Hail, Polk
- When
- May 22, 5:50 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Polk County, 5 mi NE of Bartow
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.930, -81.780
Nickel sized hail that lasted for ten minutes was reported at and around the Bartow Municipal Airport.
Hail in Florida, May 22, 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), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:47 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
- Tornado in Florida, May 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 22, 1997
- Hail in Florida, May 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 22, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, May 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 22, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, May 22, 1997
- Cold in West Virginia, May 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 22, 1997
- Hail in Texas, May 22, 1997
- Cold in Virginia, May 22, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, May 22 to 31, 1997
More
Every storm in Florida in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, May 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: 5610642.