Hail, Levy
- When
- October 13, 12:50 PM EST
- Where
- Levy County, Otter Creek
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.317, -82.783
Hail in Florida, October 13, 2002
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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 Oct 13, 8:31 AM EST, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 8:31 AM EST, 4 hours 19 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 931 AM EDT SUN OCT 13 2002 12Z SOUNDING SHOWS DEEP MOISTURE HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE WITH PWS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES. THIS SHOULD SUPPORT ANOTHER ROUND OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN LATE TODAY...MAINLY NEAR THE COAST WHERE THE SEA BREEZE COLLISION IS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE. CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK FOR TODAY...SO NO CHANGES PLANNED. MARINE: LIGHT WINDS CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WITH SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS. .TBW...NONE. ALSHEIMER
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 4:52 AM EST, 7 hours 58 minutes before
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-131500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 552 AM EDT SUN OCT 13 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: ...SCATTERED LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY ACROSS COASTAL COUNTIES... HOT AND HUMID AIR WILL BE LIFTED BY THE COLLISION OF EASTERLY FLOW WITH THE GULF COAST SEA BREEZE TO PRODUCE MORE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW STORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER INTERIOR WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND A BRIEF DOWNPOUR. BOUNDARIES FROM THESE STORMS WILL IGNITE MORE ACTIVITY OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES BETWEEN 5 AND 7 PM. STRONGER STORMS ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNSET IN AREAS WHERE THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE PROVIDES ADDITIONAL LIFT. THESE STRONGER STORMS WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...RAINFALL RATES OF 2 OR 3 INCHES PER HOUR...AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE LATER THIS EVENING. WHEN SKIES DARKEN...MOVE INDOORS. IF THERE IS TIME...UNPLUG APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. WAIT UNTIL THE STORM ENDS BEFORE USING THE TELEPHONE OR RUNNING WATER. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY: ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP IN THE EASTERN GULF MONDAY NIGHT...THEN BEGIN TO INTENSIFY TUESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL BE DRAWN NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...RESULTING IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS A GOOD PART OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS WHERE STRONGER CELLS DEVELOP. THE ENERGY PROVIDED BY THE DISTURBANCE WILL ALSO INCREASE THE THREAT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AS THE SITUATION UNFOLDS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW BSG
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 167 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:52 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, October 13, 2002
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds and Waterspouts in Lake Superior, October 13, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, October 13, 2002
- Wildfire in California, October 13, 2002
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, October 13, 2002
- Flood in North Carolina, October 13, 2002
- Funnel Cloud in Florida, October 13, 2002
- Hail in Florida, October 13, 2002
- Hail in Florida, October 13, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Florida, October 13, 2002
More
Every storm in Florida in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, October 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: 5318886.