Hail, Lee
- When
- June 15, 5:29 PM EST
- Where
- Lee County, Cape Coral
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 26.600, -81.967
Quarter to dime sized hail was reported by Skywarn Spotters across Cape Coral.
Hail in Florida, June 15, 2001
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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 15, 12:55 PM EST, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 12:55 PM EST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 155 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001 CURRENT FCST TRENDS IN FINE SHAPE...AND WILL MAKE FEW CHANGES TO THE OVERALL GIST OF THE PACKAGE. IN GENERAL...A DRY WEEKEND UPCOMING BY MID JUNE STANDARDS IN FL...BUT MODEL TRENDS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A GRADUAL INCREASE IN CHANCES AND COVERAGE OF PCPN FOR NEXT WEEK. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH 24H. APPEARS THAT AVN BEST HANDLED SLOW N CREEP OF ALLISONS REMAINS. NOW...ALL MODELS QUICKLY ENVELOP THE SHORT WAVE INTO THE APPROACHING SYSTEM BY SAT. FOR US...THE PRIMARY MODEL DIFFERENCE BEYOND 24H IS THE HANDLING OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY SLIDING INTO THE MIDWEST TONIGHT THEN DIVING SE TOWARD FL LATER SAT AND SUN. NGM IS THE WEAKEST WHILE ETA STRONGEST...WITH AVN IN BETWEEN. WITH SYSTEM SLIDING INTO AN EXISTING WEAKNESS AT H50 BELIEVE THE NGM A BIT TOO FAST TO DAMPEN... BUT ETA MAY BE OVERDONE ATTM. FAVOR THE AVNS BIG PICTURE THIS TIME AROUND. SHORT TERM: WILL MONITOR ISOLD/SCT AFTN CONVECTION FOR WIND/HAIL EVENTS. THEREAFTER...SKIES SHOULD CLEAR OUT ONCE AGAIN. TRICKY CALL NEAR THE COAST AS CURR FCST CARRIES ISOLD LATE NIGHT PCPN. NEW RUNS SHOW N TO NW FLOW DEEPENING TWD DAWN...BUT MOISTURE IN THE NW FLOW REGIME IS LIMITED SO WILL REMOVE. FOR SAT...SOUNDINGS ARE SIMILAR TO THIS MORNINGS OBSERVED...ONLY WITH SLIGHTLY LOWERED CAPE/LI AND A DEFINITIVE NW FLOW. THE EXCEPTION IS THE SW CORNER WHERE LIGHTER WINDS PREVAIL. WILL BACK OFF TO ISOLD PCPN. A TURN TO THE WNW COMBINED WITH INCREASING LOW LVL MOISTURE ARGUES FOR A BETTER SHOT AT PCPN NEAR THE COAST COME EARLY SUN. SUN ITSELF COULD GET INTERESTING AS MID LEVEL DRY AIR MOVES IN...AT LEAST ACROSS THE N 2/3 OF THE CWFA AND SHORT WAVE APPROACHES IN NNW FLOW ALOFT. FOR NOW A BIT TOO SOON TO SPECULATE...AND WOULD RATHER ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION...SO WILL BUMP PCPN CHANCES UP A TAD IN ALL AREAS. EXTENDED: OLD SFC TROUGH GIVES WAY TO LIGHT...BUT IMPORTANT...E FLOW. INITIALLY RETROGRADED UPPER RIDGE EXPANDS BACK TO THE E...N OF THE STATE...AND THIS SHOULD HELP DEEPEN THE E FLOW. OLD POOLED MOISTURE WOULD HELP THE CAUSE. IN BRIEF...WILL LEAVE GIST OF EFP ALONE WITH EXPECTATION OF MORE TYPICAL TEMP/PCPN PATTERN MON THROUGH FRI. MARINE: CURR FCST TREND LOOKS RIGHT ON...SO ONLY A FEW TWEAKS PLANNED. FIRE WX: DRIER AIR MIXING TO SFC WILL CREEP AFTN RH VALUES TWD 35-40 PERCENT IN CENTRAL ZONES SAT...BUT STILL NOT ENOUGH FOR WATCH CRITERIA DESPITE AN OCCASIONAL GUST TO 15 MPH. HOWEVER...ISOLD/SCT TSTMS CAN STILL PROVIDE FIRE IGNITIION FROM LIGHTNING STRIKES. UNTIL DEEP AND WIDESPREAD PCPN OCCURS...THIS WILL REMAIN AN ONGOING THREAT. PRELIM NUMBERS: TPA BB 077/092/077/091 -113 FMY BB 075/093/075/092 1313 .TBW...NONE. 88/GOLDSMITH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:05 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
505 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0110 PM ST PETERSBURG FL .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/01 PINELLAS EVENT DURATION 10
MINUTES. REPORTED BY
BAY NEWS 9 PHOTOGRAPHER.
0312 PM THONOTOSASSA FL WIND DAMAGE
06/15/01 HILLSBOROUGH NUMEROUS TRAILERS
DAMAGED. REPORTED BY
WFLA CHANNEL 8.
0313 PM THONOTOSASSA FL .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/01 HILLSBOROUGH EVENT DURATION 4
MINUTES. REPORTED BY
BAY NEWS 9. HAIL WAS
COVERING THE GROUND
0320 PM THONOTOSASSA FL WIND DAMAGE
06/15/01 HILLSBOROUGH ONE TREE BLOWN DOWN
ONTO A TRAILER ON OHIO
AVENUE. REPORTED BY
FIRE AND RESCUE.
0346 PM 7 NW MYAKKA CITY FL .88 INCH HAIL
06/15/01 MANATEE ON VERNA BETHANY ROAD.
REPORTED BY MYAKKA FEED
STORE.
0346 PM 7 NW MYAKKA CITY FL .88 INCH HAIL
06/15/01 MANATEE REPORTED BY MYAKKA FEED
STORE ON VERNA BETHANY
ROAD.
0350 PM ZEPHYRHILLS FL 1 INCH HAIL
06/15/01 PASCO EVENT DURATION 4
MINUTES. REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER.
0408 PM DUETTE FL FUNNEL CLOUD
06/15/01 MANATEE REPORTED BY FIRE AND
RESCUE.
0408 PM DUETTE FL .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/01 MANATEE REPORTED BY FIRE AND
RESCUE. EVENT DURATION
2 MINUTES.
0443 PM BOWLING GREEN FL WIND DAMAGE
06/15/01 HARDEE WINDS 50 MPH AND
HIGHER. MEDIUM SIZE
LIMBS SNAPPING. SMALL
PINE TREES SNAPPING 2-3
INCHES IN DIAMETER.
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.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
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 15, 2001
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 15, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, June 15 to 17, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, June 15, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 15, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 15, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 15, 2001
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 15, 2001
More
Every storm in Florida in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 2001
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: 5254781.