Hail, Santa Rosa
- When
- March 30, 3:35 PM EST
- Where
- Santa Rosa County, Pea Ridge
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.693, -87.018 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Golfball-size hail fell.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, March 30, 1993
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $55,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Santa Rosa
- When
- March 30, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Santa Rosa County, Pace
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 30.693, -87.018 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong thunderstorm winds blew a mobile home off its foundation and downed trees at Floridatown.
Thunderstorm Wind, Okaloosa
- When
- March 30, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Okaloosa County, Ft. Walton Beach
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 30.665, -86.592 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A man was struck by lightning in Ft. Walton Beach. He was treated and released. Strong thunderstorm winds destroyed a car, damaged another, and peeled the roof off one apartment.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, March 30, 1993
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 30, 1993
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 30, 1993
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, March 30, 1993
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, March 30, 1993
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, March 30, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 30, 1993
- Hail in Alabama, March 30, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 30, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 30, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, March 30, 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: 10319857, 10319858, 10320178.