Florida, 2002

Hail in Florida, June 2, 2002

June 2, 2002 · 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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  • 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 2, 12:48 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 12:48 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
148 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2002

CURRENTLY...WEST COAST SEA BREEZE DEPICTED ON VISIBLE LOOP ABOUT 5-
10 MILES INLAND. 88D SHOWING SHORT-LIVED/ISOLD SHOWERS ALONG THE SEA
BREEZE OVER CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES. EAST COAST SEA BREEZE STILL
CLOSE COAST. VAPORT SHOWS UPPER VORT NORTH OF BAHAMAS MOVING SE...
WITH SWATH OF DRY AIR OVER THE PENIN.

--FORECAST DISCUSSION--
MODELS SIMILAR WITH NEXT FEW DAYS ON LARGE SCALE SHOWING WEAK UPPER
TROF CONTINUING TO WEAKEN OVER THE WCENT GULF WHILE A WEAK UPPER
RIDGE BUILDS NE OF THE STATE MON...SHIFTING EAST INTO THE ATLC TUE
AND WED. BY WED...THE WEAK UPPER LOW THAT HAS BEEN OVER THE W GULF
IS PROGD TO BE OVER THE NCENT GULF. FOR MON...ANOTHER DAY OF LIMITED
DEEP LAYER MOISTURE...AND WITH A SLIGHT BUILDING OF UPPER HTS.
EXPECT LIMITED COVERAGE FOR CONVECTION. LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL ALSO
AGAIN BE VERY LIGHT MON...SHIFTING TO WNW BY AFTN WITH THE SEA
BREEZE. WITH SUCH LIGHT FLOW...TOUGH TO PICK BEST LOCATION FOR
POPS. WILL GO ISOLD ALL AREAS. BY TUE...LOW LEVEL FLOW BECOMES
MORE ESE AS SFC RIDGE BUILDS OFF THE MID ATLC COAST/W ATLC AND
NOSES SW INTO FL. MODELS ALSO SHOWING DEEPER MOISTURE...WHICH SHOULD
HELP INCREASE POPS 10-20%. ON WED...CONTINUED INCREASE IN DEEP
LAYER MOISTURE ALONG WITH SE WINDS WILL GIVE AT LEAST CLIMO (CHC)
POPS ALL AREAS. IGNORING AVN SFC LOW SPIN UP OVER SE GULF FOR NOW.

--EXTENDED--
LATEST AVN APPEARS TO BE BACKING OFF ON STRENGTH OF NEXT UPPER TROF
BY THURS AND FRI. APPEARS UPPER LOW THAT WAS OVER GULF DISSIPATES
OVER THE N GULF...WHILE ANOTHER ONE POSSIBLY DROPS FROM THE SOUTHERN
EDGE OF NEXT UPPER TROF...CLOSING OFF OVER THE W GULF AGAIN BY FRI
SINCE NEW AVN SOLUTION DOESNT MATCH WELL WITH OLD MRF RUN...WILL
MAKE LITTLE/NO CHANGES TO EXTENDED...KEEPING CHC POPS. COULD GET
BACK INTO SIMILAR PATTERN WE ARE CURRENTLY IN IF UPPER LOW CUTS OFF
OVER THE W GULF...WITH GENERALLY ZONAL UPPER FLOW N OF THE STATE.

--MARINE--
LIGHT WINDS WITH NO HIGHLIGHTS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. ONLY
POTENTIAL PROBLEM COULD BE IF AVN IS CORRECT WITH DEVELOPING A SFC
LOW OVER THE SE GULF BY LATE WEEK...WHICH WOULD INCREASE WINDS.

PRELIM S:
BKV 066/092 067/093 -213
TPA 072/091 073/092 -213
GIF 070/092 071/093 2222
SRQ 070/090 070/090 1213
FMY 072/093 073/094 1213=

.TBW...NONE.

MORALES

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:16 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Levy

When
June 2, 3:17 PM EST
Where
Levy County, Bronson
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
29.450, -82.650

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

More

Every storm in Florida in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 2002

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: 5298198.