Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, December 10, 1992

Name: Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, December 10, 1992
Start: 1992-12-10T07:55
End: 1992-12-10T09:19
Location: Florida

December 10, 1992 · NWS TBW · 6 events in 4 counties and zones

5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Polk

When: December 10, 7:55 AM EST
Where: Polk County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Coordinates: 28.070, -81.700

Thunderstorm Wind, Pasco

When: December 10, 5:05 AM PST
Where: Pasco County
Coordinates: 28.370, -82.700

Thunderstorm Wind, Pasco

When: December 10, 6:30 AM PST
Where: Pasco County
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 28.250, -82.720

Thunderstorm Wind, Orange

When: December 10, 6:35 AM PST
Where: Orange County
Coordinates: 28.550, -81.370

Thunderstorm Wind, Polk

When: December 10, 7:00 AM PST
Where: Polk County
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 27.880, -81.830

Thunderstorm Wind, Lee

When: December 10, 9:19 AM PST
Where: Lee County
Measured: 63 kt (72 mph)
Coordinates: 26.700, -81.580

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

Damaging Winds in New Jersey, December 10, 199278 kt wind · 2 events

Every storm in Florida in 1992 Every state in 1992 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Florida, 1992 Warnings in Florida, December 1992

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: 10001428, 10001424, 10001425, 10001426, 10001427, 10001429.