Hail, Hillsborough
- When
- May 17, 10:47 PM EST to 10:52 PM EST
- Where
- Hillsborough County, Bloomingdale
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 27.883, -82.250
Hail in Florida, May 17, 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 Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 17, 8:30 PM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 8:30 PM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 930 PM EDT TUE MAY 17 2005 .DISCUSSION...SEA BREEZE SHOWERS AND TSTMS WINDING DOWN THIS EVENING MUCH LIKE LAST NIGHT. WILL UPDATE THE TEXT PRODUCTS TO INDICATE SHOWERS/TSTMS ENDING AROUND MIDNIGHT AS PER OUR CURRENT GRIDS. PATCHY FOG A GOOD CHANCE NORTH OF TAMPA BAY WHERE LIGHT WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH PLENTIFUL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE (AFTER TODAYS RAINS) AND TEMPS FALLING TO THE LOW 60S. OTHERWISE...LIGHT WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH LOW TEMPS RANGING FROM THE LOW 60S NORTH OF TAMPA BAY TO UPPER 60S CENTRAL AND SOUTH. && .MARINE...LIGHT WINDS AND FAVORABLE SEAS OVERNIGHT WITH THE RIDGE TO OUR NORTH AND WEAK PRES GRAD OVER OUR WATERS. NO CHANGES TO CURRENT CWF. && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && NP
Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 4:28 AM EST, 18 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 528 AM EDT TUE MAY 17 2005 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-171400- CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE- LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER- 528 AM EDT TUE MAY 17 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE REGION TODAY IN A WARM AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TO COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND SEA BREEZE COLLISIONS GENERATING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. WHEN SKIES DARKEN...MOVE INDOORS. IF THERE IS TIME...UNPLUG APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. WAIT UNTIL THE STORM ENDS BEFORE USING THE TELEPHONE OR RUNNING WATER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. && FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW (LOWER CASE)
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 17, 10:32 PM EST, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1132 PM EDT TUE MAY 17 2005 FLZ051-180415- HILLSBOROUGH- 1132 PM EDT TUE MAY 17 2005 ...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT EASTERN CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY... A THUNDERSTORM...DRIFTING NORTH NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT BLOOMINGDALE...RIVERVIEW...VALRICO AND BRANDON...UNTIL 1215 AM 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. 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. RD
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 25 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:49 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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- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Puerto Rico, May 17, 2005
- Hail in Kansas, May 17, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 17, 2005
- Debris Flows and Flooding in Puerto Rico, May 17, 2005
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, May 17, 2005
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, May 17, 2005
- Debris Flows and Flood in Puerto Rico, May 17, 2005
- Waterspouts in Gulf of Mexico, May 17, 2005
- High Wind in Oregon, May 17 to 18, 2005
More
Every storm in Florida in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, May 2005
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: 5449035.