Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 2, 1994

Name: Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 2, 1994
Start: 1994-07-02T15:00
End: 1994-07-02T16:50
Location: Florida

July 2, 1994 · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
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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 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Putnam

When: July 2, 3:00 PM EST
Where: Putnam County, Palatka to Tpa
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 29.609, -81.744 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A brief tornado tore the roofs off three buildings including a barn and two commercial buildings. Tree limbs were blown damaging some vehicles.

Thunderstorm Wind, Brevard

When: July 2, 4:50 PM EST
Where: Brevard County, Port St Johns to Mlb
Coordinates: 28.300, -80.701 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs and destroyed a number of metal sheds in Port St. Johns.

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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Florida in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Florida, 1994 Warnings 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: 10319819, 10317885.