Florida, 1996

Hail in Florida, March 31, 1996

March 31, 1996 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Penny sized hail covered the ground nearly one inch deep at Rosewood, near the intersection of State Road 24 and County Road 345.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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.

Penny sized hail covered the ground nearly one inch deep at Rosewood, near the intersection of State Road 24 and County Road 345.

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 177 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Levy

When
March 31, 1:00 PM EST
Where
Levy County, 9 mi NE of Cedar Key
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
29.230, -82.930

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5571974.