Thunderstorm Wind, Santa Rosa
- When
- July 9, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Santa Rosa County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.700, -87.000
Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, July 9, 1970
5 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
5 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Nassau
- When
- July 9, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Nassau County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 30.700, -81.420
Tornado, Nassau
- When
- July 9, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Nassau County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 30.700, -81.420
Tornado, Nassau
- When
- July 9, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Nassau County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 30.700, -81.420
Tornado, Nassau
- When
- July 9, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Nassau County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 30.700, -81.420
Hail, Orange
- When
- July 9, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.500, -81.580
Tornado, Orange
- When
- July 9, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 28.500, -81.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Highlands
- When
- July 9, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Highlands County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 27.600, -81.500
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 9, 1970
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 9, 1970
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 9, 1970
- Hail in Alabama, July 9, 1970
- Tornado in Virginia, July 9, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 9, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 9, 1970
- Damaging Wind in California, July 9, 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: 9998711, 9998712, 9998713, 9998714, 9998715, 9998716, 9998717, 9998718.