Florida, 2002

Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 23, 2002

July 23, 2002 · NWS TAE · 3 events in 1 county or zone

2 thunderstorm wind, 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
$60,000
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 Jul 23, 12:30 PM EST, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 12:30 PM EST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
130 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2002

CURRENTLY: EXTENSIVE MORNING CLOUD COVER AND OFFSHORE CONVECTION HAS
DELAYED THE SEA BREEZE DEVELOPMENT...BUT A CU FIELD IS RAPIDLY
DEVELOPING INLAND WITH SEVERAL SMALL SHOWERS QUICKLY DEVELOPING.
MODIFIED THE 12 UTC TLH SOUNDING THIS MORNING TO T=88, TD=72 TO GET
A PW OF 2.17 INCHES AND A CAPE OF 3312 J/KG...SO THE ATMOSPHERE IS
PLENTY MOIST AND RIPE FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. STILL EXPECT
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TO BE THE MAIN CONCERN IN THE STRONGER STORMS.

MODELS/ZFP: STILL VERY LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS...AS THE PERSISTENT UPPER LOW OVER THE SE CONTINUES TO SLOWLY
WEAKEN AND BECOME AN OPEN WAVE. DURING THIS TIME...THE MEAN TROF
WILL REMAIN OVER THE SE WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND A CONTINUED
DISTURBED SEA BREEZE PATTERN...WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN ABOVE NORMAL
POPS THROUGH FRIDAY. WITH THE UPPER LOW WEAKENING AND LOCATED A BIT
FURTHER N...DO EXPECT A REDUCTION IN THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING
CONVECTION OFFSHORE AND NEAR THE COAST. FOR TEMPS...GUIDANCE IS IN
GOOD AGREEMENT WITH DAYTIME HIGHS REMAINING NEAR 90 UNDER MOSTLY
CLOUDY SKIES...WITH SOME LIMITED HEATING UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON.

FIRE WX: NO CONCERNS.

MARINE: GENERALLY LIGHT SW WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS...WITH SOME INCREASE IN THE SW FLOW ON THURSDAY...AS A SFC
LOW DEVELOPS N OF THE AREA.

EXTENDED: IT STILL LOOKS ON TRACK FOR THE UPPER TROF TO GET SQUEEZED
OUT BY A MERGER OF RIDGING FROM THE EAST AND WEST...WHICH WILL BEGIN
TO BUILD OVER THE SE BY THE WEEKEND. ON THE LATEST MRF RUN...THE
TIMING MAY BE DELAYED A BIT FROM YESTERDAYS RUN...WITH SUNDAY THE
LIKELY BEGINNING OF THE HOTTER CONDITIONS AND LOWER POPS.

PRELIM NUMBERS:
TLH 072 089 073 090 3636
PFN 076 088 076 089 3636
DHN 073 089 074 090 3636
ABY 072 088 073 090 3636
VLD 071 090 072 091 3636

.TLH...
.AL...NONE.
.GA...NONE.
.FL...NONE.

GOULD

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Walton

When
July 23, 5:02 PM EST to 5:13 PM EST
Where
Walton County, Paxton
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
30.967, -86.300

Dime size hail reported by a SKYWARN spotter.

Thunderstorm Wind, Walton

When
July 23, 5:02 PM EST to 5:10 PM EST
Where
Walton County, Paxton
Measured
63 kt (72 mph)
Property damage
$50,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
30.967, -86.300

A weather spotter recorded 55-mph sustained winds for 5 minutes with a peak gust of 73 mph. A bleacher from a neighboring baseball field damaged the town hall. One of the concrete dugouts was blown apart. Several trees and power lines were blown down on U.S. Highway 331 in Paxton. Reported by a SKYWARN spotter.

Thunderstorm Wind, Walton

When
July 23, 5:13 PM EST
Where
Walton County, 2 mi S of Paxton
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
30.933, -86.300

Two 50-foot red oak trees fell, with one on the roof of a weather spotter's home. Reported by a SKYWARN spotter.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 5307271, 5307272, 5307273.