Florida, 1997

Hail in Florida, November 6, 1997

November 6, 1997 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$1,000
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 Mobile radar (KMOB), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:27 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Escambia

When
November 6, 11:25 AM CST to 11:30 AM CST
Where
Escambia County, Pine Forrest to 6 mi W of Pine Forrest
Measured
1.75 in hail
Property damage
$1,000
Coordinates
30.520, -87.420

Golfball size hail continued to fall along U S Highway 90 from the storm that dropped hail in the Seminole Alabama community. Hail fell from the Alabama and Florida state line east along Highway 90 to I-10. A couple of vehicles had their windshields cracked by the large hail.

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.

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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: 5619860.