Hail in Florida, March 31, 2001

Name: Hail in Florida, March 31, 2001
Start: 2001-03-31T18:35
End: 2001-03-31T18:35
Location: Florida

March 31, 2001 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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.

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Wind
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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 Mar 31, 3:15 PM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 3:15 PM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes before

WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
315 PM EST SAT MAR 31 2001

WILL CANCEL FLOOD WATCH WITH THIS PACKAGE. WE ARE GETTING LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN WITH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT NOT WIDESPREAD
ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY THE CONTINUATION OF THE FLOOD WATCH.

SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE PROBLEM THIS EVENING...BUT FAIR WEATHER
SUNDAY AND BEYOND AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN AT ALL LEVELS FOR THE
WEEK.

MARINE: WILL LET CURRENT FORECAST RIDE AS LITTLE TIME TO LOOK AT
ANYTHING. SCEC CRITERIA MAY BE MET SUNDAY...AS PER CURRENT FORECAST.

PRELIM NUMBERS:
TPA 62/76/52/76 1000
FMY 66/81/55/80 4000

.TBW...FIRE WX WATCH SUNDAY FLZ039-042>043-052-056>057-061...AND
       INTERIOR FLZ048>049.

ALSHEIMER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 31, 5:22 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
522 PM EST SAT MAR 31 2001

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0200 PM    6 NE THONOTOSASSA         FL   .75 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   HILLSBOROUGH                   REPORTED BY HILLSBOROUGH
                                          RIVER STATE PARK.

0205 PM    LARGO                     FL   .75 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   PINELLAS                       REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0208 PM    LARGO                     FL   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   PINELLAS                       REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0238 PM    POLK CITY                 FL   .75 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   POLK                           REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0250 PM    HAINES CITY               FL   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   POLK                           REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0258 PM    SEFFNER                   FL   1 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   HILLSBOROUGH                   REPORTED BY MEDIA.

0300 PM    PLANT CITY                FL   1 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   HILLSBOROUGH                   REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0300 PM    3 NNW BRANDON             FL   .75 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   HILLSBOROUGH                   REPORTED BY FIRE AND
                                          RESCUE.

0301 PM    SEFFNER                   FL   1.5 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   HILLSBOROUGH                   REPORTED BY MEDIA.

0305 PM    TURKEY CREEK              FL   1.5 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   HILLSBOROUGH                   REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0319 PM    1 W LAKELAND              FL   .75 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   POLK                           REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0403 PM    1 N CYPRESS GARDENS       FL   .75 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   POLK                           REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0404 PM    WINTER HAVEN              FL   .88 INCH HAIL
03/31/01   POLK                           REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

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The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:36 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Sarasota

When: March 31, 6:35 PM EST
Where: Sarasota County, 6 mi SE of Sarasota
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 27.267, -82.467

Nickel sized hail was reported by a Skywarn Spotter near the intersection of Tuttle and Bee Ridge Roads in Sarasota.

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

Every storm in Florida in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Florida, March 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: 5238496.