Florida, 1995

Tornado in Florida, September 15, 1995

September 15, 1995 · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$10,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 Tampa radar (KTBW), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Lee

When
September 15, 4:00 PM EST to 4:20 PM EST
Where
Lee County, Ft. Myers
Rating
F0
Path length
6 mi
Path width
10 yd
Property damage
$10,000
Coordinates
26.625, -81.849 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A tornado, 15-feet wide sporatically touched down along a six mile path as it moved south over Pine Island. The first brief touchdown occurred near Pine Island Center where it rolled a 2,000 pound flatbed tractor-semitrailer 150 feet across a grass field. The tornado continued south across Pine Island where 50 large insulation panels for a church were launched by the tornadic winds over a thousand feet into the air. Several large trees were uprooted as it sporadically touched down as it moved south across the Island. The tornado lifted and dissipated near St. James City on Pine Island.

What these are

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.

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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: 10319923.