Thunderstorm Wind, Santa Rosa
- When
- March 21, 3:40 AM CST
- Where
- Santa Rosa County
- Coordinates
- 30.950, -87.150
Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, March 21, 1974
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Santa Rosa
- When
- March 21, 4:40 AM CST
- Where
- Santa Rosa County
- Coordinates
- 30.350, -87.150
Tornado, Wakulla
- When
- March 21, 9:25 AM CST
- Where
- Wakulla County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 30.080, -84.500
Tornado, Columbia
- When
- March 21, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.6 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.330, -82.770
Hail, Clay
- When
- March 21, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.120, -81.750
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.
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, March 21, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 21, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 21, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 21, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 21, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Rhode Island, March 21, 1974
- Tornado in Louisiana, March 21, 1974
- Hail in Delaware, March 21, 1974
- Damaging Wind in New York, March 21, 1974
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: 10000560, 10000561, 10001400, 10001401, 10001402.