Hail, Palm Beach
- When
- May 15, 2:34 PM EST to 2:45 PM EST
- Where
- Palm Beach County, Juno Beach
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 26.867, -80.050
Hail in Florida, May 15, 2000
Emergency Management reported nickel-size hail covering the ground in Juno Beach. Golf ball-size hail was reported in Palm Beach Gardens.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 1
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.
Emergency Management reported nickel-size hail covering the ground in Juno Beach. Golf ball-size hail was reported in Palm Beach Gardens.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 15, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, May 15, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 15, 2000
- Drought in Georgia, May 15 to 31, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, May 15, 2000
- Hail in Florida, May 15, 2000
- Hail in Oregon, May 15, 2000
- Flood and Heavy Rain in California, May 15 to 16, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 15, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 15, 2000
- Hail in Iowa, May 15, 2000
More
Every storm in Florida in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, May 2000
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: 5139077.