Hail, Okaloosa
- When
- August 20, 2:23 PM CST to 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Okaloosa County, Valparaiso
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.483, -86.500
Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 20, 2000
A cluster of strong thunderstorms moving through the community produced dime sized hail. In addition, officials at Eglin Air Force Base reported that the same cluster of storms produced a wind gust of 56 knots (64 mph) at a location on the base.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
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- 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
- 2
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 MOB wrote it up.
A cluster of strong thunderstorms moving through the community produced dime sized hail. In addition, officials at Eglin Air Force Base reported that the same cluster of storms produced a wind gust of 56 knots (64 mph) at a location on the base.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Okaloosa
- When
- August 20, 2:23 PM CST to 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Okaloosa County, (Vps)eglin Afb
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.483, -86.533
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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The same day elsewhere
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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: 5169836, 5169837.