Thunderstorm Wind, Hillsborough
- When
- July 16, 3:38 PM EST
- Where
- Hillsborough County, N Tampa
- Coordinates
- 27.906, -82.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
TV station reported a large oak tree uprooted.
Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 16, 1994
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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.
- 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Sarasota
- When
- July 16, 4:05 PM EST
- Where
- Sarasota County, Tpa
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 27.183, -82.365 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A waterspout moved onshore and did $12,000 damage to the roof, doorway and windows of the Ringling Art Museum. Trees and power lines were also downed.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, July 16, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 16, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 16, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 16, 1994
- Hail in Wyoming, July 16, 1994
- Hail in Nebraska, July 16, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 16, 1994
More
Every storm in Florida in 1994Every state in 1994This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Florida, 1994Warnings in Florida, July 1994
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: 10319952, 10319833.