Hail, Marion
- When
- June 25, 3:55 PM EST
- Where
- Marion County, Ocala
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.183, -82.133
Hail in Florida, June 25, 2004
Several reports of golf ball size hail by Florida Highway Patrol in south and southeast Ocala.
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 happened
The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
Several reports of golf ball size hail by Florida Highway Patrol in south and southeast Ocala.
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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 25, 3:44 PM EST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 3:44 PM EST, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 444 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 .SHORT TERM... OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY/REMNENTS OF YESTERDAYS SQUALL LINE ALONG THE UPPER GULF COAST BECOMING A FOCUSING MECH FOR CONVECTION OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND. CONVECTION WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. WITH A MAINLY ZONAL FLOW ALOFT CONVECTION WILL HINGE ON UPPER LEVEL IMPULSES MOVING ACROSS THE UPPER GULF COAST FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW EAST OF THE ABACOS IS MOVING WEST WITH POPCORN CUMULUS TYPE CONVECTION IN THE CORE BUT THAT LOW SHOULD MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS OR SO. MODELS NOT DOING A GOOD JOB IN PICKING UP ON THAT UPPER LOW AND SOME OF THAT CONVECTION COULD AFFECT THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES OVER THE WEEKEND. .LONG TERM... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIGS A BIT SOUTHWARD LATE THIS WEEKEND EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH SHORT WAVES/IMPULSES ROTATING THROUGH THE BASE. AS THEY DO A SERIES OF CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF COAST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. EXPECT THE CONVECTION TO BE HIGHLY DIURNAL IN NATURE DESPITE THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WITH NOCTURAL CONVECTION OVER THE ATLANTIC AND APALACHEE BAY AND INLAND DAY TIME CONVECTION ENHANCED BY THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT... ESPECIALLY WHEN THE IMPLUSES ARE IN PHASE WITH MAX DIURNAL HEATING. && .MARINE...REGIONAL BUOYS REPORTING SLY WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS AND SEAS UPWARDS TO 3 FEET. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE LOCAL WATERS INTO NEXT WEEK...PROVIDING A SWLY FLOW OVER THE AREA. A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON SATURDAY...STALLING NORTH OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY. ANOTHER FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK. NOCTURNAL SURGE AROUND 15 KNOTS NEXT SEVERAL NIGHTS...WITH VALUES COMING CLOSE TO SCEC LEVELS OF 15-20 KNOTS OVER THE OFFSHORE GEORGIA WATERS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 74 89 72 89 / 40 40 30 50 SSI 77 88 75 88 / 30 40 30 30 JAX 77 91 73 91 / 30 50 30 50 SGJ 77 90 73 89 / 20 50 30 40 GNV 75 90 72 90 / 30 50 30 60 OCF 76 90 73 91 / 30 50 30 50 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. && SANDRIK/HESS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 12:00 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 100 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-260900- ALACHUA-APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY- CAMDEN (COASTAL)-CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE- COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-GLYNN (COASTAL)- GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU-PIERCE-PUTNAM- ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION-WARE-WAYNE- 100 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST THROUGH THE GULF COAST STATES. A MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL ALLOW FOR ANOTHER AFTERNOON OF SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. PRIOR TO STORM DEVELOPMENT HOWEVER...THE MOIST CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 THIS AFTERNOON. BY LATE AFTERNOON...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE WITH THE BEST CHANCE OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA AS WELL AS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COAST. A FEW STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AND WILL INCLUDE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. ALL STORMS THAT FORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TOMORROW THROUGH THURSDAY... SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST STORMS EACH DAY WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR ANY UPDATES OR WARNINGS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. SANDRIK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:27 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 327 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 FLZ020>022-252015- COLUMBIA FL-HAMILTON FL-SUWANNEE FL- 327 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN SUWANNEE...COLUMBIA AND EASTERN HAMILTON COUNTIES FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 415 PM EDT... AT 327 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF SUWANNEE SPRINGS TO 5 MILES NORTH OF LAKE CITY TO 4 MILES WEST OF ICHETUCKNEE SPRINGS STATE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND WINFIELD...WHITE SPRINGS...SUWANNEE VALLEY...ICHETUCKNEE SPRINGS STATE...HILDRETH...LAKE CITY...FIVE POINTS AND COLUMBIA THROUGH 415 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. HESS
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:42 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 342 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 FLZ020>023-030-031-252030- BAKER FL-BRADFORD FL-COLUMBIA FL-HAMILTON FL-SUWANNEE FL-UNION FL- 342 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BRADFORD... UNION...SUWANNEE...BAKER...COLUMBIA AND HAMILTON COUNTIES FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 430 PM EDT... AT 342 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF WHITE SPRINGS TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF FIVE POINTS TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF ICHETUCKNEE SPRINGS STATE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES EAST OF SUWANNEE SPRINGS TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE CITY TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF ICHETUCKNEE SPRINGS STATE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND WINFIELD...WHITE SPRINGS...SUWANNEE VALLEY...LAKE CITY...ICHETUCKNEE SPRINGS STATE...HILDRETH...FIVE POINTS AND COLUMBIA THROUGH 430 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. WELSH
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:52 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 352 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 GAZ132>134-149-150-163-252030- ATKINSON GA-BACON GA-CLINCH GA-COFFEE GA-JEFF DAVIS GA-WARE GA- 352 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CLINCH... ATKINSON...WARE...COFFEE...JEFF DAVIS AND BACON COUNTIES FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 430 PM EDT... AT 352 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CENTERED 2 MILES EAST OF DOUGLAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND DOUGLAS...BROXTON...WEST GREEN... BICKLEY...NICHOLLS...SNIPESVILLE...DENTON AND ALMA THROUGH 430 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. WELSH
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:00 PM EST, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 400 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 GAZ132>134-149-150-163-252030- ATKINSON GA-BACON GA-CLINCH GA-COFFEE GA-JEFF DAVIS GA-WARE GA- 400 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CLINCH... ATKINSON...WARE...COFFEE...JEFF DAVIS AND BACON COUNTIES FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 430 PM EDT... AT 352 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES EAST OF DOUGLAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND DOUGLAS...BROXTON...WEST GREEN...BICKLEY...NICHOLLS...SNIPESVILLE...DENTON AND ALMA THROUGH 430 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. WELSH
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:07 PM EST, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 407 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 FLZ040-252045- MARION FL- 407 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 445 PM EDT... AT 407 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 15 MILES WEST OF SUMMERFIELD...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF INVERNESS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND OCALA AIRPORT... SUMMERFIELD...BELLEVIEW...WEIRSDALE...SANTOS...OCALA AND LAKE WEIR THROUGH 445 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. ZAPPE
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:10 PM EST, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 410 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 GAZ134-149>152-252100- ATKINSON GA-BACON GA-BRANTLEY GA-PIERCE GA-WARE GA- 410 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BRANTLEY... ATKINSON...WARE...PIERCE AND BACON COUNTIES FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 500 PM EDT... AT 410 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 5 MILES NORTH OF MILLWOOD... OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF PEARSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND MILLWOOD...WARESBORO...BICKLEY...DIXIE UNION...SUNNYSIDE... DEENWOOD...ALMA AND BLACKSHEAR THROUGH 445 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. WELSH
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 151 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:53 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
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 25, 2004
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 25, 2004
- Flood in Alaska, June 25 to 26, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 25, 2004
- Tornado in Idaho, June 25, 2004
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, June 25 to 26, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 25, 2004
- Flooding in West Virginia, June 25, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Idaho, June 25, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 25, 2004
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 25, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, June 25, 2004
More
Every storm in Florida in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 2004
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: 5397140.