Hail, Polk
- When
- July 18, 4:50 PM EST
- Where
- Polk County, Frostproof
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 27.733, -81.533
Golfball sized hail was reported in Frostproof by the local police department.
Hail in Florida, July 18, 2000
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Heat in Louisiana, July 18, 2000
- Heat in Mississippi, July 18, 2000
- Heat in Mississippi, July 18, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 18, 2000
- Heat in Texas, July 18, 2000
- Flood and Heavy Rain in Nebraska, July 18 to 19, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 18, 2000
- Tornado in Missouri, July 18, 2000
- Flood in Illinois, July 18, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 18, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 18, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 18, 2000
More
Every storm in Florida in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 2000
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: 5162773.