Hail, Brevard
- When
- August 13, 6:55 PM EST
- Where
- Brevard County, Melbourne
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.300, -80.701 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Quarter-size hail fell.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 13, 1993
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:45 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Brevard
- When
- August 13, 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Brevard County, Melbourne
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.300, -80.701 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Quarter-size hail fell.
Thunderstorm Wind, Brevard
- When
- August 13, 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Brevard County, Melbourne
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 28.300, -80.701 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong thunderstorm gusts blew an elderly man off a sailboat. The man drowned. (M86O)
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Brevard | 1993-08-13 | Direct |
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, August 13, 1993
- Tornadoes and Hail in Montana, August 13, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 13, 1993
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, August 13, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 13, 1993
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 13, 1993
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, August 13, 1993
More
Every storm in Florida in 1993Every state in 1993This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, August 1993
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: 10317628, 10317629, 10317630.