Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, November 11, 1995

Name: Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, November 11, 1995
Start: 1995-11-11T07:00
End: 1995-11-11T20:55
Location: Florida

November 11, 1995 · 26 events in 22 counties and zones

17 thunderstorm wind, 9 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 22 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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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 2
Property damage: $787,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 26

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.

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Event by event

17 thunderstorm wind, 9 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Flz001>006

When: November 11, 7:00 AM CST to 9:30 AM CST
Where: Flz001>006 County, Northwest Florida
Property damage: $40,000

A squall line moved from Southwest Alabama into Northwest Florida during the morning hours of Saturday. As the line of thunderstorms moved through Northwest Florida, widespread straight line wind damage was reported across the area. The highest wind speeds were around 90 mph clocked on a tugboat in the intercoastal waterway just south of Pensacola. Most of the damage was from trees and power lines being blown down. Following are some individual damage reports: Gust to 90 mph from a tugboat just south of NPA (Escambia County). Trees and power lines were blown down in Jay (Santa Rosa County). NPA reported a gust to 64 mph. Laurel Hill had trees blown down and some of the trees were blown into a couple of homes (Okaloosa County). Trees and power lines were blown down in the East Hill section of Pensacola. Trees and power lines were blown down in the Holly-Navarre areas (Santa Rosa County). Trees were blown down in the Crestview area (Okaloosa County). Eglin Air Force Base reported wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph at two of their remote sensors (Okaloosa County). The squall line moved out of Okaloosa County and into Walton County around 0930 CST.

Thunderstorm Wind, Holmes

When: November 11, 8:57 AM EST
Where: Holmes County, Esto
Coordinates: 30.868, -85.814 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Holmes County Sheriff's Department reported trees down north of Highway 2 along Highway 79.

Tornado, Walton

When: November 11, 8:57 AM CST
Where: Walton County, Defuniak Springs
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 30.680, -86.150

A tornado stuck causing major damage to one home and lesser damage to 12 other homes. Trees and power lines were also knocked down.

Tornado, Walton

When: November 11, 9:06 AM CST
Where: Walton County, Red Bay
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Property damage: $30,000
Coordinates: 30.619, -86.171 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A tornado lifted a vacant single-wide mobile home off its blocks and carried it 50 feet where it landed upside down in the middle of Rock Hill Road.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When: November 11, 9:30 AM CST to 9:55 AM CST
Where: Jackson County, Countywide
Property damage: $30,000
Coordinates: 30.795, -85.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were blown down on County Road 165 in Bascom and on State Road 71 in Greenwood. Near Kynesville trees were blown down. Three miles southwest of Marianna, Trees were blown down on State Road 167 and one house sustained considerable damage from an uprooted tree. One barn and several out buildings were destroyed.

Tornado, Washington

When: November 11, 9:32 AM CST
Where: Washington County, Chipley
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 20 yd
Property damage: $20,000
Coordinates: 30.700, -85.530

A tornado damaged a dairy.

Thunderstorm Wind, Bay

When: November 11, 9:36 AM CST
Where: Bay County, Panama City Beach
Property damage: $1,000
Coordinates: 30.238, -85.633 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Bay County Sheriff's Office reported a shed knocked down and some windows blown out of a building on Thomas Drive.

Tornado, Calhoun

When: November 11, 9:54 AM CST
Where: Calhoun County, Ocheesee
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Coordinates: 30.580, -85.020

Calhoun County Sheriff's Office reported a tornado touched down on the Northwest side of Highway 73 near State Road 274.

Thunderstorm Wind, Liberty

When: November 11, 11:06 AM EST
Where: Liberty County, Bristol
Coordinates: 30.241, -84.883 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

County sheriff's office reported trees and power lines downed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Liberty

When: November 11, 11:18 AM EST
Where: Liberty County, Telogia
Coordinates: 30.241, -84.883 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

County sheriffs office reported trees blown down along Highwat 65 South of Telogia.

Tornado, Gadsden

When: November 11, 11:27 AM EST to 11:30 AM EST
Where: Gadsden County, Wetumpka
Rating: F1
Path length: 5 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Coordinates: 30.580, -84.614 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A tornado touched down on the north side of Lake Talquin pulling several large cypress trees into the lake. The tornado travelled across a branch of the lake moving across the the Waldwood Boy Scout Reservation and tracking about three miles to Rocky Comfort Creek. Numberous trees were downed along the path.

