Damage In Tampa Bay Area

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NWUS52 KTBW 091236
LSRTBW

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
836 AM EDT SAT JUL 09 2005

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

0630 AM TORNADO TAMPA 27.96N 82.48W
07/09/2005 HILLSBOROUGH FL AMATEUR RADIO

HAM RADIO REPORT OF A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR THE PORT OF
TAMPA. BUILDING AND TREE DAMAGE REPORTED.


NWUS52 KTBW 091130
LSRTBW

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
730 AM EDT SAT JUL 09 2005

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

0655 AM TSTM WND DMG PINELLAS PARK 27.86N 82.71W
07/09/2005 PINELLAS FL TRAINED SPOTTER

TREES DOWN. ESTIMATED WIND GUST OF 60 MPH.

0658 AM TORNADO SAINT PETERSBURG 27.76N 82.67W
07/09/2005 PINELLAS FL LAW ENFORCEMENT

LAW ENFORCEMENT RELAY REPORT OF A PUBLIC SIGHTING OF A
TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. TREES DOWN.

0715 AM TSTM WND DMG BRANDON 27.93N 82.29W
07/09/2005 HILLSBOROUGH FL BROADCAST MEDIA

NUMEROUS TREE BRANCHES DOWN AT THE CORNER OF BRYON AND
LUMSDEN.

[patsmsg]

Looks like they had a rough day. It just goes to show that you can't focus on the path of the eye only. These storms can drastically affect a very broad area with tornadoes and flooding.