Gainesville residents were battered early Friday evening with a mix of rain, hail and wind.
“It’s a lot of cold air aloft with pretty warm air at the surface and some drier air initially at the beginning and then moistening up at the surface really quickly, and that kind of sets the state for this type of situation,” a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Jacksonville said.
A second line of storms with hail is expected around 8:30 p.m. Friday…