Tornado, Pinellas
- When
- December 10, 5:40 AM CST
- Where
- Pinellas County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 27.700, -82.630
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, December 10, 1969
8 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $278,000
- 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
8 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Hillsborough
- When
- December 10, 5:45 AM CST
- Where
- Hillsborough County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 27.950, -82.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- December 10, 6:35 AM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Coordinates
- 28.000, -81.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Orange
- When
- December 10, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Coordinates
- 28.600, -81.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Orange
- When
- December 10, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Coordinates
- 28.600, -81.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Volusia
- When
- December 10, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Volusia County
- Coordinates
- 29.280, -81.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Seminole
- When
- December 10, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Seminole County
- Coordinates
- 28.780, -81.280
Tornado, Collier
- When
- December 10, 12:09 PM CST
- Where
- Collier County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 26.420, -81.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Palm Beach
- When
- December 10, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Palm Beach County
- Coordinates
- 26.700, -80.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Broward
- When
- December 10, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Broward County
- Coordinates
- 26.200, -80.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Broward
- When
- December 10, 4:12 PM CST
- Where
- Broward County
- Coordinates
- 26.100, -80.180
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.
More
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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: 9999320, 9999321, 9999322, 9999323, 9999324, 9999325, 9999326, 9999327, 9999328, 9999329, 9999330.