Hail in Florida, May 12, 2001

Name: Hail in Florida, May 12, 2001
Start: 2001-05-12T16:20
End: 2001-05-12T19:20
Location: Florida

May 12, 2001 · NWS TAE · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

3 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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 12, 12:15 PM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 12:15 PM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
115 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2001

17Z MSAS SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS E-W RIDGE FROM GULF COAST STATES
INTO ATLANTIC. COLD FRONT FROM CNTRL APPALACHIANS THRU TN INTO  SRN
PLAINS MAKING STEADY PROGRESS SEWD. VISIBLE SATELLITE LOOPS SHOW SEA
BREEZE CU FORMING JUST INLAND OF TAYLOR & DIXIE CTY COAST. OTHER
FEATURES WERE LINE OF TCU FORMING ALONG OUTFLOW BNDRY FROM MAI TO
JUST E OF BBG (BAINBRIDGE) GA...AND LOW/MID CLOUDS OVER PORTIONS OF
SE AL INTO SW/CNTRL GA. SCT SHWRS/ISOLD TSTMS PER KTLH 88D SLOWLY
MOVING EWD ALONG A LINE FROM N OF DHN TO ABY TO NE OF TIFT CTY...AS
WELL AS A FEW TSTMS ALONG AFOREMENTION BNDRY JUST N OF TLH. TEMPS
OUTSIDE PCPN AREAS RISING INTO THE LOWER-MID 80S & WINDS WERE
VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 MPH...EXCEPT SWLY NEAR BIG BEND COAST AS SEA
BREEZE PUSHES INLAND.

12Z MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT W/ LOCATION/STRENGTH OF SYNOPTIC
FEATURES THIS FCST CYCLE. IN THE MID/UPPER LEVELS...TROUGH OVER THE
GREAT LAKES/OH VALLEY SHIFTS EWD TO MID-ATLANTIC/NEW ENGLAND AS
BROAD RIDGE OVER WRN CONUS ADVANCES INTO THE PLAINS STATES. AT THE
SURFACE...COLD FRONT MAKES FURTHER INROADS SE INTO SERN CONUS W/ NGM
(PREFERRED SOLUTION) FASTER THAN ETA WHICH LAGS FRONT OVER NRN CWFA
AT 12Z SUNDAY. EXPECT SCT CONVECTION ONGOING AT PRESS TIME AS SEA
BREEZE FRONT INTERACTS W/ OUTFLOW BNDRYS FROM ACTIVITY OVER NRN
AREAS. CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW STRONG STORMS W/ HAIL LATE THIS AFTN
THRU EARLY EVENING DUE TO MUCAPES FROM 2000-2500 J/KG & RELATIVELY
STEEP LAPSE RATES. SHWRS/TSTMS SHOULD DIMINISH OVERNIGHT FROM NW TO
SE AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE CWFA OVERNIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE
OVER THE MIDWEST SETTLES SWD & TAKES RESIDENCE OVER THE SERN CONUS
SUNDAY NIGHT & MON. MUCH DRIER AIR FILTERS INTO THE CWFA SUNDAY AFTN
AS MEAN RH VALUES DROP TO 30% OR LESS MONDAY MORNING. WILL KEEP
CHANCE POPS GOING (30-40%) FIRST PERIOD...THEN NIL SUNDAY THRU
MONDAY NIGHT. FAVORED FWC POPS OVER FAN/MAV...AND FWC TEMPS.

LATEST MRF HAS SURFACE RIDGE OVER GULF STATES WEAKENING &
RETROGRADING SWWD AS SHORTWAVE/FRONT ON E SIDE OF PLAINS MID/UPPER
RIDGE RIDES SWD INTO CWFA LATE WED...EXITING THURSDAY NIGHT. LOOKS
DRY FRIDAY...W/ NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT & SUNDAY AS
ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES THE CWFA FROM THE NW. TEMPS WILL AVERAGE
NEAR CLIMO THRU THE EXTENDED PERIOD.

WINDS VEER FROM SW TO NW & INCREASE AS FRONT DROPS SEWD ACROSS THE
WATERS OVERNIGHT W/ CONVECTION ENDING AFTER WIND SHIFT. MODERATE NLY
WINDS SUNDAY BECOME GUSTY NELY SUNDAY NIGHT & MONDAY...POSSIBLY AT
SCEC LEVELS AS PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS. WINDS & SEAS DIMINISH BY
MID WEEK AS SURFACE RIDGE SETTLES OVER THE MARINE AREA.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR SUNDAY AFTN AS INCREASING
SUBSIDENCE ALLOWS MIN RH VALUES OF 30-35% FOR MARGINAL DURATIONS.
RED FLAG CONDITIONS LOOM ON THE HORIZON FOR MONDAY.

PRELIM CCF...
TLH UU 060/087 053/088 4-00
PFN UU 065/085 061/083 4-00
DHN UU 063/085 058/086 3000
ABY UU 062/085 055/087 3000
VLD UU 062/087 054/088 4-00

.TLH...
AL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
FL...FIRE WEATHER WATCH ALL BUT THE IMMEDIATE COAST SUNDAY AFTN.

MAJ

The radar

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 7 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:20 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Leon

When: May 12, 4:20 PM EST
Where: Leon County, Tallahassee
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 30.450, -84.283

Nickel to quarter size hail near Park Ave and Capital Circle SE. Reported by the Leon County EMA.

Hail, Bay

When: May 12, 5:05 PM EST
Where: Bay County, Youngstown
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 30.367, -85.433

Dime size hail on U.S. Highway 231 just south of Youngstown. Reported by WJHG-TV Panama City.

Hail, Madison

When: May 12, 7:20 PM EST
Where: Madison County, Madison
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 30.467, -83.400

Nickel size hail reported by a spotter in Madison and a deputy sheriff between Madison and Greenville.

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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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Florida in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Florida, May 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: 5247417, 5247418, 5247419.