Sunday, according to Close.Īs for rain, most of the Tampa Bay region saw between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rainfall as of Sunday afternoon, Close said. No tornadoes touched down in the bay area, and a there was only one tornado warning, in the Port Charlotte area north of Fort Myers, which went out around 3 a.m. Throughout the Tampa Bay region, wind speeds never reached tropical storm strength, which is a sustained wind - not a gust - of 39 miles per hour, Close told the Tampa Bay Times.
About an hour later, Hillsborough County saw its highest wind gust of 47 miles per hour at Tampa International Airport, according to weather service data.
