Hail, Brevard
- When
- July 11, 12:40 PM EST
- Where
- Brevard County, Port St John
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.470, -80.770
Tornado and Hail in Florida, July 11, 1997
2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:40 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Osceola
- When
- July 11, 12:58 PM EST
- Where
- Osceola County, 5 mi S of Kissimmee Park
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 28.170, -81.370
A waterspout/tornado came on shore on the southeast shore of West Lake Tohopekaliga and damaged a few trees.
Hail, Brevard
- When
- July 11, 2:25 PM EST
- Where
- Brevard County, Melbourne
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.080, -80.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Brevard
- When
- July 11, 2:43 PM EST
- Where
- Brevard County, West Melbourne
- Coordinates
- 28.080, -80.580
Lightning, Martin
- When
- July 11, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Martin County, Salerno
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 27.082, -80.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A 70 year old man was admitted to a local hospital after being struck and injured by lightning.
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.
- 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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, July 11, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 11, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 11, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 11, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 11, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 11, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, July 11, 1997
- Flash Flooding in South Dakota, July 11, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 11 to 15, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, July 11, 1997
- Hail in Florida, July 11, 1997
- Flood in Missouri, July 11, 1997
More
Every storm in Florida in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Florida, 1997Warnings in Florida, July 1997
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: 5617095, 5617096, 5617097, 5617098, 5617099.