Hail, Volusia
- When
- August 18, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Volusia County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.130, -80.980
Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, August 18, 1989
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- August 18, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 28.020, -81.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- August 18, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 28.030, -81.950
Hail, Nassau
- When
- August 18, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nassau County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.570, -81.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Charlotte
- When
- August 18, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Charlotte County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 26.970, -82.100
Hail, Escambia
- When
- August 18, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Escambia County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.720, -87.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Sarasota
- When
- August 18, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Sarasota County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 27.030, -82.200
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
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- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 18, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 18, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 18, 1989
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- Hail in South Dakota, August 18, 1989
- Hail in Kentucky, August 18, 1989
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: 10000984, 10000985, 10001195, 10001196, 10001197, 10001198, 10001199.