Thunderstorm Wind, Okaloosa
- When
- March 28, 7:10 AM CST
- Where
- Okaloosa County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.380, -86.680
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, March 28, 1972
8 tornado, 4 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $128,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Liberty
- When
- March 28, 7:45 AM CST
- Where
- Liberty County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.580, -85.170
Tornado, Bay
- When
- March 28, 8:05 AM CST
- Where
- Bay County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 30.280, -85.980
Tornado, Santa Rosa
- When
- March 28, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Santa Rosa County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.620, -87.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Gulf
- When
- March 28, 9:13 AM CST
- Where
- Gulf County
- Coordinates
- 30.080, -85.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Gadsden
- When
- March 28, 9:15 AM CST
- Where
- Gadsden County
- Coordinates
- 30.580, -84.400
Tornado, Leon
- When
- March 28, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Leon County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.400, -84.330
Tornado, Leon
- When
- March 28, 9:45 AM CST
- Where
- Leon County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.400, -84.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor
- When
- March 28, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Coordinates
- 30.080, -83.680
Tornado, St. Johns
- When
- March 28, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- St. Johns County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 29.830, -81.550
Tornado, Clay
- When
- March 28, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.6 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 29.770, -82.050
Tornado, Bradford
- When
- March 28, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bradford County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 6.8 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 29.870, -82.080
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 10001580, 10001581, 10001582, 10001583, 10001584, 10001585, 10001586, 10001587, 10001588, 10001589, 10001590, 10001591.