Thunderstorm Wind, Seminole
- When
- May 27, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Seminole County, Sanford
- Coordinates
- 28.800, -81.270
Thunderstorm winds blew down large signs and damaged a railroad crossing gate.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 27, 1997
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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
- 7
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), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:29 UTC.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Volusia
- When
- May 27, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Volusia County, De Bary
- Coordinates
- 28.880, -81.300
Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines in De Bary and Deltona.
Thunderstorm Wind, Seminole
- When
- May 27, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Seminole County, Sanford
- Coordinates
- 28.800, -81.270
Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees in Sanford.
Hail, Orange
- When
- May 27, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Orange County, Orlando
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.550, -81.370
Golf ball size hail was reported in Orlando.
Hail, Osceola
- When
- May 27, 7:10 PM EST
- Where
- Osceola County, Kissimmee
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.300, -81.400
Golf ball size hail was reported in Kissimmee.
Thunderstorm Wind, Brevard
- When
- May 27, 7:35 PM EST
- Where
- Brevard County, Cape Canaveral
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 28.380, -80.600
Thunderstorm winds produced a wind gust to 64 mph at Cape Canaveral.
Hail, Brevard
- When
- May 27, 7:45 PM EST
- Where
- Brevard County, Melbourne
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.080, -80.600
Dime size hail fell in Melbourne.
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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: 5616816, 5616817, 5616818, 5616819, 5616820, 5616821, 5616822.