Hail, Miami-Dade
- When
- July 13, 3:19 PM EST
- Where
- Miami-Dade County, Miami Lake
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 25.920, -80.300
dime size hail reported by nws employee.
Hail in Florida, July 13, 1997
1 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 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
- 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 Miami radar (KAMX), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:19 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel Cloud, Miami-Dade
- When
- July 13, 3:20 PM EST
- Where
- Miami-Dade County, Miami Lake
- Coordinates
- 25.609, -80.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
funnel cloud reported by metro-dade police near I75/nw 186 st.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Heat in District of Columbia, July 13 to 19, 1997
- Heat in Maryland, July 13 to 19, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 13, 1997
- Hail in South Dakota, July 13, 1997
- Tornado in Kansas, July 13, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, July 13, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 13, 1997
- Flood and Hail in Minnesota, July 13, 1997
- Hail in South Dakota, July 13, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 13, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, July 13, 1997
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Kansas, July 13, 1997
More
Every storm in Florida in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5602827, 5602828.