Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, October 3, 1992

Name: Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, October 3, 1992
Start: 1992-10-03T08:40
End: 1992-10-03T21:40
Location: Florida

October 3, 1992 · 17 events in 9 counties and zones

10 tornado, 7 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

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The toll

Deaths: 4
Injuries: 77
Property damage: $28 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 17

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

10 tornado, 7 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Pinellas

When: October 3, 8:40 AM EST
Where: Pinellas County
Rating: F2
Path length: 3 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 27.880, -82.800

Tornado, Pinellas

When: October 3, 9:28 AM EST
Where: Pinellas County
Rating: F1
Path length: 1.5 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 27.920, -82.750

Tornado, Pinellas

When: October 3, 9:30 AM EST
Where: Pinellas County
Rating: F3
Path length: 2.6 mi
Path width: 500 yd
Deaths: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 75 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25 million
Coordinates: 27.830, -82.700

Tornado, Pasco

When: October 3, 9:32 AM EST
Where: Pasco County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 500 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 28.250, -82.230

Tornado, Hillsborough

When: October 3, 10:20 AM EST
Where: Hillsborough County
Rating: F1
Path length: 2 mi
Path width: 250 yd
Injuries: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 27.920, -82.300

Tornado, Hernando

When: October 3, 11:07 AM EST
Where: Hernando County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.4 mi
Path width: 80 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 28.620, -82.530

Tornado, Hernando

When: October 3, 11:20 AM EST
Where: Hernando County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.4 mi
Path width: 80 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 28.550, -82.530

Thunderstorm Wind, Pinellas

When: October 3, 9:40 AM PST
Where: Pinellas County
Coordinates: 27.970, -82.800

Tornado, Marion

When: October 3, 1:00 PM EST
Where: Marion County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Coordinates: 29.130, -82.250

Thunderstorm Wind, Pasco

When: October 3, 10:10 AM PST
Where: Pasco County
Measured: 58 kt (67 mph)
Coordinates: 28.300, -82.420

Thunderstorm Wind, Citrus

When: October 3, 10:35 AM PST
Where: Citrus County
Coordinates: 28.820, -82.500

Thunderstorm Wind, Pasco

When: October 3, 10:48 AM PST
Where: Pasco County
Coordinates: 28.300, -82.420

Thunderstorm Wind, Citrus

When: October 3, 12:08 PM PST
Where: Citrus County
Coordinates: 28.780, -82.530

Thunderstorm Wind, Sumter

When: October 3, 12:55 PM PST
Where: Sumter County
Coordinates: 28.700, -82.080

Tornado, Levy

When: October 3, 4:40 PM EST
Where: Levy County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 29.500, -82.880

Thunderstorm Wind, Citrus

When: October 3, 1:51 PM PST
Where: Citrus County
Coordinates: 28.920, -82.630

Tornado, Manatee

When: October 3, 9:40 PM EST
Where: Manatee County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 27.450, -82.250

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, Pinellas	1992-10-03				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.
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.

Every storm in Florida in 1992 Every state in 1992 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Florida, 1992 Warnings in Florida, October 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: 10001377, 10001378, 10001379, 10001380, 10001383, 10001386, 10001387, 10001381, 10001390, 10001382, 10001384, 10001385, 10001388, 10001389, 10001392, 10001391, 10001393.