Tornado, Gilchrist
- When
- July 3, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gilchrist County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 29.770, -82.880
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 3, 1970
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Orange
- When
- July 3, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Coordinates
- 28.700, -81.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Gadsden
- When
- July 3, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Gadsden County
- Coordinates
- 30.500, -84.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- July 3, 6:04 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 74 kt (85 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.700, -84.900
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
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 3, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 3, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 3, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 3, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 3, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 3, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 3, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 3, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 3, 1970
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 3, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 3, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 3, 1970
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: 9998706, 9998707, 9998708, 9998709.