Hail, Lake
- When
- May 24, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.800, -81.630
Tornado and Hail in Florida, May 24, 1988
7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Polk
- When
- May 24, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.750, -81.800
Hail, St. Johns
- When
- May 24, 1:05 PM CST
- Where
- St. Johns County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.880, -81.350
Hail, Volusia
- When
- May 24, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Volusia County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.870, -81.270
Tornado, Nassau
- When
- May 24, 5:44 PM EST
- Where
- Nassau County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 30.680, -81.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Brevard
- When
- May 24, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brevard County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 28.070, -80.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Indian River
- When
- May 24, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Indian River County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 27.820, -80.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Hernando
- When
- May 24, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hernando County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 28.550, -82.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Pinellas
- When
- May 24, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pinellas County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 27.970, -82.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Pasco
- When
- May 24, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pasco County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 28.370, -82.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Citrus
- When
- May 24, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Citrus County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 28.830, -82.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Hillsborough
- When
- May 24, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hillsborough County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 28.020, -82.120
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 24, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, May 24, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 24, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 24, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 24, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 24, 1988
- Hail in Massachusetts, May 24, 1988
- Damaging Wind in New Hampshire, May 24, 1988
- Hail in Montana, May 24, 1988
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10002189, 10002190, 10002191, 10002192, 10002193, 10002194, 10002195, 10002196, 10002197, 10002198, 10002199, 10002200.