Hail in Florida, January 29, 1997

Name: Hail in Florida, January 29, 1997
Start: 1997-01-29T21:10
End: 1997-01-29T21:30
Location: Florida

January 29, 1997 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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.

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:08 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pasco

When: January 29, 9:10 PM EST to 9:30 PM EST
Where: Pasco County, 3 mi N of Zephyrhills
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 28.270, -82.180

Dime sized hail, driven by a 60 mph northeast wind, combined with a gentle northeast to southwest sloping terrain, and falling in torrential rain of four inches in less than 30 minutes, allowed hail to accumulate to depths of up to four feet in shallow ravines and low-lying areas in the hill country of eastern Pasco county.Most of the accumulated hail occurred one-quarter mile west of U.S. Highway 301 and Bailey Hill Road intersection, 2.5 miles north of Zephyrhills.

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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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5612407.