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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1048 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2003
...JUNE 2003 ENDS UP BEING ONE OF THE WETTEST ON RECORD...
THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF JUNE 2003 BEGAN RATHER TYPICAL WITH SCATTERED
AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...DURING
THE THIRD WEEK A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE NORTHEASTERN
UNITED STATES...IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE BAHAMAS...
CHANNELED A PLUME OF DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE ACROSS THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA. A SERIES OF ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES MOVING THROUGH THIS
UPPER FLOW HELPED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS A LARGE
PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. THE LAST WEEK OF THE
MONTH SAW A RETURN TO MORE TYPICAL SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MANY LOCATIONS IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA RECEIVED OVER
FIFTEEN INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH...OR TWO TO THREE TIMES THE
NORMAL MONTHLY RAINFALL FOR JUNE. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS PLACED
SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE TOP TEN FOR WETTEST JUNES ON RECORD.
BELOW ARE TABLES OF THE WETTEST MONTHLY PRECIPITATION RECORDS FOR
JUNE AT A FEW SITES.
TOP 10 WETTEST TOP 10 WETTEST
JUNES IN TAMPA: JUNES IN SARASOTA-BRADENTON:
1 18.52 IN 1945 1 22.34 IN 1992
2 15.92 IN 1934 2 13.39 IN 1968
3 13.75 IN 1974 3 12.40 IN 1974
4 13.47 IN 1912 4 12.27 IN 1976
5 13.42 IN 1896 5 12.08 IN 1957
*6 13.19 IN 2003* *6 12.03 IN 2003*
7 12.54 IN 1943 7 10.82 IN 1986
8 12.41 IN 1892 8 10.80 IN 1994
9 12.18 IN 1899 9 10.67 IN 1966
10 11.58 IN 1890 10 10.46 IN 1999
NORMAL FOR TPA = 5.50 IN. NORMAL FOR SRQ = 7.41 IN.
RECORDS BEGAN APRIL 1890 RECORDS BEGAN JULY 1948
TOP 10 WETTEST
JUNES IN FORT MYERS:
1 20.25 IN 1936
2 20.10 IN 1974
3 18.73 IN 1992
4 17.92 IN 1983
5 16.43 IN 1939
6 16.10 IN 1959
7 16.06 IN 1943
8 15.03 IN 1968
9 15.01 IN 1982
*10 14.60 IN 2003*
NORMAL FOR FMY = 9.77 IN.
RECORDS BEGAN JANUARY 1931
FOLLOWING ARE PRELIMINARY AND UNOFFICIAL TOTALS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE
AT SELECTED LOCATIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA:
OBSERVING SITE COUNTY MONTHLY TOTAL
(INCHES)
...AIRPORTS...
BROOKSVILLE/HERNANDO CO HERNANDO 19.29
ST PETE/CLEARWATER INTL PINELLAS 18.83
PUNTA GORDA/CHARLOTTE CO CHARLOTTE 16.66
FORT MYERS/PAGE FIELD LEE 14.60
FORT MYERS/SW FLORIDA INTL LEE 13.46
TAMPA INTL HILLSBOROUGH 13.19
ST PETE/ALBERT WHITTED PINELLAS 12.99
LAKELAND LINDER POLK 12.51
SARASOTA-BRADENTON INTL MANATEE 12.03
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE HILLSBOROUGH 10.15
...OTHERS...
CHASSAHOWITZKA CITRUS 28.32
MYAKKA CITY MANATEE 22.24
CRYSTAL RIVER 4 S CITRUS 21.90
INVERNESS 3 SE CITRUS 21.84
FLORAL CITY CITRUS 20.67
BROOKSVILLE 8 NNW HERNANDO 20.52
PARRISH MANATEE 20.47
HOLIDAY 5 E PASCO 19.99
VENICE SARASOTA 19.32
POINT LONESOME CHARLOTTE 19.25
CLEARWATER PINELLAS 18.33
BONITA SPRINGS LEE 18.31
RUSKIN/NWS HILLSBOROUGH 18.19
ARCADIA 8 WNW DESOTO 18.13
LAND O LAKES PASCO 18.13
FOUR CORNERS POLK 16.74
LAKE PANASOFFKEE SUMTER 16.53
MASARYKTOWN 5 W HERNANDO 16.50
SARASOTA SARASOTA 16.48
NOCATEE DESOTO 16.21
ODESSA 3 S HILLSBOROUGH 16.12
ONA HARDEE 16.05
DUETTE MANATEE 16.03
GOWERS CORNER 2 NW PASCO 15.78
HOLDER (WITHLACOOCHEE RVR) CITRUS 15.78
PUNTA GORDA 8 NE CHARLOTTE 15.76
GARDNER HARDEE 15.66
APOLLO BEACH HILLSBOROUGH 15.49
MULBERRY POLK 14.96
PINELLAS PARK PINELLAS 14.68
WEST BRADENTON MANATEE 14.44
OLGA (CALOOSAHATCHEE RVR) LEE 14.42
HILLSBOROUGH RVR ST PK HILLSBOROUGH 14.35
FORT OGDEN 14 E DESOTO 14.17
BARTOW POLK 13.95
WAUCHULA 9 SW HARDEE 13.87
COLEMAN 2 W SUMTER 13.82
FORT OGDEN DESOTO 13.81
BRANDON HILLSBOROUGH 13.80
TRILBY (WITHLACOOCHEE RVR) HERNANDO 13.76
GULFPORT PINELLAS 13.65
DADE CITY 10 E (GREEN SWAMP) SUMTER 13.57
WIMAUMA HILLSBOROUGH 13.41
MOUNTAIN LAKE POLK 13.09
ST LEO PASCO 13.05
SAN ANTONIO PASCO 12.93
PLANT CITY HILLSBOROUGH 12.76
NORTH PORT SARASOTA 12.74
INGLIS LEVY 12.62
SAFETY HARBOR PINELLAS 12.39
BOWLING GREEN HARDEE 11.43
AVON PARK 2 W HIGHLANDS 10.70
WILLISTON LEVY 10.40
LAKE GIBSON POLK 10.17
ARCHBOLD BIO STN HIGHLANDS 10.16
FORT MEADE POLK 9.37
FROSTPROOF POLK 8.97
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