Thunderstorm Wind, Escambia
- When
- April 23, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Escambia County, Molino
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 30.614, -87.341 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees and power lines were blown down in the Molino area.
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, April 23, 1995
2 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
- $2,000
- 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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Santa Rosa
- When
- April 23, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Santa Rosa County, Milton
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 30.693, -87.018 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees and large limbs were blown down in the Milton area.
Tornado, Okaloosa
- When
- April 23, 11:17 AM CST
- Where
- Okaloosa County, Niceville
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.530, -86.500
An off duty police officer reported a tornado briefly touched down just east of Niceville. No damage was found where the tornado touched down. The length and width of the tornado were estimated.
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
More
Every storm in Florida in 1995Every state in 1995This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Florida, 1995Warnings in Florida, April 1995
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: 10317748, 10319866, 10320183.