Tornado, Polk
- When
- June 20, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 27.750, -81.980
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 20, 1989
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hernando
- When
- June 20, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hernando County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 28.620, -82.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Citrus
- When
- June 20, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Citrus County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 28.830, -82.330
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 in Pennsylvania, June 20, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 20, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 20, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 20, 1989
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 20, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 20, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 20, 1989
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: 10001185, 10001186, 10001187.