Hail — Sumter, Florida

2018-03-20 · near Bushnell, Sumter, Florida

Event narrative

Sumter County Sheriff's Office reported nickel size hail in Wahoo.

Wider weather episode

A prefrontal trough developed ahead of a cold front moving southeast through the eastern Gulf of Mexico and Florida Peninsula on the 20th, producing numerous thunderstorms. Some of these storms produced damaging wind gusts and hail across the Nature Coast and West Central Florida.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 737455. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.