Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- August 1, 2:15 PM EST
- Where
- Lee County, Cape Coral
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 26.625, -81.849 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind damage caused power outages.
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, August 1, 1994
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $66,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sarasota
- When
- August 1, 4:02 PM EST
- Where
- Sarasota County, Warm Mineral Spgs
- Coordinates
- 27.183, -82.365 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A tree was blown down near Warm Mineral Springs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sarasota
- When
- August 1, 4:04 PM EST
- Where
- Sarasota County, Gulf Gate
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 27.183, -82.365 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Two trees and power lines were blown down and two houses had windows broken in Gulf Gate.
Tornado, Pasco
- When
- August 1, 5:54 PM EST
- Where
- Pasco County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 28.400, -82.530
A tornado briefly touched down three miles east of U.S. 19 on SR 52 in the Shadow Run subdivision knocking down phone and power lines. Lightning damaged a house in the same area.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hernando
- When
- August 1, 6:25 PM EST
- Where
- Hernando County, Weeki-Wachee
- Coordinates
- 28.556, -82.468 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A brief tornado removed the roof from a house northeast of Brooksville.
Tornado, Hernando
- When
- August 1, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Hernando County, Spring Hill to Brooksville
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 28.550, -82.380
A brief tornado removed the roof from a house northeast of Brooksville.
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- August 1, 6:54 PM EST
- Where
- Marion County, Summerfield
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 29.210, -82.057 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines and large trees. One tree fell onto a car injuring two of its four occupants. The roof of a house in Summerfield was peeled off.
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- August 1, 7:53 PM EST
- Where
- Marion County, E Ocala
- Coordinates
- 29.210, -82.057 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds blew numerous trees down closing Highway 40 east of Ocala.
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 1, 1994
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 1, 1994
- Hail in North Dakota, August 1, 1994
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 1, 1994
- Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, August 1, 1994
- Tornado in Colorado, August 1, 1994
- Hail in Texas, August 1, 1994
- Damaging Wind in Oregon, August 1, 1994
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 1, 1994
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: 10318178, 10319834, 10319835, 10319727, 10320237, 10320238, 10320219, 10320220.