Funnel Cloud, Lake
- When
- May 31, 2:20 PM EST
- Where
- Lake County, Clermont
- Coordinates
- 28.762, -81.711 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 31, 1997
3 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 6
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), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Volusia
- When
- May 31, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Volusia County, Port Orange
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.130, -80.980
Dime size hail fell in Port Orange.
Funnel Cloud, Volusia
- When
- May 31, 3:25 PM EST
- Where
- Volusia County, Daytona Beach Shrs
- Coordinates
- 29.063, -81.149 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Brevard
- When
- May 31, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Brevard County, Melbourne
- Coordinates
- 28.080, -80.600
Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and damaged the roof of a house.
Hail, St. Lucie
- When
- May 31, 6:01 PM EST
- Where
- St. Lucie County, Ft Pierce
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.450, -80.330
One inch diameter hail fell in Ft. Pierce
Hail, St. Lucie
- When
- May 31, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- St. Lucie County, Ft Pierce
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.450, -80.330
One inch diameter hail fell in Ft. Pierce.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
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- Tornado and Hail in Idaho, May 31, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, May 31, 1997
- Cold in New Jersey, May 31, 1997
- Cold in Pennsylvania, May 31, 1997
- Tornado in Oregon, May 31, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, May 31, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, May 31, 1997
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: 5616823, 5616824, 5616825, 5616826, 5616827, 5616828.