Tornado, Brevard
- When
- January 1, 12:25 PM EST to 12:30 PM EST
- Where
- Brevard County, Melbourne
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 35 yd
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Coordinates
- 28.080, -80.600
Tornado in Florida, January 1, 1996
S Highway 1. It moved east northeast about one half mile and lifted as it approached the Indian River Lagoon.
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
- $40,000
- 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 MLB wrote it up.
A small F-0 tornado touched down in the Eau Gallie area of Melbourne near U.S Highway 1. It moved east northeast about one half mile and lifted as it approached the Indian River Lagoon. The tornado blew down trees on top of houses and garages and overturned a large travel trailer.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, January 1, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 1 to 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Arkansas, January 1 to 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 1 to 31, 1996
- Winter Storm in Missouri, January 1 to 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, January 1, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 1 to 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 1, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Arkansas, January 1 to 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, January 1, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, January 1 to 4, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Texas, January 1, 1996
More
Every storm in Florida in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Florida, 1996Warnings in Florida, January 1996
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: 5536200.