Hail, Charlotte
- When
- June 4, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Charlotte County, Punta Gorda
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 26.933, -82.050
Hail in Florida, June 4, 2004
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 Jun 4, 12:10 PM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 12:10 PM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 110 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THRU SUNDAY)...AN UPPER TROUGH WITH WEAK VORT LOBES MOVING THROUGH ITS BASE WILL PERSIST OVER THE SERN U.S. AND FLORIDA THROUGH THE PERIOD. AT THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA WILL GRADUALLY DRIFT NORTH BY SUNDAY BECOMING ALIGNED SE-NW ACROSS THE N-CENTRAL PENINSULA. COMBINATION OF AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...INSTABILITY AND DAILY AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS WILL SUPPORT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BOTH DAYS...AND WILL BLANKET THE FORECAST AREA WITH POPS IN THE 40-50% RANGE. LIGHT STEERING FLOW ON SATURDAY WILL AGAIN ALLOW STORMS TO PROPAGATE ALONG THE SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. ON SUNDAY STEERING FLOW WILL BECOME SOUTHEASTERLY AS THE SURFACE RIDGE DRIFTS A BIT FURTHER NORTH...WITH BEST COVERAGE OF CONVECTION SETTING UP ALONG COASTAL LOCATIONS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND HIGHER PRECIP CHANCES WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES NEAR CLIMO-LEVELS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MAV/MET GUIDANCE IS AGAIN CLOSE...SO WILL USE A BLEND. .LONG TERM (SUN NIGHT-FRI)...UPPER RIDGING TO BUILD OVER THE AREA SUN NIGHT AND BECOME WELL ESTABLISHED BY MID WEEK. SFC RIDGE AXIS MOVES OVER N FL/S GA KEEPING THE AREA IN SE LL FLOW WITH PLENTY OF ATLANTIC MOISTURE IN PLACE TO COMBINE WITH DIURNAL HEATING TO PRODUCE AFTERNOON WEST COAST SEABREEZE CONVECTION THAT WILL LATER COLLIDE WITH EAST COAST SEA BREEZE AND OUT FLOW BOUNDARIES FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON INTO EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LATEST EXT MODELS TRY TO SPIN UP UPPER AND SFC LOW IN WESTERN GULF LATE IN THE PERIOD AND MOVE IT INTO THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF. SFC GRADIENT WOULD TIGHTEN WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR PRECIP AHEAD OF SYSTEM. WILL KEEP SCT POPS ATTM AND WAIT TO SEE BETTER MODEL CONTINUITY. TEMPS NEAR NORMAL. && .MARINE...HAVE MADE LITTLE CHANGES TO THE ONGOING FORECAST. A LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW IN THE 5 TO 10 KNOT RANGE CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. WINDS WILL BACK TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST SUNDAY AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SETS UP OVER THE NORTH-CENTRAL PENINSULA. NO HIGHLIGHTS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...BUT HIGHER WIND AND SEAS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. && .FIRE WEATHER...AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ALONG WITH GOOD CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL KEEP HUMIDITY LEVELS ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES INTO THE WEEKEND WITH NO WATCHES OR RED FLAGS EXPECTED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 075 088 074 090/ 20 50 40 50 FMY 072 090 072 091/ 30 50 40 50 GIF 072 090 072 091/ 40 50 40 50 SRQ 072 087 072 089/ 20 50 40 50 BKV 068 090 068 090/ 20 50 30 50 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...MCMICHAEL LONG TERM....DAVIS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 4:00 AM EST, 14 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 5 AM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-041500- CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DESOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE- LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER- 5 AM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: ...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY... THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...AND A MOIST...UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE...WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY INLAND...AWAY FROM THE GULF COAST. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP AS EARLY AS THIS MORNING OVER THE EASTERN GULF WATERS...AND IMMEDIATE COASTAL COUNTIES FROM THE TAMPA BAY AREA...NORTHWARD TO CEDAR KEY. BY THIS AFTERNOON...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE HELPS TO PUSH THE STORMS EASTWARD TOWARD THE INLAND COUNTIES. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG OR SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY INLAND. THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY: SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED FOR SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER INLAND LOCATIONS. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG. BY SUNDAY...LOW LEVEL WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SOUTHEASTERLY...AND CONTINUE FROM THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. THE LOW LEVEL SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL SHIFT THE BEST CHANCES FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOWARD THE GULF COAST...WHICH WILL ALSO BE WHERE THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EACH DAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON. && FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW (LOWER CASE)
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 4, 3:03 PM EST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
403 PM EDT FRI JUN 04 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0352 PM WATER SPOUT 3 WNW GIBSONTON 27.86N 82.41W
06/04/2004 XXX XX BROADCAST MEDIA
NUMEROUS REPORTS FROM LOCAL MEDIA. EVENT BEGAN AT
APPROXIMATELY 352 PM AND CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES.
&&
LOCATED IN HILLSBOROUGH BAY FLORIDA.
BSGSpecial weather statement, Jun 4, 3:46 PM EST, 2 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 446 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004 FLZ062-065-042145- CHARLOTTE-LEE- 446 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN LEE AND CHARLOTE COUNTIES... THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT ALVA AND TUCKERS CORNER...UNTIL 545 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. JILLSON
Local storm report, Jun 4, 3:57 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
457 PM EDT FRI JUN 04 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 PM HAIL POLK CITY 28.18N 81.82W
06/04/2004 1.75 INCH POLK FL BROADCAST MEDIA
REPORT RECEIVED VIA MEDIA FROM GENERAL PUBLIC. TIME
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
&&
BSGSpecial weather statement, Jun 4, 4:15 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 515 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004 FLZ051-042200- HILLSBOROUGH- 515 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT GIBSONTON... A THUNDERSTORM...NEARLY STATIONARY...WILL AFFECT RIVERVIEW AND GIBSONTON...UNTIL 600 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SOME DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED. DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AT 514 PM. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. MOTORISTS MAY WANT TO DELAY TRAVEL.
Local storm report, Jun 4, 4:17 PM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
517 PM EDT FRI JUN 04 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0514 PM HAIL 2 SW RIVERVIEW 27.85N 82.34W
06/04/2004 1.00 INCH HILLSBOROUGH FL TRAINED SPOTTER
AT EXIT 250 ON INTERSTATE 75 GIBSONTON ROAD.
&&
BSGSpecial weather statement, Jun 4, 5:44 PM EST, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 644 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004 FLZ060>062-042330- CHARLOTTE-DE SOTO-SARASOTA- 644 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORT CHARLOTTE ...A THUNDERSTORM...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT FORT OGDEN...CLEVELAND...PUNTA GORDA AND PORT CHARLOTTE...UNTIL 730 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:00 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
- Flooding in West Virginia, June 4, 2004
- Tornado in Florida, June 4, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 4, 2004
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 4, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 4, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, June 4, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 4, 2004
- Hail in Kansas, June 4 to 5, 2004
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 4, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 4, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 4, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 4, 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: 5404496.