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Hail, Wind & Tornado Reports in and near Big Pine Key, FL

Public hail, wind, and tornado reports in and near Big Pine Key, FL from March 14, 1964 through March 19, 2024, sourced from NOAA/NWS Local Storm Reports and SPC storm report data.

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Source  NOAA SPC · NWS Local Storm Reports Coverage  Big Pine Key, FL · 1964–present Updated  Daily · last Mar 19, 2024

Latest NWS Hail Reports in and near Big Pine Key, FL

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Hail Damage Risk for Your Home +

Hail reports describe hail by diameter, often comparing stone size to familiar objects like peas, quarters, golf balls, and softballs. Use this guide as a starting point for possible hail damage to your roof, siding, gutters, vents, windows, and exterior. Actual hail damage depends on hail hardness, density, wind speed, impact angle, roof age, shingle condition, roof pitch, roofing material, installation quality, and prior storm damage.

Pea
0.25″
Low

Usually too small to cause hail damage to most sound asphalt roofs, siding, or gutters.

Mothball
0.50″
Sub-Severe Watch

Below the NWS severe-hail threshold, but not always harmless. Repeated small hail can scuff surfaces, wear aging shingles, and loosen protective granules over time.

Penny
0.75″
Minor / Watch

Below the NWS severe-hail threshold, but roof hail damage is still possible on older, brittle, poorly installed, or previously damaged shingles. May also mark screens, vents, gutters, and soft metal.

Nickel
0.88″
Minor / Watch

Still below the severe-hail threshold, but large enough to leave visible marks on soft metal and add wear to older or hail-weakened roof shingles.

Quarter
1.00″
Watch

The NWS severe-hail threshold. Quarter-size hail can bruise shingles, dent soft metal, and create roof hail damage worth checking.

Half Dollar
1.25″
Watch

More likely to dent gutters, vents, flashing, and siding. Hail damage risk rises quickly on older roofs or hail-weakened shingles.

Ping Pong / Walnut
1.50″
Likely

Hail damage becomes more likely, including bruised shingles, granule loss, dented siding, and damaged roof vents.

Golf Ball
1.75″
Likely

Often causes roof hail damage, cracked shingles, dented gutters, damaged flashing, and siding impacts. A roof inspection is recommended.

Hen Egg
2.00″
Serious

Can crack or puncture shingles, expose mat, dent siding, and cause widespread hail damage across the roof and exterior.

Tennis Ball
2.50″
Serious

Can cause heavy roof hail damage, punctured siding, broken skylights, damaged vents, and widespread exterior damage.

Baseball
2.75″
Major

Major hail damage is likely, including severe roof impacts, damaged siding, broken windows, and possible major roof repairs.

Tea Cup / Large Apple
3.00″
Major

Can cause heavy hail damage across the roof, siding, gutters, windows, and exterior. Significant repairs are often needed.

Softball
4.00″
Extreme

Destructive hail damage. Can severely damage roofing materials, siding, windows, gutters, vents, vehicles, and exterior surfaces.

Grapefruit
4.50″
Extreme

Catastrophic hail damage risk for roofs, windows, vehicles, siding, gutters, and exterior surfaces.

Source: NOAA / National Weather Service hail size references are used for hail-size comparisons and the 1.00″ severe-hail threshold. Damage descriptions are general homeowner guidance, not official NOAA/NWS damage ratings. Sub-severe hail under 1.00″ is below the severe threshold, but that does not mean “no roof damage.” Penny- to nickel-size hail can still contribute to granule loss, cosmetic surface marks, and added wear, especially on older, brittle, poorly installed, or previously damaged roofs.

Latest NWS Wind Reports in and near Big Pine Key, FL

8 reports
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UNK mph
Jul 21, 2020
4:12 PM UTC
Wind report for Big Pine Key, FL
Monroe County · 30,942 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS FELL A LARGE NORFOLK ISLAND PINE TREE... DOWNING POWER LINES... NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WATSON BLVD AND KILLDEER LANE AT 1212 PM EDT.
NWS Wind Report Location: 5 WNW Bahia Honda Chann, FL
51 mph
Jun 11, 2009
9:00 PM EST-5
Wind report for Big Pine Key, FL
Monroe County · 30,942 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Two dead pine trees were blown down, one across Palm Beach Road in central Big Pine Key. A six-inch diameter tree limb from a healthy buttonwood tree was also blown down. A nearby residence and CWOP automated station measured a wind gust out of the north-northwest at 51 mph.
NWS Wind Report Location: .94 NNE Big Coppit Is, FL
58 mph
Sep 29, 2001
3:25 AM EST
Wind report for Big Pine Key, FL
Monroe County · 30,942 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Minor structural damage to a hardware store.
NWS Wind Report Location: Big Pine Key, FL
75 mph
Feb 2, 1998
4:25 PM EST
Wind report for Big Pine Key, FL
Monroe County · 30,942 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Two trees fell into house.
NWS Wind Report Location: Big Pine, FL
63 mph
May 25, 1988
9:35 AM CST
Wind report for Big Pine Key, FL
Monroe County · 30,942 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Wind Report Location: Not provided, FL
67 mph
Dec 31, 1986
5:37 PM CST
Wind report for Big Pine Key, FL
Monroe County · 30,942 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Wind Report Location: Not provided, FL
70 mph
Jul 24, 1980
6:30 PM CST
Wind report for Big Pine Key, FL
Monroe County · 30,942 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Wind Report Location: Not provided, FL
UNK mph
Apr 27, 1980
11:15 AM CST
Wind report for Big Pine Key, FL
Monroe County · 30,942 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Wind Report Location: Not provided, FL
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Wind Damage Risk for Your Home +

