Hail, Manatee
- When
- May 4, 7:25 PM EST to 7:40 PM EST
- Where
- Manatee County, Bradenton to 11 mi E of Bradenton
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Crop damage
- $3.0 million
- Coordinates
- 27.600, -82.430
Hail in Florida, May 4, 1996
Ping-pong sized hail caused significant crop damage from Parrish southeast to Lake Manatee and north to the Hillsborough county line. Most of the cucumber, bell pepper, green been crop and tomato crop was destroyed by the large hail.
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
- $3.0 million
- 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.
Ping-pong sized hail caused significant crop damage from Parrish southeast to Lake Manatee and north to the Hillsborough county line. Most of the cucumber, bell pepper, green been crop and tomato crop was destroyed by the large hail.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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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- Tornado in Ohio, May 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, May 4, 1996
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: 5574051.