Hail, Bay
- When
- March 22, 10:20 PM EST
- Where
- Bay County, Fountain
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 30.483, -85.417
Quarter size hail reported by WJHG-TV Panama City.
Hail in Florida, March 22, 2005
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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 22, 9:30 PM EST, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 9:30 PM EST, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
930 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005
...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED...
UPDATE...LARGE SWATH OF SEVERE WX EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HAS LARGELY MOVED EWD. SOME CONVECTION LINGERS ACROSS COASTAL WATERS
BUT WITH LOSS OF DIURNAL HEATING...WANING UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT AND
CONVECTION MOVING INTO MODIFIED AIR...LOSING ITS PUNCH. THUS WATCH
CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH WINDS SHIFTING TO W..THEY REMAIN NEAR 20 KNOTS
ACROSS COASTAL TAYLOR COUNTY AND ADJACENT WATERS SO WILL LEAVE
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM. ALTHO WIDESPREAD SEVERE
THREAT OVER...ISOLD SEVERE REMAINS UNTIL COLD FRONT PASSES DURING
PREDAWN HOURS. MODELS SHOW SOME LIFT AHEAD OF IT WITH CONVECTION
BREAKING OUT PROMPTING A WATCH UNTIL 08Z ACROSS MS/ALA SWD TO NEAR
PENSACOLA. FORECAST WILL SHOW HI SCT POPS NRN ZONES TO LIKELY POPS
SRN ZONES ENDING WITH THE WIND SHIFT.
&&
.MARINE...WINDS ERN APALACHEE BAY SHOULD DECREASE AS CONVECTION
MOVES EWD. OTHERWISE...WINDS AND SEAS ARE IN EXERCISE CAUTION RANGE
OFFSHORE AND WILL REMAIN ABOUT THE SAME WHILE THE WINDS SHIFT TO THE
WEST AND EVENTUALLY NORTHWEST BY TOMORROW MORNING.
&&
.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
FL...NONE.
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 AM FOR DIXIE AND TAYLOR COUNTIES.
&&
BLOCKHazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 7:48 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 748 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-231200- BAKER GA-BAY FL-BEN HILL GA-BERRIEN GA-BROOKS GA-CALHOUN GA- CALHOUN FL-CLAY GA-COASTAL WALTON FL-COFFEE AL-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA- DALE AL-DECATUR GA-DIXIE FL-DOUGHERTY GA-EARLY GA-FRANKLIN FL- GADSDEN FL-GENEVA AL-GRADY GA-GULF FL-HENRY AL-HOLMES FL-HOUSTON AL- INLAND WALTON FL-IRWIN GA-JACKSON FL-JEFFERSON FL-LAFAYETTE FL- LANIER GA-LEE GA-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-LOWNDES GA-MADISON FL-MILLER GA- MITCHELL GA-QUITMAN GA-RANDOLPH GA-SEMINOLE GA-TAYLOR FL-TERRELL GA- THOMAS GA-TIFT GA-TURNER GA-WAKULLA FL-WASHINGTON FL-WORTH GA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ADEL...ALBANY...APALACHICOLA... ASHBURN...BAINBRIDGE...BLAKELY...BLOUNTSTOWN...BONIFAY...CAIRO... CALLAWAY...CAMILLA...CARRABELLE...CHIPLEY...COLQUITT...COTTONWOOD... CRAWFORDVILLE...CROSS CITY...CUTHBERT...DALEVILLE...DAWSON... DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...DONALSONVILLE...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...ELBA... ENTERPRISE...FITZGERALD...FORT GAINES...FORT RUCKER...GENEVA... GEORGETOWN...HEADLAND...LAKELAND...LEESBURG...MADISON...MARIANNA... MAYO...MONTICELLO...MORGAN...MOULTRIE...NASHVILLE...NEWTON... OCILLA...OZARK...PANAMA CITY...PANAMA CITY BEACH...PELHAM...PERRY... PORT ST. JOE...PUTNEY...QUITMAN...SANTA ROSA BEACH...ST. MARKS... STEINHATCHEE...SYLVESTER...TALLAHASSEE...THOMASVILLE...TIFTON... VALDOSTA AND VERNON 748 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM EST (8 PM CST) TUESDAY FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE AS WELL AS THE COASTAL WATERS OUT TO 20NM.... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE LARGE SWATH OF TORNADOS...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THAT OCCURRED ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND GEORGIA HAS MOVED EAST AND ENDED ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA. HOWEVER..ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND MINOR FLOODING WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST BIG BEND COUNTIES. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH WIND DAMAGE THE GREATEST THREAT. MARINERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA OVERNIGHT. THIS MAY GENERATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY SOME THUNDERSTORMS BUT THE LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE GREATLY DIMINISHED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION EAST OF THE AREA BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...SETTING UP A PERIOD OF QUIET WEATHER BOTH OVER LAND AND OUT ON THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR POSSIBLE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL COME SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AS YET ANOTHER VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM AND STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACH FROM THE WEST. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT.. SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT TO THE WEATHER UNTIL THE STORMS MOVE OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE VIA OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH/ OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS. 18-WOOL
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 22, 5:23 PM EST, 4 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
523 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0455 PM HAIL MOODY AFB 30.97N 83.20W
03/22/2005 1.00 INCH LOWNDES GA TRAINED SPOTTER
OFFICAL OBSERVATION MEASURED 1 INCH HAIL ON THE BASE.
&&
GODSEYLocal storm report, Mar 22, 5:23 PM EST, 4 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
523 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0455 PM HAIL MOODY AFB 30.97N 83.20W
03/22/2005 M1.00 INCH LOWNDES GA TRAINED SPOTTER
OFFICAL OBSERVATION MEASURED 1 INCH HAIL ON THE BASE.
&&
GODSEYLocal storm report, Mar 22, 5:59 PM EST, 4 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
559 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0553 PM HAIL NORMAN PARK 31.27N 83.68W
03/22/2005 1.75 INCH COLQUITT GA COUNTY OFFICIAL
EMERGENCY MANAGER COLQUITT CO REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
AT 355-4 PM
&&
BLOCKLocal storm report, Mar 22, 6:05 PM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
605 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM TORNADO DONALSONVILLE 31.04N 84.88W
03/22/2005 SEMINOLE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 1 FATAL *** TORNADO CONFIRMED ON THE GROUND.
ADDITIONAL INJURIES REPORTED. ONE FATALITY CONFIRMED BY
GEMA AS OF 6 PM EST.
&&
GODSEYLocal storm report, Mar 22, 8:58 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
858 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0150 PM TORNADO COLQUITT 31.17N 84.73W
03/22/2005 MILLER GA EMERGENCY MNGR
EM INTERVIEWED ON TV REPORTED 100 HOMES DAMAGES, 25 WITH
MAJOR DAMAGE. MULTIPLE INJURIES WITH 2 CRITICAL
&&
BLOCKLocal storm report, Mar 22, 9:11 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
911 PM EST TUE MAR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0150 PM TORNADO DONALDSONVILLE MUNI AIR 31.01N 84.88W
03/22/2005 SEMINOLE GA EMERGENCY MNGR
CORRECTION OF EARLIER REPORT... TORNADO AT DONALDSONVILLE
WITH MULTIPLE INJURIES AND ONE FEMALE FATALITY..WAS
REPORTED AT 145 PM EST BY EM RATHER THAN 3PM EST
&&
BLOCKThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Tornadoes in Georgia, March 22, 2005
- Flash Flood in California, March 22, 2005
- Tornado in Alabama, March 22, 2005
- Rip Current in Florida, March 22, 2005
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 22, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 22, 2005
- Flooding in California, March 22, 2005
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 22, 2005
- Tornadoes in Georgia, March 22, 2005
- Debris Flow in California, March 22, 2005
- Tornado in Georgia, March 22, 2005
- Debris Flow in California, March 22, 2005
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: 5439776.