This multi-image panorama shows precipitation behind the leading edge of the cloud as it moves into Rockledge.
The rain and hail came down hard, and water pooled in the yard.
Radar shows the purple indicating hail as the severe storm moved through Brevard County.
A morning hailstorm on March 27, 2019, took Florida’s Space Coast by surprise. I saw it coming and got a few shots from U.S. 1 in Rockledge before it clobbered our neighborhood and went on to do even more damage on the beaches.
Two-inch hailstones fell in Indialantic, taking out car and house windows and damaging roofs and stucco. The biggest stones I saw at our house in Rockledge were one-inch-plus, right as the onslaught began. Unfortunately, we also had so much rain – especially since another hailstorm followed the first one – that a little water got into the house.
Hailstones amid the leaves.
I saw hail just over an inch at our house, but most of it was smaller, like this.