Tornado, Okaloosa
- When
- July 31, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Okaloosa County, Ft Walton Beach
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.370, -86.670
Tornado in Florida, July 31, 1996
Several waterspouts were reported in Santa Rosa Sound. The waterspouts quickly dissipated as they moved ashore.
Where it happened
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- 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
- None recorded
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MOB wrote it up.
Several waterspouts were reported in Santa Rosa Sound. The waterspouts quickly dissipated as they moved ashore. No damage was found.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, July 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 31, 1996
More
Every storm in Florida in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Florida, 1996Warnings in Florida, July 1996
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: 5559998.