Thunderstorm Wind, Brevard
- When
- September 11, 3:10 PM EST
- Where
- Brevard County, Melbourne
- Coordinates
- 28.080, -80.600
Damaging Wind in Florida, September 11, 1996
Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines and traffic signals in Melbourne.
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
- 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 MLB wrote it up.
Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines and traffic signals in Melbourne.
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 6 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:08 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, September 11, 1996
- Hail in Michigan, September 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, September 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, September 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, September 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Florida, September 11, 1996
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, September 11 to 12, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 11, 1996
More
Every storm in Florida in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, September 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: 5564268.