Hail, Hillsborough
- When
- February 22, 3:13 PM EST
- Where
- Hillsborough County, Ruskin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.906, -82.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dime-size hail fell in Ruskin.
Tornado and Hail in Florida, February 22, 1993
7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 10 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
- $11,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Brevard
- When
- February 22, 3:23 PM EST
- Where
- Brevard County, Titusville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.300, -80.701 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Nickle- to quarter-size hail fell south of Titusville.
Hail, Brevard
- When
- February 22, 3:25 PM EST
- Where
- Brevard County, Kennedy Space to Center
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.300, -80.701 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Nickle-size hail fell.
Hail, Manatee
- When
- February 22, 3:25 PM EST
- Where
- Manatee County, Palmetto
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.478, -82.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Nickle-size hail fell.
Hail, Polk
- When
- February 22, 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Polk County, Bradley Junction
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.949, -81.698 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dime-size hail fell.
Hail, Sarasota
- When
- February 22, 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Sarasota County, Old Myakka
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.183, -82.365 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Quarter-size hail fell.
Tornado, De Soto
- When
- February 22, 4:58 PM EST
- Where
- De Soto County, Arcadia
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 27.220, -81.870
A small tornado knocked down many trees, one of which fell onto and damaged a mobile home west of Arcadia.
Thunderstorm Wind, De Soto
- When
- February 22, 5:24 PM EST to 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- De Soto County, Arcadia
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 27.186, -81.809 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong thunderstorm winds broke a plam tree in half in Arcadia and blew the roof off a shed in the eastern part of the county.
Hail, Highlands
- When
- February 22, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Highlands County, Lake Placid
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.343, -81.341 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dime-size hail fell. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 mph.
Thunderstorm Wind, Highlands
- When
- February 22, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Highlands County, Lake Placid
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 27.343, -81.341 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dime-size hail fell. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 mph.
Thunderstorm Wind, Collier
- When
- February 22, 8:10 PM EST
- Where
- Collier County, Naples
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 26.099, -81.381 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds blew an awning into a window pane.
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
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: 10319903, 10317624, 10317625, 10320044, 10319845, 10319798, 10317818, 10317819, 10319596, 10319597, 10317689.