Hail, Volusia
- When
- April 23, 8:20 AM EST
- Where
- Volusia County, New Smyrna Beach
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.020, -80.930
Nickel size hail was reported at the Ponce Inlet Coast Guard Station.
Tornado and Hail in Florida, April 23, 1997
1 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 2
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), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:17 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Volusia
- When
- April 23, 8:30 AM EST
- Where
- Volusia County, New Smyrna Beach
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 29.020, -80.930
A small tornado was observed swirling in the sand on the beach near the Ponce Inlet Coast Guard Station. It then moved over the near shore waters and became a large waterspout.
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.
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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: 5616735, 5616736.