Hail, Palm Beach
- When
- May 20, 1:32 PM EST
- Where
- Palm Beach County, 6 mi W of West Palm Beach
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 26.680, -80.150
Hail and Lightning Strike in Florida, May 20, 1999
V. station in Royal Palm Beach.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
Dime-size hail was reported by a T.V. station in Royal Palm Beach. Lightning strikes started seven brush fires, one of which threatened a house.
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:32 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Palm Beach
- When
- May 20, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 26.648, -80.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 20, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 20 to 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 20 to 21, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 20, 1999
- Tornado in Montana, May 20, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 20, 1999
- Hail in Florida, May 20, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, May 20, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 20, 1999
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 20, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, May 20, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 20, 1999
More
Every storm in Florida in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, May 1999
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: 5690329, 5690330.