Thunderstorm Wind, Hendry
- When
- April 19, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Hendry County
- Coordinates
- 26.720, -81.370
Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, April 19, 1980
8 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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.
Event by event
8 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Glades
- When
- April 19, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Glades County
- Coordinates
- 26.930, -81.320
Hail, Highlands
- When
- April 19, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Highlands County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.480, -81.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Highlands
- When
- April 19, 8:45 AM CST
- Where
- Highlands County
- Coordinates
- 27.300, -81.200
Hail, Collier
- When
- April 19, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Collier County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.420, -81.420
Hail, Hendry
- When
- April 19, 9:45 AM CST
- Where
- Hendry County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.400, -81.230
Hail, Indian River
- When
- April 19, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Indian River County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.630, -80.400
Hail, Volusia
- When
- April 19, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Volusia County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.020, -80.930
Hail, Palm Beach
- When
- April 19, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Palm Beach County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.680, -80.050
Hail, Leon
- When
- April 19, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Leon County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.450, -84.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Palm Beach
- When
- April 19, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Palm Beach County
- Coordinates
- 26.680, -80.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Broward
- When
- April 19, 12:07 PM CST
- Where
- Broward County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 26.070, -80.150
Tornado, Palm Beach
- When
- April 19, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Palm Beach County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 26.470, -80.080
Hail, Flagler
- When
- April 19, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Flagler County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.470, -81.270
Tornado, Okeechobee
- When
- April 19, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Okeechobee County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 27.200, -80.830
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 9998532, 9998533, 9998534, 9998535, 9998536, 9998537, 9998538, 9998539, 9998540, 9998541, 9998542, 9998543, 9998544, 9998545, 9998546.