Tornadoes in Florida, January 12, 1975

Name: Tornadoes in Florida, January 12, 1975
Start: 1975-01-12T10:15
End: 1975-01-12T11:15
Location: Florida

January 12, 1975 · 5 events in 4 counties and zones

5 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

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 30
Property damage: $778,000
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

5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Washington

When: January 12, 10:15 AM CST
Where: Washington County
Rating: F1
Path length: 20.6 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 30.500, -85.670

Tornado, Bay

When: January 12, 10:20 AM CST
Where: Bay County
Rating: F2
Path length: 25.6 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 30.170, -85.700

Tornado, Washington

When: January 12, 10:45 AM CST
Where: Washington County
Rating: F1
Path length: 32.4 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Injuries: 12 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 30.730, -85.450

Tornado, Calhoun

When: January 12, 10:45 AM CST
Where: Calhoun County
Rating: F2
Path length: 21.1 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 30.420, -85.380

Tornado, Jackson

When: January 12, 11:15 AM CST
Where: Jackson County
Rating: F2
Path length: 16.5 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Injuries: 15 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 30.630, -85.130

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, Bay	1975-01-12				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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Florida in 1975 Every state in 1975 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Florida, 1975

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: 9999230, 9999231, 9999444, 9999445, 9999446.