Funnel Cloud, Palm Beach
- When
- August 27, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Palm Beach County, 5 mi NE of South Bay
- Coordinates
- 26.648, -80.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Florida, August 27, 1996
The public reported three funnel clouds about five miles northeast of South Bay.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
The public reported three funnel clouds about five miles northeast of South Bay.
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:00 UTC.
Event by event
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail in Kentucky, August 27, 1996
- Flood in Massachusetts, August 27, 1996
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, August 27, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, August 27, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 27, 1996
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, August 27, 1996
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 27, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, August 27, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, August 27, 1996
- Tornado in Maryland, August 27, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, August 27, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, August 27, 1996
More
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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: 5560954.