Hail, Polk
- When
- July 8, 5:03 PM EST
- Where
- Polk County, Ft Meade
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.750, -81.800
Golfball sized hail was reported near U.S. Highway 17 by the Ft Meade fire Department.
Hail in Florida, July 8, 1997
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 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), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:03 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
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 8 to 14, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 8, 1997
- Tornado in New York, July 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 8, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, July 8, 1997
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, July 8, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 8, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 8, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, July 8 to 9, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, July 8, 1997
More
Every storm in Florida in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 1997
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: 5616257.