Hail, Hillsborough
- When
- May 3, 6:35 PM EST
- Where
- Hillsborough County, 13 mi NE of Tampa
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.120, -82.320
Hail in Florida, May 3, 1996
An off-duty National Weather Service meteorologist reported dime sized hail in the Tampa Palms area near the intersection of I-75 and Bruce B. Downs Blvd.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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.
An off-duty National Weather Service meteorologist reported dime sized hail in the Tampa Palms area near the intersection of I-75 and Bruce B. Downs Blvd.
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:33 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.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 5574049.