Much of FL Peninsula is Getting Hammered

[Sanibel]

Sustained around 30, gusts over 40. Not too bad...

[NateFLA]

As usual Tampa is escaping everything.

Floridians need to move to Tampa... no matter how bad the weather is in the rest of the state, it seems Tampa's weather is about 3 clicks less severe most of the time.

[Trader Ron]

Very little in Naples. So far.

[Canelaw99]

Local CBS reporter in Key West just reported that the winds from Dennis pushed a DC-3 that was on the tarmac at the Key West Airport into the mangroves. This was the DC-3 that was hijacked in Cuba some years ago and flown into Key West and it's been sitting there at the airport all this time. No one can get to it yet because the tarmac is flooded.

[NateFLA]

Okay, Tampa is getting a pretty respectable squall right now. I was looking at KTBW and thought "hey, it should be raining right now" so I walked over to my window, and boom literally in 3 seconds it went from bone dry to huge sheets of rain and strong gusts.

Apparently we're under tornado warning.... not a bad squall!

[dolebot_Broward_NW]

Yup, we felt the 4am squall here in tamarac too, but it was more like 430-515am. powerful winds, (no gauge, but I would guesstimate 40mph), sideways rain, palm trees bending and fronds ripping off, power failed several times, but eventually made it back on.

[gatorcane]

Tampa may be getting even more squalls this afternoon as Dennis strengthens and widens in coverage. Gusts up to 50mph+ wouldn't surprise me.

[caneman]

Saying up yo 60+ here in Pinellas County

[gatorcane]

Saying up yo 60+ here in Pinellas County

Dennis is favoring the right side of the cone...so I would agree with you here.

[caneman]

81 mph wind gust just measured in Pinellas county.

[gatorcane]

81 mph wind gust just measured in Pinellas county.

Wow and the worst is yet to come....where was that reported?

[tampastorm]

Tampa ecsaped? 81MPH gust and heavy down pours is ecscaping?

[Scorpion]

Wow!! Hardly getting anything here!!

[NateFLA]

Tampa ecsaped? 81MPH gust and heavy down pours is ecscaping?

Tampa is in Hillsborough, and I certainly didnt see/hear/feel any 81mph gust.

Anyways, yes, Tampa escapes constantly. When was the last time Tampa actually had sustained hurricane force winds, I wonder. Even last year when the state got cut like a buzz saw, Tampa never really saw anything more than perhaps TS force winds and alot of rain. We are clearly exposed, clearly in danger of significant flooding with the bay, but thankfully we never seem to get anything directly.

Charley is a prime example. Everyone was saying "tampa tampa tampa" but in the end, in Tampa Charley turned out to be nothing more than some extended unpleasant weather, but nothing destructive.

We escape.... alot.

[gatorcane]

Just wait a couple of months. This strong ridging we have seen push two storms now into the northern Gulf coast may cost S. Florida later

[Scorpion]

Yes, August is going to be big for sure.

[caneman]

Tampa ecsaped? 81MPH gust and heavy down pours is ecscaping?

Tampa is in Hillsborough, and I certainly didnt see/hear/feel any 81mph gust.

Anyways, yes, Tampa escapes constantly. When was the last time Tampa actually had sustained hurricane force winds, I wonder. Even last year when the state got cut like a buzz saw, Tampa never really saw anything more than perhaps TS force winds and alot of rain. We are clearly exposed, clearly in danger of significant flooding with the bay, but thankfully we never seem to get anything directly.

Charley is a prime example. Everyone was saying "tampa tampa tampa" but in the end, in Tampa Charley turned out to be nothing more than some extended unpleasant weather, but nothing destructive.

We escape.... alot.

PInellas County got hammered/

[Cookiely]

Lost my hearing for a few minutes, but they finally popped. It happened really fast, it was kind of eerie. My mother has a terrible headache. Its raining heavy now but little wind.

[gatorcane]

Tampa is in Hillsborough, and I certainly didnt see/hear/feel any 81mph gust.

Anyways, yes, Tampa escapes constantly. When was the last time Tampa actually had sustained hurricane force winds, I wonder. Even last year when the state got cut like a buzz saw, Tampa never really saw anything more than perhaps TS force winds and alot of rain. We are clearly exposed, clearly in danger of significant flooding with the bay, but thankfully we never seem to get anything directly.

Charley is a prime example. Everyone was saying "tampa tampa tampa" but in the end, in Tampa Charley turned out to be nothing more than some extended unpleasant weather, but nothing destructive.

We escape.... alot.

I spent 20+ years in Tampa and they are the luckiest area around in my opinion. When Charley passed about 100 miles S. there was absolutely no bad weather at all in Tampa. In fact, a typical summer time afternoon pattern produces more severe weather!

Then Jeanne and Frances passed well to the North. Actually Frances caught many by surprised when it emerged into the Gulf and we got the backlash effect. I wasn'ts surprised at all. I called it very early on...that was about the worst Tampa has seen in a long time.

BUT Tampa will get hit again and I fear what will happen when it does. Too many complacent people up there.

[NateFLA]

PInellas County got hammered/

Tampa... to me, Tampa is:
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