Hail, Okaloosa
- When
- May 23, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Okaloosa County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.750, -86.600
Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 23, 1989
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 8
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Walton
- When
- May 23, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Walton County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.720, -86.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Santa Rosa
- When
- May 23, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Santa Rosa County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.950, -87.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Santa Rosa
- When
- May 23, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Santa Rosa County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.770, -87.230
Hail, Escambia
- When
- May 23, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Escambia County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.950, -87.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Santa Rosa
- When
- May 23, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Santa Rosa County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.770, -87.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Santa Rosa
- When
- May 23, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Santa Rosa County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.900, -87.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Escambia
- When
- May 23, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Escambia County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.970, -87.270
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
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 23, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 23, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 23, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 23, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 23, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 23, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 23, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 23, 1989
- Hail in South Dakota, May 23, 1989
- Hail in Mississippi, May 23, 1989
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, May 23, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 23, 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: 10000033, 10000034, 10000035, 10000036, 10000037, 10000038, 10000039, 10000040.