Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, December 10, 1967

Name: Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, December 10, 1967
Start: 1967-12-10T02:15
End: 1967-12-10T10:00
Location: Florida

December 10, 1967 · 11 events in 9 counties and zones

6 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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

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The toll

Deaths: 2
Injuries: 100
Property damage: $5.1 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 11

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.

Event by event

6 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Okaloosa

When: December 10, 2:15 AM CST
Where: Okaloosa County
Rating: F2
Path length: 6.8 mi
Path width: 1,000 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 50 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 30.400, -86.620

Thunderstorm Wind, Okaloosa

When: December 10, 3:15 AM CST
Where: Okaloosa County
Coordinates: 30.580, -86.500

Thunderstorm Wind, Okaloosa

When: December 10, 3:15 AM CST
Where: Okaloosa County
Coordinates: 30.700, -86.500

Tornado, Walton

When: December 10, 3:30 AM CST
Where: Walton County
Rating: F3
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 30.600, -86.200

Thunderstorm Wind,

When: December 10, 4:30 AM CST
Where: County
Coordinates: 30.500, -87.680

Thunderstorm Wind, Escambia

When: December 10, 5:05 AM CST
Where: Escambia County
Coordinates: 30.500, -87.280

Thunderstorm Wind, Santa Rosa

When: December 10, 5:05 AM CST
Where: Santa Rosa County
Coordinates: 30.700, -87.000

Tornado, Holmes

When: December 10, 7:00 AM CST
Where: Holmes County
Rating: F2
Path length: 9.9 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 30.770, -85.770

Tornado, Bay

When: December 10, 8:20 AM CST
Where: Bay County
Rating: F3
Path length: 7.1 mi
Path width: 250 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 50 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 30.070, -85.570

Tornado, Calhoun

When: December 10, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Calhoun County
Rating: F2
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 30.500, -85.100

Tornado, Gulf

When: December 10, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Gulf County
Rating: F2
Path width: 70 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 30.000, -85.200

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Tornado, Okaloosa	1967-12-10				Direct
Tornado, Bay	1967-12-10				Direct

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Florida in 1967 Every state in 1967 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Florida, 1967

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: 9985327, 9985328, 9985329, 9985330, 9985331, 9985332, 9985333, 9985334, 9985335, 9985336, 9985337.