Tornado, Pinellas
- When
- May 20, 1:20 AM EST
- Where
- Pinellas County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 27.770, -82.670
Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, May 20, 1986
9 hail, 3 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
9 hail, 3 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lafayette
- When
- May 20, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.050, -83.130
Hail, Baker
- When
- May 20, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Baker County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.370, -82.250
Hail, Duval
- When
- May 20, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Duval County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.350, -81.720
Hail, Baker
- When
- May 20, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Baker County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.250, -82.270
Hail, Duval
- When
- May 20, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Duval County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.200, -82.020
Hail, Clay
- When
- May 20, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.830, -81.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Duval
- When
- May 20, 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Duval County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.200, -82.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Baker
- When
- May 20, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Baker County
- Coordinates
- 30.250, -82.270
Hail, St. Johns
- When
- May 20, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- St. Johns County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.230, -81.370
Hail, St. Johns
- When
- May 20, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- St. Johns County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.970, -81.450
Tornado, Orange
- When
- May 20, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Orange County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 28.680, -81.470
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Johns
- When
- May 20, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- St. Johns County
- Coordinates
- 29.880, -81.450
Hail, Orange
- When
- May 20, 1:37 PM CST
- Where
- Orange County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.670, -81.500
Tornado, Manatee
- When
- May 20, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Manatee County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 27.520, -82.530
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
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: 10002148, 10002149, 10002150, 10002151, 10002152, 10002153, 10002154, 10002155, 10002156, 10002157, 10002158, 10002161, 10002159, 10002160, 10002162.