Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, November 7, 1995

Name: Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, November 7, 1995
Start: 1995-11-07T20:00
End: 1995-11-07T23:15
Location: Florida

November 7, 1995 · 11 events in 9 counties and zones

10 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 11 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: 0
Property damage: $684,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 11

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

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Event by event

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

Thunderstorm Wind, Suwannee

When: November 7, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Suwannee County, Branford
Property damage: $80,000
Coordinates: 30.196, -82.991 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Two homes were damaged, and one vehicle was overturned.

Thunderstorm Wind, Nassau

When: November 7, 8:05 PM EST
Where: Nassau County, Fernandina Beach
Property damage: $20,000
Coordinates: 30.611, -81.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A roof on a beachfront home in the 700 block of South Fletcher Avenue was lifted off and blown onto the beach. Large limbs and power lines were blown down throughout the county.

Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia

When: November 7, 8:20 PM EST
Where: Columbia County, Lake City
Property damage: $2,000
Coordinates: 30.224, -82.621 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several reports of trees and power lines blown down.

Tornado, Columbia

When: November 7, 8:57 PM EST to 9:25 PM EST
Where: Columbia County, Lake City
Rating: F1
Path length: 100 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Property damage: $500,000
Coordinates: 30.224, -82.621 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

One barn was destroyed with minor to moderate damage to 20 buildings.

Thunderstorm Wind, Bradford

When: November 7, 9:08 PM EST
Where: Bradford County
Property damage: $2,000
Coordinates: 29.950, -82.169 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Numerous reports of trees and power lines blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clay

When: November 7, 9:15 PM EST
Where: Clay County, Orange Park
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 29.983, -81.858 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several reports of large limbs and power lines blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Duval

When: November 7, 9:15 PM EST
Where: Duval County, Baymeadows
Property damage: $6,000
Coordinates: 30.335, -81.648 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several large trees uprooted.

Thunderstorm Wind, Alachua

When: November 7, 9:57 PM EST
Where: Alachua County, Gainesville
Property damage: $55,000
Coordinates: 29.675, -82.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

On Interstate 75, two cars were blown off the highway and caused two tractor-semitrailers to collide.

Thunderstorm Wind, St. Johns

When: November 7, 10:05 PM EST
Where: St. Johns County, Palm Valley
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 29.912, -81.410 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Numerous reports of power lines and trees blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Gilchrist

When: November 7, 10:05 PM EST
Where: Gilchrist County
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 29.726, -82.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several reports of trees and power lines down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clay

When: November 7, 11:15 PM EST
Where: Clay County, Orange Park
Property damage: $4,000
Coordinates: 29.983, -81.858 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees and power lines were blown down.

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

Every storm in Florida in 1995 Every state in 1995 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Florida, 1995 Warnings in Florida, November 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: 10319288, 10320137, 10317723, 10317724, 10317622, 10317687, 10317840, 10318102, 10319181, 10320092, 10317688.