Storm reports list thunderstorm wind gusts in mph. The NWS marks storms as severe at 58+ mph, but wind damage to your home depends on roof age, shingle condition, installation, exposure, nearby trees, and prior hail or wind damage.

Below Severe
Under 58 mph
Minor

Usually little damage to a sound roof, but loose shingles, flashing, or debris may shift.

Severe
58–74 mph
Watch

Can loosen shingles, lift flashing, break limbs, and damage gutters, siding, fences, or trim.

Damaging
75–90 mph
Serious

Can peel shingles, damage vents, tear siding, rip gutters, and expose weak roof areas.

Extreme
90+ mph
Major

Can cause major roof covering loss, tree damage, broken windows, and structural damage.

Source: NOAA / National Weather Service storm reports. Gusts may be measured or estimated; actual wind damage varies by roof condition, exposure, and prior hail or wind damage.

Latest NWS Tornado Reports in and near Big Pine Key, FL

10 reports
UNK category
Mar 19, 2024
8:01 AM UTC
Tornado report for Big Pine Key, FL
Monroe County · 30,942 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: Social media reports of an early morning tornado on Little Torch were investigated by NWS personnel. The brief Storm Survey revealed two downed trees... broken small and medium-sized live branches... a destroyed plastic storage shed... and three destroyed/twisted breakaway shade canopies. There was no damage to structures. Path length estimated at .25 miles to the east-southeast of the initial damage. Time estimated from radar... which corresponds well with an eyewitness report.
NWS Tornado Report Location: Little Torch Key, FL
EF0 category
Apr 5, 2013
1:10 AM EST-5
Tornado report for Big Pine Key, FL
Monroe County · 30,942 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: A waterspout was observed by the public, backlit by frequent lightning strikes approaching long beach estates from the west-southwest, passing to the south of the Newfound Harbor Keys. The waterspout moved ashore along the oceanside of Long Beach Drive and passed over the public observer's property, a bed-and-breakfast inn. It was at this landfall location that the tornado was at its maximum intensity and width of about 80 yards. Widespread damage to large limbs of native hardwood trees occurred, and one royal palm snapped at a level above 15 feet. A ground deck with four kayaks became airborne with the dock dropped within mangroves beyond 30 yards from the original location. A large unmounted above-ground cistern containing nearly 200 gallons of water slide just over 15 yards, knocking a large camping trailer off its front mount. Bolts securing a large grill to wood ground decking were sheared off. While numerous tables and lounge chairs were carried to the leeward side of the property, one 40-lb steel lounge chair was lifted to the edge of the roof line of the two-story residence, crushing the rain gutter, before settling in the lee of the structure. Small gravel and pea rock along the waterfront caused moderate to severe paint chipping on the oceanside of several homes. Screens including their wood frames were torn off several residences' oceanside porches, with one home losing about 40 percent of its oceanside vinyl siding. A phone line was downed along Long Beach Drive. ||The tornado continued across mud flats along the southeast edge of Coupon Bight, where only isolated damage to mangrove branches was observed. Small limbs were observed downed across Long Beach Drive between Southeast Point and U.S. Highway 1, eventually crossed through a campground just south of the Spanish Harbor Channel Bridge. Several tents including one large aluminum-framed dome tent strucutre were overturned before the tornado likely passed into Spanish Harbor Channel. The intensity of the tornado at Spanish Harbor Channel had decreased since its original landfall with estimated winds near 60 mph.
NWS Tornado Report Location: 2.41 S Big Pine, FL
EF0 category
Aug 18, 2008
11:55 AM EST-5
Tornado report for Big Pine Key, FL
Monroe County · 30,942 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: A waterspout observed north of the Seven Mile Bridge passed just north of Doctors Arm on Big Pine Key, and made landfall on Big Pine Key as an EF0 tornado. One poisonwood tree of 6 inches diameter was felled onto Big Pine Street, and a few weakened pines were blown down across Pine Avenue. No structural damage to homes was observed. Estimated wind speed 55 to 65 mph.
NWS Tornado Report Location: 1.86 NNE Big Coppit Is, FL
F0 category
Aug 18, 2000
2:50 PM EST
Tornado report for Big Pine Key, FL
Monroe County · 30,942 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: waterspout moved across the Bahia Honda bridge, stopping traffic but causing no damage or injuries.
NWS Tornado Report Location: Big Pine Key, FL
F0 category
Jul 1, 2000
6:20 PM EST
Tornado report for Big Pine Key, FL
Monroe County · 30,942 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: Waterspout moved onshore along the south end of Big Pine Key. Damaged a bed and breakfast Inn.
NWS Tornado Report Location: Big Pine Key, FL
F0 category
Mar 23, 1984
12:25 PM CST
Tornado report for Big Pine Key, FL
Monroe County · 30,942 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Tornado Report Location: Not provided, FL
F2 category
Apr 27, 1980
10:15 AM CST
Tornado report for Big Pine Key, FL
Monroe County · 30,942 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Tornado Report Location: Not provided, FL
UNK category
May 24, 1970
4:57 PM CST
Tornado report for Big Pine Key, FL
Monroe County · 30,942 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Tornado Report Location: Not provided, FL
UNK category
Sep 8, 1965
3:00 PM CST
Tornado report for Big Pine Key, FL
Monroe County · 30,942 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Tornado Report Location: Not provided, FL
F1 category
Mar 14, 1964
4:00 AM CST
Tornado report for Big Pine Key, FL
Monroe County · 30,942 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Tornado Report Location: Not provided, FL
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Tornado Damage Risk for Your Home +

