Tornado, Hernando
- When
- March 31, 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Hernando County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 28.570, -82.420
Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, March 31, 1972
10 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 5
- Property damage
- $553,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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
10 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Orange
- When
- March 31, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 28.670, -81.500
Tornado, Seminole
- When
- March 31, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Seminole County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 28.700, -81.330
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- March 31, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 29.080, -80.900
Tornado, Seminole
- When
- March 31, 4:15 AM CST
- Where
- Seminole County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 28.700, -81.320
Hail, Orange
- When
- March 31, 5:03 AM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.600, -81.280
Tornado, Hillsborough
- When
- March 31, 5:14 AM CST
- Where
- Hillsborough County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 27.830, -82.500
Tornado, Brevard
- When
- March 31, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Brevard County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 28.730, -80.750
Tornado, Brevard
- When
- March 31, 5:36 AM CST
- Where
- Brevard County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 28.520, -80.700
Tornado, Hillsborough
- When
- March 31, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hillsborough County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 27.900, -82.250
Hail, Highlands
- When
- March 31, 10:42 AM CST
- Where
- Highlands County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.380, -81.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- March 31, 11:25 AM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 26.600, -81.780
Tornado, Palm Beach
- When
- March 31, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Palm Beach County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 26.680, -80.270
Tornado, Orange
- When
- March 31, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 28.680, -81.570
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.
- 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
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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: 10001597, 10001598, 10001599, 10001600, 10001601, 10001602, 10001603, 10001604, 10001605, 10001606, 10001607, 10001608, 9998030, 9998031.