Hail, Indian River
- When
- September 19, 2:35 PM EST
- Where
- Indian River County, Vero Beach
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.696, -80.574 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A severe thunderstorm dropped golf-ball-size hail on Vero Beach.
Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, September 19, 1994
2 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- 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), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:53 UTC.
Event by event
2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Glades
- When
- September 19, 4:55 PM EST
- Where
- Glades County, Moore Haven
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 26.830, -81.150
Glades County Sheriff's Office reported a tornado on the ground 4 miles west of Moore Haven. No casualties or damage was reported.
Tornado, Polk
- When
- September 19, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Polk County, Auburndale
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 27.949, -81.698 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A tornado blew out 75 panes of glass in a vacant building and uprooted a large oak tree.
What these are
- 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.
More
Every storm in Florida in 1994Every state in 1994This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Florida, 1994Warnings in Florida, September 1994
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: 10320060, 10320094, 10319898.