Tornado, Leon

When: November 11, 11:50 AM EST
Where: Leon County, Tallahassee
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $500,000
Coordinates: 30.458, -84.278 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A severe thunderstorm caused sportatic damage from downtown Tallahassee across the east and north sides of the city and spawned a tornado that caused considerable damage. Hundreds of mature pines and hardwoods were damaged or blown completely down causing damage to many residences and apartment complexes. The Tallahassee Civic Center sustained considerable roof damage. No serious injuries were reported but several people reportedly received cuts and bruises.

Tornado, Franklin

When: November 11, 11:50 AM EST
Where: Franklin County, Lanarrowk Village
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 20 yd
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 29.812, -84.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Franklin County Sheriff's Office reported a tornado touch down in Lanark Village blowning the windows out of a house and damaging a fence.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson

When: November 11, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Jefferson County, Capps
Property damage: $1,000
Coordinates: 30.424, -83.900 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A large tree was blown across power lines and into Highway 27 between Capps and Wakeena.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wakulla

When: November 11, 12:10 PM EST
Where: Wakulla County, Wakulla
Property damage: $1,000
Coordinates: 30.148, -84.376 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sheriff's Office reported that a tree was blown down on a house at River Plantation Estates.

Thunderstorm Wind, Madison

When: November 11, 12:50 PM EST
Where: Madison County, Countywide
Coordinates: 30.444, -83.470 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

County Emergency Management and Sheriffs Office reported large trees blown down across many areas of the county.

Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia

When: November 11, 1:36 PM EST
Where: Columbia County, Lake City
Property damage: $55,000
Coordinates: 30.224, -82.621 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were blown across U.S. 90 East and across Highway 47 south of CR-240. One home was left in shambles and was almost totally destroyed.

Tornado, Wakulla

When: November 11, 2:10 PM EST
Where: Wakulla County, Horseshoe Beach
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 20 yd
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 30.148, -84.376 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sheriff's office and storm spotter reprted a tornado that overturned a mobile home and damaged some sheds.

Thunderstorm Wind, Union

When: November 11, 2:30 PM EST
Where: Union County, Lake Butler
Property damage: $4,000
Coordinates: 30.044, -82.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Large tree limbs were blown down on 1st Street.

Thunderstorm Wind, Levy

When: November 11, 2:39 PM EST
Where: Levy County, Chiefland
Coordinates: 29.282, -82.789 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed power lines and a tree in Chiefland.

Thunderstorm Wind, Duval

When: November 11, 2:46 PM EST
Where: Duval County, Jacksonville
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 30.335, -81.648 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several reports, mainly on the westside north of Interstate 10, of trees and power line blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, St. Johns

When: November 11, 3:05 PM EST to 3:12 PM EST
Where: St. Johns County
Property damage: $4,000
Coordinates: 29.912, -81.410 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several reports of trees and power lines blown down throughout the county.

Thunderstorm Wind, Alachua

When: November 11, 4:30 PM EST
Where: Alachua County, Lacrosse
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 29.675, -82.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees and power lines were blown down along Highways 121 and 235.

Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam

When: November 11, 4:55 PM EST
Where: Putnam County, Bostwick/Crescent Cit
Property damage: $6,000
Coordinates: 29.609, -81.744 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees and power lines were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hillsborough

When: November 11, 8:55 PM EST
Where: Hillsborough County, Tampa
Path length: 1 mi
Property damage: $2,000
Coordinates: 27.906, -82.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A microburst downed numerous trees along Surona road. The microburst was responsible for deflecting a weak F0 tornado eastward along a 1.2 mile path. FLORIDA , Northwestern

Tornado, Hillsborough

When: November 11, 8:55 PM EST
Where: Hillsborough County, Tampa
Rating: F0
Path length: 1.2 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Injuries: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $24,000
Coordinates: 27.906, -82.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A weak tornado (F0), 150 feet wide along a path of 1.2 miles combined with a microburst to move east over rural portions of southern Hillsborough County. The tornado touched near the Sundance community along U.S Highway 301 and Surona Road. The F0 tornado touched down and severely damaged one doublewide mobile home and produced minor damage to five other mobile homes. Two persons sustained minor injuries. A shed and a chain link fence were also destroyed. Power lines along with several large trees were downed. The tornado lifted and dissipated near Seminole Trail and Oakwood Drive. Estimated damage of $24 thousand.

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.

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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: 10317830, 10320027, 10319506, 10319507, 10320106, 10319513, 10318144, 10318111, 10320028, 10320029, 10320086, 10319981, 10320082, 10320110, 10319461, 10320042, 10317725, 10319462, 10319340, 10320011, 10317841, 10319182, 10318103, 10319855, 10320020, 10320021.