Tornado in Florida, May 26, 1999

Name: Tornado in Florida, May 26, 1999
Start: 1999-05-26T18:30
End: 1999-05-26T18:39
Location: Florida

May 26, 1999 · NWS TAE · 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: $500,000
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 Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:29 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Walton

When: May 26, 6:30 PM EST to 6:39 PM EST
Where: Walton County, De Funiak Spgs to 5 mi N of De Funiak Spgs
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $500,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 30.780, -86.120

Walton County EMA reported tornado touched down several times along SR 83N and CR 192 north of De Funiak Springs. Five barns destroyed, seven outbuildings sustained minor damage, and a roof lifted off a residence. Numerous trees and power lines downed and electrical service disrupted for nearly six hours to 1,200 customers.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Florida in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Florida, 1999 Warnings in Florida, May 1999

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: 5699656.