Hail, Alachua
- When
- January 2, 7:33 PM EST
- Where
- Alachua County, 5 mi NW of Gainesville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 29.700, -82.383
Gusty winds reported. Hail later covered the ground.
Hail in Florida, January 2, 2006
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 Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 2, 2:12 PM EST, 5 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 2:12 PM EST, 5 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
212 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006
...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST...
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
TONIGHT...STRONG UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS ALONG THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE
TO INTERACT WITH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 70S/LOWER 80S AND DEWPOINTS IN
THE MID/UPPER 60S THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WILL BE CONCERNED
MOSTLY WITH SMALL PORTIONS OF THE SW-NE ORIENTED LINE AS THEY BOW
OUT AT TIMES INTO POSSIBLE TORNADIC CIRCULATIONS. SW-NE LINE WILL
ALSO SLOWLY PUSH EASTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND SHOULD EXIT
OFFSHORE AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH ISOLD SHOWERS AND SOME PATCHY FOG. MIN
TEMPS WILL ONLY BOTTOM OUT IN THE UPPER 50S IN MOST LOCATIONS.
TUE...BECOMING SUNNY AND BREEZY WITH WEST WINDS OF 15-20 MPH WITH
GUSTS OF 25 MPH AT TIMES. NOT MUCH COLD AIR BEHIND THIS SYSTEM AND
WILL MAX TEMPS INTO THE UPPER 60S/LOWER 70S.
TUE NIGHT...CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS WITH MIN TEMPS IN THE
LOWER 40S AND SOME PATCHY FOG DUE TO CALM WINDS AND WET GROUND BY
MORNING.
WED...MOSTLY SUNNY AND CONTINUED MILD WITH WEST WINDS 10 MPH OR LESS
AND MAX TEMPS MAINLY IN THE UPPER 60S.
WED NIGHT...INCREASING MID/HI CLOUDS AHEAD OF COLD SHOT OF
AIR...STILL APPEARS AS THOUGH THIS COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE GOES THROUGH
DRY AND WILL HOLD POPS IN THE 10% OR LESS RANGE. MIN TEMPS IN THE
MID/UPPER 40S.
.LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH SUB-FREEZING TEMPS POSSIBLE FRI
AND SAT NIGHTS AS VERY COLD SHOT OF AIR PUSHES INTO THE FORECAST
AREA. NEW 12Z GFS MOS GUIDANCE IS SUGGESTING A HARD FREEZE FOR MUCH
OF THE INLAND FORECAST AREA FRIDAY NIGHT.
&&
.MARINE...ISSUED AN UPDATE TO INCLUDE TOR WATCH AND SCA FOR OFFSHORE
WATERS. COLD FRONT AND CONVECTION WILL PUSH THROUGH TONIGHT WITH SCA
CONDITIONS OFFSHORE AND SCEC NEAR SHORE MAINLY DUE TO WINDS THROUGH
TUESDAY. SECONDARY COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY WILL INCREASE WINDS AND
SEAS AGAIN TO NEAR SCA CONDITIONS OFFSHORE.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG 54 68 40 68 / 40 0 0 0
SSI 57 68 43 66 / 50 0 0 0
JAX 57 71 41 68 / 60 0 0 0
SGJ 61 72 46 67 / 50 0 0 0
GNV 57 72 41 70 / 60 0 0 0
OCF 58 73 42 71 / 40 0 0 0
&&
.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES:ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM
OFFSHORE...FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM
OFFSHORE...AND ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM
OFFSHORE.
&&
PUBLIC...HESS
MARINE/FIRE WX...ZIBURAHazardous weather outlook, Jan 2, 1:33 PM EST, 6 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 133 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 8 ADDED FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-031100- HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-NASSAU-DUVAL-UNION-BRADFORD-CLAY- ST JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION-COFFEE- JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING-WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY- INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN-ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 133 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 8 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA... SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AS WARM FRONT LIFTS FURTHER NORTH WHILE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE INFLUX OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY...AIDING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THIS AFTERNOON...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL PRECEDE AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL INTERACT WITH STRONG UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS TO CREATE ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS....WITH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY ENDING WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE. RESIDENTS ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS POTENT STORM SYSTEM. PLEASE LEAVE WEATHER RADIOS IN ALERT MODE. REMEMBER TO SEEK SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS IF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING OR A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER APPROACH YOUR AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY AND USHER IN MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. DURING THE WEEKEND... LOW TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING ARE LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED IN THE WATCH AREA. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND LOCAL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAX. ECZ/HESS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 2, 4:48 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 448 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 FLZ022-035-022215- COLUMBIA-GILCHRIST- 448 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN COLUMBIA AND NORTHERN GILCHRIST COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 515 PM EST... AT 448 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ICHETUCKNEE SPRINGS STATE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND ICHETUCKNEE SPRINGS STATE...BELL...FORT WHITE...COLUMBIA AND OLENO STATE PARK THROUGH 515 PM EST. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. 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. ENYEDI
Local storm report, Jan 2, 4:49 PM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
449 PM EST MON JAN 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM HAIL BAXLEY 31.76N 82.35W
01/02/2006 0.25 INCH APPLING GA EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
MTRABERTSpecial weather statement, Jan 2, 4:55 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 455 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 FLZ020>022-022245- COLUMBIA-HAMILTON-SUWANNEE- 455 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUWANNEE... COLUMBIA AND HAMILTON COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 545 PM EST... AT 455 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUWANNEE VALLEY... OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND WHITE SPRINGS... WELLBORN...LAKE CITY...WINFIELD...SUWANNEE VALLEY...WATERTOWN AND FIVE POINTS THROUGH 545 PM EST. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. 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. ENYEDI
Special weather statement, Jan 2, 4:59 PM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 459 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 FLZ024-025-022230- DUVAL-NASSAU- 459 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NASSAU AND DUVAL COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 530 PM EST... AT 459 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF TALBOT ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND TALBOT ISLAND...LITTLE TALBOT ISLAND AND AMELIA CITY THROUGH 530 PM EST. 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, Jan 2, 6:22 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 622 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 FLZ021-030000- SUWANNEE- 622 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUWANNEE COUNTY FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 700 PM EST... AT 622 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER OBRIEN...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF ICHETUCKNEE SPRINGS STATE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND OBRIEN...MCALPIN... BRANFORD AND HILDRETH THROUGH 700 PM EST. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 50 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. THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. 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. ENYEDI
Special weather statement, Jan 2, 7:03 PM EST, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 703 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 FLZ022-035-030045- COLUMBIA-GILCHRIST- 703 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN COLUMBIA AND GILCHRIST COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 745 PM EST... AT 703 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 6 MILES NORTH OF BELL... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND BELL AND FORT WHITE THROUGH 745 PM EST. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE 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. THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. 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. ENYEDI
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:33 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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Georgia, January 2, 2006
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 2, 2006
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 2, 2006
- Tornadoes in Kentucky, January 2, 2006
- High Wind in California, January 2, 2006
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 2, 2006
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 2, 2006
- Wildfire in Texas, January 2, 2006
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, January 2, 2006
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, January 2, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, January 2, 2006
- Flood in Georgia, January 2, 2006
More
Every storm in Florida in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, January 2006
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: 5482600.