Hail, Glades
- When
- June 6, 4:10 PM EST
- Where
- Glades County, Moore Haven
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 26.833, -81.083
Dime-size hail was reported at the Sheriff's Office.
Hail in Florida, June 6, 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 Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 6, 1:30 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 1:30 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
SOUTH FLORIDA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI 230 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2003 SOUTHEAST FLOW WELL ENTRENCHED ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA WILL REMAIN THE DOMINANT SYNOPTIC FEATURE THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS MEANS SCATTERED NIGHTTIME AND MORNING SHOWERS/STORMS EAST COAST AND SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACTIVITY INTERIOR AND WEST. DEEP MOISTURE WILL SUPPORT THESE POPS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. UPPER HIGH OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL CONTINUE TO NOSE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. ASSOCIATED SUBSIDENCE WILL NOT BE STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPRESS CONVECTION ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA. SURFACE RIDGE WILL SETTLE BACK OVER SOUTH FLORIDA SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY BEFORE SLOWLY DRIFTING NORTH AGAIN. WILL BUMP POPS BACK UP A BIT EASTERN METRO AREAS SUNDAY AS STEERING FLOW WILL ONCE AGAIN LIGHTEN UP. MODELS ALL IN FAIR AGREEMENT. WILL FORECAST POPS IN LINE WITH MOS GUIDANCE EAST COAST TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT BUT INCREASE TO 50 PERCENT SUNDAY. WILL MAINTAIN LIKELY CATEGORY INTERIOR/WEST WHILE SOUTHEAST FLOW PERSISTS. EXTENDED PERIODS WILL CONTINUE TO FEATURE NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND 50-60 PERCENT POPS. CHANGES MIGHT BEGIN FRIDAY AS STRONG HIGH OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC BUILDS TOWARD FLORIDA. THIS JUST MIGHT SPELL THE BEGINNING OF A SOMEWHAT DRIER PERIOD. WILL WATCH FOR CONSISTENCY IN FUTURE RUNS. WILL POST SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 KNOTS EAST COASTAL MARINE ZONES TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. SEAS WILL BE 3 TO 5 FEET. REMAINDER SOUTH FLORIDA MARINE AREAS WILL BE SOUTHEAST LESS THAN 15 KNOTS. AS RIDGE MOVES BACK INTO THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH. NO HIGHLIGHTS REQUIRED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO PROBLEMS FOR FIRE WEATHER. PBI BT 078/089 076/090 075 24332 FLL BT 080/088 078/089 077 24332 MIA BT 079/089 078/091 077 24332 APF TT 075/090 075/089 076 24363 .MIA...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 10:37 AM EST, 5 hours 33 minutes before
FLZ063-066>075-062100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1137 AM EDT FRI JUN 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY ...CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EAST COAST THIS AFTERNOON... ...THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY INTERIOR AND WEST COAST THIS AFTERNOON... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZES THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE INLAND. THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE WILL MOVE FURTHER INLAND THAN THE WEST COAST...AS THE WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST. WHERE THE SEA BREEZES COLLIDE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST...A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY DOWN POURS. IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER MOVE INTO A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND DETAILED GRAPHICS CAN BE FOUND ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT MIAMIWEATHER.INFO. FOR INFORMATION IN SPANISH, VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT ELTIEMPOENMIAMI.INFO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. BAXTER
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:10 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
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- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 6, 2003
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- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, June 6, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, June 6, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, June 6, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, June 6, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, June 6, 2003
More
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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: 5359530.