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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 
300 PM EST WED FEB 25 2003


...STORM REPORT UPDATE REGARDING POSSIBLE TORNADOES...

THE FOLLOWING IS THE PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF SEVERAL TORNADO 
REPORTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED DURING THE PAST TWO DAYS IN WEST 
CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE REPORTS BELOW WILL BECOME OFFICIAL IN 45 DAYS
UNLESS ADDITIONAL DATA CAN PROVE OTHERWISE. ADDITIONAL DATA CAN
BE SENT VIA EMAIL TO DANIEL.NOAH@NOAA.GOV.



..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....


0145 PM     TORNADO          2 WSW AUBURNDALE        28.06N 81.83W 
02/24/2004  F0               POLK               FL   EMERGENCY MNGR  

            POLK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INVESTIGATED AND  
            FOUND VISUAL EVIDENCE OF A TORNADO. SHINGLES WERE 
            STRIPPED OFF A BRICK HOME. FOUR MOBILE HOMES RECEIVED 
            MINOR DAMAGE INCLUDING DAMAGE TO SKIRTS, AWNINGS, AS 
            SHED. ONE TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN. AN EYE WITNESS SAW
            A THIN TORNADO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. 


0110 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 W BRANDON             27.93N 82.38W 
02/24/2004  45 MPH           HILLSBOROUGH       FL   STORM SURVEY 

            911 DISPATCH RECEIVED A REPORT OF DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF 
            ONE HOUSE IN PALM RIVER NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 58TH ST 
            AND ROSE LANE. A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY
            DETERMINED THIS WAS A THUNDERSTORM GUST OF 45 MPH BASED
            ON THE DAMAGE. 


0100 PM     TSTM WND GST     6 NW TAMPA              27.96N 82.48W 
02/24/2004  60 MPH           HILLSBOROUGH       FL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREE DAMAGE BROUGHT DOWN POWERLINES BETWEEN THE 5800 AND 
            5900 BLOCK OF BENJAMIN ROAD. THE DAMAGE EXTENDED SOUTHEAST 
            TO NEAR CLARK AND IDLEWILD ROAD. THE TAR ROOF OF A HOME ON 
            HANNA BLEW OFF LEADING TO SIGNIFICANT WATER DAMAGE. THE
            NWS HAS DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS FROM A SEVERE 
            THUNDERSTORM GUST OF 60 MPH. 


1255 PM     WATER SPOUT      2 NE FEATHER SOUND      27.93N 82.63W 
02/24/2004                   PINELLAS           FL   LAW ENFORCEMENT 

            NEAR THE HOWARD FRANKLIN BRIDGE ON THE PINELLAS COUNTY 
            SIDE. REPORTED BY PUBLIC THROUGH 911.



1150 PM     TSTM WND GST     7 N CRYSTAL RIVER       28.90N 82.60W 
02/23/2004  65 MPH           CITRUS             FL   EMERGENCY MNGR  

            A STORM SURVEY WAS COMPLETED BY THE CITRUS COUNTY 
            EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. PICTURES...INTERVIEWS...AND DAMAGE 
            PATTERNS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST OF 
            70 MPH. DAMAGE OCCURRED FROM 7 MILES NORTH TO 10 MILES
            NORTHEAST OF CRYSTAL RIVER AND WAS 1 TO 2 MILES WIDE. 
            MOST OF THE DAMAGE OCCURRED TO MOBILE HOMES. SEVEN HOMES
            WERE DESTROYED...SEVEN HAD MAJOR DAMAGE...AND 33 HOMES
            HAD MINOR DAMAGE. MOST OF THE REPORTED DAMAGE INCLUDED 
            TREES ON HOMES...DAMAGE TO SKIRTING AND CAR PORTS...AND 
            POOL CAGES DESTROYED. WIND SPEED ESTIMATED ON TREE 
            DAMAGE. 


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