Tornado, Bay
- When
- April 26, 11:04 AM CST
- Where
- Bay County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 30.200, -85.800
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, April 26, 1973
5 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
- 6
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- 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 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Suwannee
- When
- April 26, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Suwannee County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.200, -83.170
Tornado, Marion
- When
- April 26, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 29.000, -82.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Hillsborough
- When
- April 26, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hillsborough County
- Coordinates
- 28.100, -82.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Lake
- When
- April 26, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County
- Coordinates
- 28.800, -81.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Orange
- When
- April 26, 4:31 PM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Coordinates
- 28.580, -80.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- April 26, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 28.020, -81.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Brevard
- When
- April 26, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Brevard County
- Coordinates
- 28.670, -80.830
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 Louisiana, April 26, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 26, 1973
- Tornado in Missouri, April 26, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 26, 1973
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 26, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 26, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 26, 1973
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: 9999428, 9999429, 9999430, 9999431, 9999432, 9999433, 9999434, 9999435.