Storm reports for August 12, 2000

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On August 12, 2000, 5 hail, 13 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 6 states. The largest hail reported was 1.00″ (quarter size) in Delaware County, PA.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (5)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $613,000 in property damage and 7 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (20 events in 6 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Pinellas County, FL (near Clearwater Beach) · Thunderstorm wind 52 mph · $1,000 · 3 injuries
  “Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated up to 50 mph, collapsed a large special events tent which injured three people at the Clearwater Beach Hilton Resort.”
• Pinellas County, FL (near Palm Harbor) · Tornado F0 · $500,000
  “A waterspout moved onshore as a small F0 tornado, estimated maximum winds of 60 to 70 mph, at Carlyle Circle on Indian Bluff Island, two miles northwest of Palm Harbor.”
• Hillsborough County, FL (near Tampa) · Thunderstorm wind · $50,000
  “The public reported, through Bay News Nine Cable of Pinellas Park, that thunderstorms caused minor roof damage to a least six homes and uprooted several oak trees in the West Chase subdivision.”
• Hillsborough County, FL (near Tampa) · Thunderstorm wind · $5,000
  “The Tampa Police Department reported that thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees and power lines along Armenia Avenue and Broad Street in Tampa.”
• Duval County, FL (near Jacksonville) · Thunderstorm wind · $3,000
  “Large trees and power lines were blown down.”
• Duval County, FL (near Arlington) · Thunderstorm wind · $2,000
  “Large trees and power lines were blown down.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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