Florida, 1993Tornado and Hail in Florida, August 18, 1993
August 18, 1993 · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $6,000
- 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
1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Duval
- When
- August 18, 3:28 PM EST
- Where
- Duval County, Jacksonville
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 30.180, -81.670
A small tornado knocked down trees on the north side of the city of Jacksonville.
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- August 18, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Clay County, Orange Park
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 29.983, -81.858 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees and damaged a few homes and cars. Damage was mostly minor.
Hail, Taylor
- When
- August 18, 11:43 PM EST
- Where
- Taylor County, Steinhatchee
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.020, -83.619 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, August 18, 1993$1.5 million · F1 · 23 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 18, 1993$933,000 · 1.75 in hail · 18 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 18, 199370 kt wind · 13 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 18, 1993$9,000 · 1 in hail · 13 events
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 18, 19933 events
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 18, 1993$10,000 · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 18, 1993$10,000 · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, August 18, 19931 in hail · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 18, 1993$500 · 1 event
- Hail in Arkansas, August 18, 19930.75 in hail · 1 event
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: 10317765, 10317675, 10319289.