Storm reports for March 29, 2001

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On March 29, 2001, 29 hail, 31 damaging-wind and 7 tornado reports were logged across 3 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Pasco County, FL.

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 (29)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $3.9 million in property damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (69 events in 3 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Citrus County, FL (near Hernando) · Tornado F0 · $75,000 · 1 injury
  “Citrus county emergency management reported that a F0 tornado initially touched down near East Bryant Street and North Croft Avenue, two miles south-southwest of Hernando, and sporadically touched down as it moved northeast across mixed residential neighborhoods near U.S. Highway 41.”
• Marion County, FL (near Ocala) · Tornado F2 · $1.5 million
  “More than 85 homes were damaged in three neighborhoods, knocking power out to 10,000 thousand of residents.”
• Clay County, FL (near Green Cove Spgs) · Tornado F2 · $1.1 million
  “Tornado was mainly F0-F1. Large trees were uprooted and power lines were blown down. Two homes were destroyed, 4 with major damage, and 50 with minor damage. A total of 56 homes in the Highlands Avenue area were damaged.”
• Dixie County, FL (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind · $275,000
  “Thunderstorm winds lifted a roof off a shopping center at State Road 55 and County Road 349 in Old Town. Trees and power lines down with scattered power outages and debris littered over numerous county roads near Jena, Cross City and Horseshoe Beach.”
• Levy County, FL (near Chiefland) · Thunderstorm wind · $250,000
  “Levy county emergency management officials reported that thunderstorm winds downed several large trees and branches, caused moderate to major roof damage to 13 mobile homes and minor damage to another 30, in the Hideaway Park mobile home complex along County Road 320 near Manatee…”
• Citrus County, FL (near Crystal River) · Tornado F0 · $200,000
  “National Weather Service damage survey indicated that a high end F0 tornado, that averaged 50 yards in width, touched down and caused heavy roof damage to a mobile home along West Jennifer Court, east of County Road 495.”

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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