The Event

14 Sep 2016, 1330 hrs.

TIA

Three F4 Waterspouts make

landfall

TGH

Port Tampa Dock

Tampa
Wastewater
Treatment

MacDill AFB
TECO Big
Bend Station

Affected areas: TECO Big

Bend Station, MacDill AFB,
TGH, Skyway, Gandy, & 275
Bridges; TIA, Downtown
Tampa, Tampa Wastewater
Treatment Facility

 A day later Tropical Storm Vernie

TIA

TGH
Tampa
Wastewater
Treatment

MacDill AFB
Port Tampa Dock

TECO Big
Bend Station

High winds, storm surge cause

massive flooding (17 feet above sea
level), nearly the entire Interbay
Peninsula is underwater
Town 'N Country, historic Ybor City,
the area around TIA and the RuskinApollo Beach area.

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