Florida, 1978Tornadoes in Florida, May 26, 1978
May 26, 1978 · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Tornado, Baker
- When
- May 26, 12:50 PM CST
- Where
- Baker County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 30.200, -82.430
Tornado, Hillsborough
- When
- May 26, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Hillsborough County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 28.020, -82.120
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 26, 19781 death · $525,000 · F0 · 20 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 26, 1978$300,000 · F2 · 6 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 26, 1978$300,000 · 5 events
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 26, 197854 kt wind · 4 events
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 26, 197852 kt wind · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 26, 19780.75 in hail · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in New Mexico, May 26, 197886 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 26, 19781 event
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 26, 19781 event
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 26, 197870 kt wind · 1 event
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: 9998991, 9998992.