Name: Tornado and Hail in Florida, July 8, 1994
Start: 1994-07-08T13:40
End: 1994-07-08T19:30
Location: Florida

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 5 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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1.1 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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

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

Thunderstorm Wind, Hernando

When: July 8, 1:40 PM EST
Where: Hernando County, Spring Hill
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 28.556, -82.468 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm downburst took down many trees and power lines damaging four or five homes and one vehicle southeast of Spring Hill

Tornado, Collier

When: July 8, 2:30 PM EST
Where: Collier County, Naples
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Property damage: $500,000
Coordinates: 26.130, -81.800

A waterspout moved onshore from the Gulf of Mexcio ripping the atrium roof from one condominium, and damaging awnings and sliding glass doors in two others. Damage was estimated at $200,000.

Thunderstorm Wind, Charlotte

When: July 8, 3:45 PM EST
Where: Charlotte County, Port Charlotte to Fmy
Property damage: $500,000
Coordinates: 26.900, -81.950 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

In Port Charlotte, thunderstorm winds blew the roof off of a business and a pool cage at a residence was damage. In Punta Gorda, two sailboats were knocked off their stands at a marina and an overhang at a boat dock was peeled back.

Hail, Levy

When: July 8, 4:47 PM EST
Where: Levy County, Gnv
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $50
Coordinates: 29.282, -82.789 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Power line blown down and dime-size hail reported in Chiefland.

Thunderstorm Wind, Levy

When: July 8, 4:47 PM EST
Where: Levy County, Chiefland to Gnv
Property damage: $50
Coordinates: 29.282, -82.789 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Power line blown down and dime-size hail reported in Chiefland.

Thunderstorm Wind, Bradford

When: July 8, 7:30 PM EST
Where: Bradford County to Gnv
Coordinates: 29.950, -82.169 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sheriff's office reported a few trees down in Brooker.

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.
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.

The same day elsewhere

More

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: 10320232, 10317697, 10317638, 10320002, 10320003, 10318147.