Florida, 1993

Tornado in Florida, April 26, 1993

April 26, 1993 · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$500,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Washington

When
April 26, 6:30 AM EST
Where
Washington County, Wausau
Rating
F1
Path length
5 mi
Path width
75 yd
Property damage
$500,000
Coordinates
30.630, -85.580

High winds and a tornado that touched down several times along a 5-mile path damaged several homes, a church, several barns and boats, overturned a parked 35,000 pound tractor trailer, and uprooted many large trees. Damage was estimated at $250,00.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 10319508.