Hail, Lee
- When
- August 9, 2:20 PM EST
- Where
- Lee County, S Fort Myers
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.625, -81.849 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Quarter-size hail fell.
Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, August 9, 1993
9 hail, 5 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 13 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
- $21,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
9 hail, 5 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Lee
- When
- August 9, 2:25 PM EST
- Where
- Lee County, Cape Coral
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 26.600, -81.970
A small tornado damaged the roof of a home and moved a parked car.
Tornado, Lee
- When
- August 9, 2:33 PM EST
- Where
- Lee County, Cape Coral
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 26.600, -81.970
A small tornado damaged a screen enclosure, and injured a pet.
Hail, Lee
- When
- August 9, 2:40 PM EST
- Where
- Lee County, Fort Myers
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.625, -81.849 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Quarter-size hail fell.
Hail, Sarasota
- When
- August 9, 3:50 PM EST
- Where
- Sarasota County, Sarasota
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.183, -82.365 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Quarter-size hail fell.
Hail, Madison
- When
- August 9, 3:50 PM EST
- Where
- Madison County, Madison
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.444, -83.470 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Quarter-size hail fell.
Hail, Sarasota
- When
- August 9, 4:37 PM EST
- Where
- Sarasota County, Longboat Key
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.183, -82.365 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Marble-size hail fell.
Tornado, Citrus
- When
- August 9, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Citrus County, Crystal River
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 28.848, -82.520 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A small tornado lifted a metal storage building and threw it into telephone wires.
Hail, Manatee
- When
- August 9, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Manatee County, Palmetto
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.478, -82.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Marble-size hail fell.
Thunderstorm Wind, Citrus
- When
- August 9, 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- Citrus County, Crystal River
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 28.848, -82.520 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong thunderstorm winds ripped the roof off a building.
Thunderstorm Wind, Citrus
- When
- August 9, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Citrus County, Crystal River
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 28.848, -82.520 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong thunderstorm winds toppled about 20 trees on a golf course.
Tornado, Pinellas
- When
- August 9, 6:08 PM EST
- Where
- Pinellas County, St. Petersburg
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 27.903, -82.739 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A small tornado touched down briefly in an uninhabited area.
Hail, Pinellas
- When
- August 9, 6:15 PM EST
- Where
- Pinellas County, Gulfport
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.903, -82.739 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Marble-size hail fell.
Tornado, Pinellas
- When
- August 9, 6:35 PM EST
- Where
- Pinellas County, St. Petersburg
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.4 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 27.770, -82.670
A small tornado uprooted about 20 trees and damaged a roof before dissipating.
Hail, Seminole
- When
- August 9, 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Seminole County to Seminole
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.717, -81.236 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Quarter-size hail fell.
Hail, Pinellas
- When
- August 9, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pinellas County, Largo
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.903, -82.739 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Nickel-size hail fell.
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 Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 9, 1993
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- Hail in New Hampshire, August 9, 1993
- Hail in Maine, August 9, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 9, 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: 10320207, 10320208, 10320209, 10320210, 10319824, 10320030, 10319825, 10317654, 10320071, 10317655, 10317656, 10319752, 10319781, 10319753, 10319878, 10319754.