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This multi-image panorama shows precipitation behind the leading edge of the cloud as it moves into Rockledge.
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The rain and hail came down hard, and water pooled in the yard.
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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.
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Hailstones amid the leaves.
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I saw hail just over an inch at our house, but most of it was smaller, like this.