Hail, Orange
- When
- August 18, 5:04 PM EST
- Where
- Orange County, Pine Hills
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 28.550, -81.433
Hail in Florida, August 18, 2003
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 Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 18, 1:20 PM EST, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 1:20 PM EST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 220 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2003 DEEP CONVECTION NOW UNDERWAY ALONG THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE FROM VOLUSIA TO MARTIN COUNTY. 15Z XMR SOUNDING INDICATING NEAR 2.2 INCH PCP WATER AMOUNTS. SLOW INLAND PUSH TO SEA BREEZE AND WEAK SW TO NE STEERING FLOW WILL KEEP COASTAL COUNTIES ACTIVE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND MINOR FLOODING WILL BE MAIN CONCERN. PLAN ON GOING WITH HIGHER POPS ALONG COASTAL CTYS THIS EVE. BREEZE/BNDRY COLLSION STILL LIKELY FROM CENTRAL VOLUSIA CTY TO NEAR LK OKEECHOBEE. TUE-THU...UPPER TROUGH ACROSS EASTERN STATES WILL SLIDE EAST WITH RIDGE BUILDING IN. SEMI-PERMANENT ATLANTIC RIDGE WILL BE THE MAIN PLAYER OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...WITH AXIS SHIFTING TO THE NORTH. ATMOSPHERE SHOULD STAY QUITE MOIST (PW AT OR ABOVE 2 INCHES)...SO SCATTERED POPS LOOK LIKE THE WAY TO GO. BIGGEST THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN AND POTENTIAL FLOODING WITH SLOW MOVING STORMS IN WEAK FLOW. SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY IN THIS ENVIRONMENT. FRI-MON...WELL-DEFINED FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHES EAST ACROSS MIDWEST AND NORTHEAST STATES BUT WEAKENS AS IT RUNS INTO RIDGE OFFSHORE. FRONT MAY MAKE IT INTO SOUTHEAST STATES BUT WILL LIKELY DISSIPATE BEFORE REACHING THE PENINSULA. RIDGE AXIS WILL RESPOND BY SINKING SLOWLY BACK TO THE SOUTH. NOT MUCH VARIABILITY IN THE MREF MEMBERS SO WILL BASE FORECAST LARGELY ON INFLUENCE OF SYNOPTIC WIND REGIME. MARINE...WITH RIDGE AXIS CLOSE BY...WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT. SWELLS NOT A FACTOR SO WIND WAVES ARE PRIMARY CONTRIBUTOR TO SEAS. WAVE WATCH HAS A GOOD HANDLE ON THINGS...WITH SEAS PEAKING AT 2 FT THROUGH THE PERIOD. ...PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB BE 073/088 073/089 073 343 MCO TT 074/090 073/090 074 353 MLB EE 074/089 073/088 074 343 VRB BE 074/089 074/088 074 343 .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. SHORT TERM...BLOTTMAN LONG TERM...HIRSCH
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 5:00 AM EST, 12 hours 4 minutes before
AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 181900- EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 600 AM EDT MON AUG 18 2003 .DAY ONE...TODAY ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... INCREASED MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE AFTERNOON STORMS THAN YESTERDAY. THE INITIAL FOCUS FOR STORMS WILL BE THE SEA BREEZE DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY IN SOUTHERN SECTIONS WHERE IT INTERACTS WITH THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE BOUNDARY. COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF STORMS WILL THEN INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS NUMEROUS BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS OCCUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON WHEN A MORE SUBSTANTIAL BOUNDARY COLLISION OCCURS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZES. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE ORIENTED FROM VOLUSIA COUNTY TO OSCEOLA COUNTY. STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH AND A FEW STORMS SHOULD PUSH BACK TOWARDS THE COAST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM STORMS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE WITHIN RANGE OF A THUNDERSTORM AND SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE QUICK 2 INCH DOWNPOURS...WHICH WOULD AGGRAVATE STANDING WATER PROBLEMS IN SOME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: BY MID WEEK...THE MAIN FOCUS FOR AFTERNOON STORMS SHOULD SHIFT TO THE INTERIOR AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE PENINSULA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY. FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. RL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 1:12 PM EST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
FLZ059-181845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 212 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2003 ...STRONG STORMS WITH FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING OVER EASTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY... AT 209 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT INDICATED A STORM WITH FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING OVER FORT PIERCE SOUTH. THE STORM WAS DRIFTING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE LIGHTNING STORM INCLUDE INDIAN RIVER ESTATES...FORT PIERCE NORTH...PORT SAINT LUCIE RIVER PARK AND SAINT LUCIE AIRPORT. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES... FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...TAKE SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR ENCLOSED AUTOMOBILE. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS FOUND ON A GOLF COURSE OFFER NO PROTECTION. 15
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 1:56 PM EST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
FLZ059-064-181945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 256 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2003 ...STRONG STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH OVER SOUTHEASTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY AND EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY... AT 254 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 OVER PORT SAINT LUCIE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF MARTIN COUNTY. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS INCLUDE NORTH RIVER SHORES AND PALM CITY. THE STORM WILL ALSO CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IF THE STORM STRENGTHENS FURTHER...A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. 15
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 2:19 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
FLZ047-182000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 319 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2003 ...STRONG STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL JUST WEST OF PALM BAY... AT 314 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL OVER PALM BAY...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 2 INCHES AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF THE STORM STRENGTHENS FURTHER...A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. 15
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 2:36 PM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
FLZ064-182015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 336 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2003 ...STRONG STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH OVER CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY... AT 334 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH 7 MILES WEST OF PALM CITY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR 2 INCHES AND FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING STRIKES. IF THIS STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING BETWEEN PORT MAYACA AND INDIANTOWN AS WAS DRIFTING WEST. IF THESE STORMS STRENGTHEN FURTHER...WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED. 15
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 3:36 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
FLZ053-182115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 436 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2003 ...STRONG STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND INTENSE RAIN OVER SOUTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY... AT 436 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTING AND INTENSE RAINFALL OVER SOUTH CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THE STORMS WILL AFFECT LAKE KISSIMMEE TO KENANSVILLE AND EVENTUALLY HOLOPAW THROUGH 515 PM EDT. JP
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:03 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
- Wildfire in California, August 18 to 20, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 18, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 18, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 18, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 18, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 18, 2003
- Flash Flood in Alabama, August 18, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 18, 2003
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 18, 2003
- Hail in Iowa, August 18, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 18, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 18, 2003
More
Every storm in Florida in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, August 2003
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: 5374892.