Florida, 2001

Hail in Florida, June 30, 2001

June 30, 2001 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • 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
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 30, 11:54 AM EST, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 11:54 AM EST, 4 hours 56 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1254 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 2001

NEAR TERM AN EASTERLY WAVE IN THE EASTERN GULF IS MOVING VERY LITTLE
TODAY.  CONVECTION IS ON THE INCREASE AND AN UPPER LOW OVER THE
WESTERN GULF IS DRIFTING TO THE SOUTH APPARENTLY ENHANCING DIFLUENCE
IN THE AREA.  WE WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE TO OUR WEST DUE TO ITS
POTENTIAL EFFECT ON OUR COASTAL FORECAST...BUT DEEP LAYER EASTERLY
FLOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH MID WEEK THE SYSTEM
SHOULD CONTINUE ITS TREK ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO.

OVER THE LONGER TERM TWO SYSTEMS WILL BE INFLUENCING OUR WEATHER.
THE FIRST IS A TUTT LOW CUTTING OFF EAST OF THE BAHAMAS.  I LIKE
THE WAY THE AVN HANDLES THIS THE BEST BUT WITH THE CAVEAT THAT MODELS
ARE NOTORIOUSLY POOR WITH HANDLING THESE SYSTEMS.  STILL THE BEST
GUESS IS THAT THE UPPER LOW WILL DRIFT SOUTH WEST ACROSS CUBA AND
INTO THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN...KEEPING FLORIDA IN ITS SUBSIDENT
SIDE.  THIS WILL EFFECTIVELY LESSEN CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT STARTING
MONDAY.  BUT OUR AREA MAY BE A LITTLE FAR WEST TO BE GREATLY
INFLUENCED BY THE SYSTEM...AT LEAST MONDAY.  THE WAVE IN THE GULF
MY ALSO INFLUENCE THE WEATHER...PERHAPS PRODUCING A LITTLE
SUBSIDENCE OF ITS OWN...OR IT COULD ENHANCE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE
OVER THE AREA.  A LOT OF IFS...SO I WILL TREND TOWARDS A BLEND OF
PERSISTENCE AND CLIMATOLOGY.

THE SECOND SYSTEM INFLUENCING OUR WEATHER IS A VERY DEEP LONGWAVE
TROUGH DIGGING SOUTH ALONG THE EAST COAST BY MID WEEK OR SO.  THIS
WILL BRING A SLOW MOVING/STALLING FRONT TO TO STATE PLUS WESTERLY
FLOW.  I WILL REWORD THE EXTENDED FORECAST FOR MOSTLY MORNING
CONVECTION AND INCREASE OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES JUST A HAIR.

MARINE AND FIRE WEATHER...JUST IN A WATCH MODE ON THE WAVE IN THE
GULF.  I AM NOT REALLY EXPECTING IT TO HAVE MUCH INFLUENCE OVER THE
MARINE FORECAST IN THE SHORT TERM.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS

TPA BB 074/090 075/090 075 3534
FMY BB 074/090 075/091 075 3534

.TBW...NONE.

SOBIEN

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Citrus

When
June 30, 4:50 PM EST to 4:55 PM EST
Where
Citrus County, Homosassa
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
28.783, -82.617

A Skywarn Spotter reported dime to moth ball sized hail briefly covered the ground in Homosassa.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5255084.