Tornadoes in Florida, October 31, 1973

Name: Tornadoes in Florida, October 31, 1973
Start: 1973-10-31T11:13
End: 1973-10-31T21:30
Location: Florida

October 31, 1973 · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

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
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Wind
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Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 20
Property damage: $5.3 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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

3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Okaloosa

When: October 31, 11:13 AM CST
Where: Okaloosa County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.3 mi
Path width: 20 yd
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 30.400, -86.600

Tornado, Pinellas

When: October 31, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Pinellas County
Rating: F2
Path length: 16.7 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Injuries: 9 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 27.920, -82.920

Tornado, Hillsborough

When: October 31, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Hillsborough County
Rating: F2
Path length: 11.2 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Injuries: 8 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 28.020, -82.670

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.

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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: 10000538, 10000539, 10000540.