Florida, 1995Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, August 2, 1995
August 2, 1995 · 8 events in 6 counties and zones
6 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $267,000
- 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.
Tornado, Nassau
- When
- August 2, 12:36 AM EST to 12:50 AM EST
- Where
- Nassau County, Amelia Island
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 30.611, -81.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado was embedded in feeder bands from Hurricane Erin. Trees were downed along the track and scattered across A1A.
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- August 2, 1:40 AM EST
- Where
- Polk County, Lake Wales
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 27.949, -81.698 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds gusts of 40 to 50 mph blew down a few large trees.
Tornado, Osceola
- When
- August 2, 4:04 AM EST
- Where
- Osceola County, St. Cloud
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Coordinates
- 28.063, -81.149 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A small F1 tornado touched down about two miles north of Highway 192 along Highway 532 near Lake Lizzie. The tornado produced a long swath of damage through a wooded area. A house was destroyed when it was hit by a falling tree. Two horses were killed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Duval
- When
- August 2, 7:30 AM EST to 7:55 AM EST
- Where
- Duval County, Jacksonville Beach
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 30.335, -81.648 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms associated with Hurricane Erin snapped large trees at Fort Caroline and Merrill Road and east along the St. Johns River.
Tornado, Duval
- When
- August 2, 7:30 AM EST to 7:40 AM EST
- Where
- Duval County, Jacksonville Beach
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 30.335, -81.648 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado was embedded in feeder bands from Hurricane Erin. Tornado tore a portion of a mall roof off.
Tornado, St. Lucie
- When
- August 2, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- St. Lucie County, Ft. Pierce
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 27.381, -80.445 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A small F0 tornado touched down briefly in the Spanish Lakes mobile home community destroying a screen porch on a mobile home.
Tornado, Brevard
- When
- August 2, 12:55 PM EST
- Where
- Brevard County, Melbourne
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Coordinates
- 28.080, -80.600
Rain showers in a band trailing Tropical Storm Erin produced a small F0 tornado in Melbourne. It touched down briefly in Melbourne blowing down a tree and overturning a storage shed near Lake Washington and Wickham roads.
Tornado, Brevard
- When
- August 2, 1:45 PM EST
- Where
- Brevard County, Titusville
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Coordinates
- 28.600, -80.800
Rain showers from Tropical Storm Erin produced a small tornado in Titusville, knocking out power lines and motel signs. It blew large windows out of three buildings injuring one person with flying glass. It damaged the roof of a Sears store and a McDonalds restaurant and blew windows out of parked cars.
- 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.
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