Tornado, Taylor
- When
- May 12, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.9 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.170, -83.580
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 12, 1974
10 tornado, 3 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 6
- Property damage
- $3.6 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Baker
- When
- May 12, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Baker County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 30.280, -82.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia
- When
- May 12, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Coordinates
- 30.180, -82.630
Tornado, Duval
- When
- May 12, 4:40 AM CST
- Where
- Duval County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 14.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 30.280, -82.070
Tornado, Duval
- When
- May 12, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Duval County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 30.350, -81.670
Tornado, St. Johns
- When
- May 12, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- St. Johns County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 29.920, -81.480
Tornado, Duval
- When
- May 12, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Duval County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 30.080, -81.680
Tornado, Levy
- When
- May 12, 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Levy County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8.9 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 29.000, -82.700
Tornado, Lake
- When
- May 12, 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Lake County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 28.800, -81.630
Tornado, Marion
- When
- May 12, 8:35 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 20.2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 29.170, -81.830
Tornado, Citrus
- When
- May 12, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Citrus County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 25.2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 28.750, -82.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Brevard
- When
- May 12, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Brevard County
- Coordinates
- 28.600, -80.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Brevard
- When
- May 12, 10:47 AM CST
- Where
- Brevard County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 28.230, -80.600
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 Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 12, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 12, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 12, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 12, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, May 12, 1974
- Damaging Winds in New York, May 12, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 12, 1974
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, May 12, 1974
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 12, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, May 12, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 12, 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: 10001645, 10001646, 10001647, 10001648, 10001649, 10001650, 10001651, 10001652, 10001653, 10001654, 10001655, 10001656, 10001657.