Hail, Highlands
- When
- August 10, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Highlands County, Lorida
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.343, -81.341 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dime- to quarter-size hail fell at Lorida and Lake Istokpoga.
Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, August 10, 1993
6 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $500
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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.
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:16 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lee
- When
- August 10, 3:13 PM EST
- Where
- Lee County, N Fort Myers
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.625, -81.849 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Quarter-size hail fell.
Tornado, Sarasota
- When
- August 10, 3:18 PM EST
- Where
- Sarasota County, Sarasota
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 27.330, -82.530
A small tornado touched down briefly with no damage.
Hail, Hillsborough
- When
- August 10, 3:25 PM EST
- Where
- Hillsborough County, Tampa
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.906, -82.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Quarter-size hail fell.
Hail, Sarasota
- When
- August 10, 3:27 PM EST
- Where
- Sarasota County, Nakomis
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.183, -82.365 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Quarter-size hail fell.
Hail, Manatee
- When
- August 10, 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Manatee County, Ellenton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.478, -82.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Quarter-size hail fell.
Tornado, Manatee
- When
- August 10, 3:31 PM EST
- Where
- Manatee County, Longboat Key
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 27.430, -82.680
A tornado touched down briefly on Longboat Key.
Hail, Pinellas
- When
- August 10, 4:05 PM EST
- Where
- Pinellas County, Gulfport
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.903, -82.739 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Nickel-size hail fell.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pinellas
- When
- August 10, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Pinellas County, St. Petersburg
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 27.903, -82.739 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs.
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
- Hail in Colorado, August 10, 1993
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 10, 1993
- Damaging Winds in Idaho, August 10, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 10, 1993
- Hail in Oklahoma, August 10, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 10, 1993
- Hail in Texas, August 10, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 10, 1993
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: 10319599, 10320211, 10319826, 10319914, 10319827, 10320072, 10320073, 10319755, 10319756.