Hail, Polk
- When
- March 30, 2:45 PM EST
- Where
- Polk County, Mulberry
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 27.900, -81.980
Hail in Florida, March 30, 1996
Baseball sized hail damaged hundreds of vehicles, damaged roofs and shattered windows of several homes in Mulberry. Hail drifted up to eight inches deep in a few locations of Mulberry.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS TBW wrote it up.
Baseball sized hail damaged hundreds of vehicles, damaged roofs and shattered windows of several homes in Mulberry. Hail drifted up to eight inches deep in a few locations of Mulberry.
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:42 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5575236.