 INCH ELSEWHERE
PASCO 1 TO 2 INCHES
HARDEE 1 TO 2 INCHES
PINELLAS 1 INCH
HILLSBOROUGH 1/2 TO 1 INCH
SUMTER 1/2 TO 1 INCH
LEVY LESS THAN 1 INCH
CITRUS LESS THAN 1 INCH
POLK LESS THAN 1 INCH
D. MAXIMUM STORM SURGE (STORM TIDE) AND ESTIMATED TIME...
TIDES WERE ONE HALF TO ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL.
E. BEACH EROSION...
NONE REPORTED.
F. FLOODING...
HERNANDO COUNTY...SIX INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR AROUND 6 AM
SEPTEMBER 6TH NEAR THE BROOKSVILLE AIRPORT CLOSED NUMEROUS
ROADS DUE TO HIGH WATER. MANY OF THE ROADS WERE OPENED IN AN
HOUR OR TWO AS THE WATER DRAINED.
SARASOTA COUNTY...5 TO 9 INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN SOUTH VENICE
AND ENGLEWOOD DURING THE EVENT. THERE WERE LOCAL ROAD CLOSURES IN
THE AREA UNTIL THE STORM DRAINS COULD CATCH UP. NO SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.
CHARLOTTE COUNTY...SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN FROM 3-6 PM ON FRIDAY THE
5TH CAUSING STREET FLOODING IN THE TEE-N-GREEN AREA OF PUNTA
GORDA. A TOTAL OF 10 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE
HARBOR (WHICH IS JUST SOUTH OF PORT CHARLOTTE) ON SEPTEMBER 5TH.
BOTH OF THESE EVENTS LEAD TO FLOODED STREETS. SOME WATER ENTERED
HOMES DUE TO WAKES FROM VEHICLES DRIVING IN THE WATER.
LEE COUNTY...RAINFALL OF 2 TO 7 INCHES SLOWED WORK ON PRIVATE
ROADS DAMAGED DURING THE JUNE FLOOD. NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO
HOMES OR INFRASTRUCTURE WAS REPORTED WITH THIS EVENT.
G. TORNADOES...
NONE REPORTED.
H. PRELIMINARY STORM EFFECTS...
1) DEATHS.....NONE.
2) INJURIES...ONE. A MALE IN LEE COUNTY WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
FROM A STORM IN A FEEDER BAND. AN INDIRECT INJURY OCCURRED AS A
55 YEAR OLD PINELLAS PARK MAN HYDRO-PLANED INTO A CONCRETE
WALL ON INTERSTATE 275 IN TAMPA.
3) DAMAGE BY COUNTY...(FROM COUNTIES AND MEDIA):
NO WIND DAMAGE REPORTED.
4) NUMBER OF PEOPLE EVACUATED...NONE
* WIND MEASURED IN THUNDERSTORM.
** WIND DATA ESTIMATED.
# LOWEST PRESSURE OBSERVED ON LAND.