After a tornado, the National Weather Service assigns an EF rating from EF0 to EF5 based on surveyed damage. The rating estimates wind speed from what the tornado damaged, so actual damage can vary by construction quality, roof age, garage doors, windows, trees, debris, and how close the home was to the tornado path.

EF0
65–85 mph
Light

Can peel shingles, damage gutters or siding, break tree limbs, and toss loose outdoor items.

EF1
86–110 mph
Moderate

Can strip roof covering, damage exterior doors, break windows, snap trees, and cause heavier siding or gutter damage.

EF2
111–135 mph
Serious

Can tear off large sections of roofing, break or uproot trees, destroy weaker structures, and cause major exterior damage.

EF3–EF5
136+ mph
Severe

Can remove roofs and walls, destroy large portions of homes, toss vehicles, and cause severe to total destruction near the path.

Source: NOAA / National Weather Service. EF ratings are assigned after a post-storm damage survey and are based on observed damage, not a direct measurement at every home.

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U.S. Census Data · City

Big Pine Key, FL area census snapshot

People & households
Population4,584
Households1,959
Housing units2,922
Income
Median household income$92,452
$100k+ households46.3%
$150k+ households27.2%
Housing stock
Single-family detached2,221
Attached single-family93
Small multifamily146
Large multifamily113
Mobile homes349
Housing mix
Single-family share76.0%
Attached-home share3.2%
Multifamily share8.9%
Mobile-home share11.9%
Ownership & occupancy
Owner-occupied1,618
Renter-occupied341
Vacant units963
Home value & age
Median home value$561,500
Owner homes $300k+80.7%
Owner homes $500k+57.6%
Owner homes $750k+26.7%
Median year built1986
Older-home share28.1%
Vehicle context
Households with cars1,917
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Frequently asked questions

for homeowners, buyers & sellers
How many hail, wind, and tornado reports does Big Pine Key have on record?

Our records show 0 hail, 8 wind, and 10 tornado reports in and near Big Pine Key, FL, compiled from NOAA SPC and NWS Local Storm Reports. The most recent was reported on March 19, 2024.

What is the largest hail ever reported in Big Pine Key?

No reported hail size is available for this selection.

A storm report showed up near my home in Big Pine Key — does that mean my roof is damaged?

Not necessarily. A storm report only means hail, wind, or a tornado was observed nearby; it does not confirm damage at any specific address, and conditions change from block to block. Check an address-level hail report first, and if it looks significant, find a local pro that serves Big Pine Key and ask about a Remote Hail Inspection before anyone climbs on the roof.

I am buying a home in Big Pine Key — why should I look at its storm history?

Recent hail or wind can leave a roof or exterior with damage that is easy to miss during a walkthrough, and a recent roof replacement is sometimes an insurance job after a storm. Reviewing the storm history for a Big Pine Key address before closing helps you ask informed questions about roof age, past repairs, and any prior claims.

I am selling a home in Big Pine Key — how does this help me?

Knowing the storm history for your address lets you answer buyer questions with confidence, document repairs you have already made, and decide whether a pre-listing roof check is worthwhile. A clear hail history removes a common sticking point during negotiations.

How do I check hail history for a specific Big Pine Key address?

Use the address search to pull a free address-level hail report for any property in Big Pine Key — no phone number or email required. It shows recent hail activity for that address so you know whether a closer roof or exterior review makes sense.

Where does this storm report data come from, and what are its limits?

Storm reports on this page are public reports from storm events across Big Pine Key, FL, sourced from NOAA SPC and NWS Local Storm Reports. They show where hail, wind, or tornado activity was reported in Big Pine Key, but they do not confirm damage at any specific property. Report locations, sizes, and times may be approximate and can vary from what an individual home experienced. For property-specific hail history, use an address-level hail report or contact a participating local professional for a remote hail inspection. Pros inclusion is not an endorsement, and contacting a professional does not confirm damage at any property.

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