Tornado, Escambia
- When
- May 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Escambia County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 31.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.600, -87.300
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 26, 1973
4 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 11
- Property damage
- $325,000
- 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
4 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Okaloosa
- When
- May 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Okaloosa County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 23.8 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.730, -86.800
Tornado, Walton
- When
- May 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Walton County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 19.4 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.830, -86.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Escambia
- When
- May 26, 1:53 PM CST
- Where
- Escambia County
- Measured
- 72 kt (83 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.350, -87.320
Tornado, Escambia
- When
- May 26, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Escambia County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Injuries
- 7 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 30.230, -86.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Okaloosa
- When
- May 26, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Okaloosa County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.480, -86.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Alachua
- When
- May 26, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Alachua County
- Coordinates
- 29.800, -82.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Alachua
- When
- May 26, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Alachua County
- Coordinates
- 29.650, -82.320
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Okaloosa | 1973-05-26 | Direct |
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 26, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 26, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 26, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 26, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 26, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 26, 1973
- Tornadoes in Nebraska, May 26, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 26, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 26, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 26, 1973
More
Every storm in Florida in 1973Every state in 1973This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Florida, 1973
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: 9999439, 9999440, 10000281, 10000282, 10000283, 10000494, 10000495, 10000496.