F040 to 72 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F173 to 112 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
F2113 to 157 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
F3158 to 206 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
F4207 to 260 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5261 to 318 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.
Every tornado in Florida in 1968
January 23 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| January 23 | 10:10 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Pinellas | 0.1 | 50 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
January 24 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| January 24 | 1:30 AM GMT-5 | F0 | Polk | 0.1 | 10 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
February 19 2 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| February 19 | 4:00 AM GMT-6 | F2 | | 5.7 | 100 | | 21 | $500,000 to $5 million |
| February 19 | 4:15 AM GMT-6 | F1 | | 0.1 | 10 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
February 23 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| February 23 | 3:00 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Palm Beach | 0.1 | 10 | | | $50 to $500 |
March 12 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| March 12 | 12:30 PM GMT-5 | F0 | Levy | 0.1 | 10 | | | |
March 22 3 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| March 22 | 10:40 AM GMT-6 | F1 | Okaloosa | 0.1 | 10 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
| March 22 | 11:00 AM GMT-6 | F1 | Holmes | 0.1 | 10 | | | $50 to $500 |
| March 22 | 12:30 PM GMT-6 | F1 | Jackson | 0.1 | 10 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
May 13 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| May 13 | 5:15 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Lee | 0.1 | 10 | | | $50 to $500 |
May 19 2 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| May 19 | 1:00 PM GMT-4 | F0 | Jefferson | 0.1 | 10 | | | under $50 |
| May 19 | 3:10 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Pinellas | 0.1 | 100 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
May 28 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| May 28 | 2:40 PM GMT-4 | F0 | Brevard | 0.1 | 10 | | | |
May 29 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| May 29 | 8:02 PM GMT-4 | F0 | Palm Beach | 0.1 | 10 | | | |
June 4 2 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| June 4 | 6:30 AM GMT-4 | F1 | Brevard | 0.3 | 10 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
| June 4 | 10:10 AM GMT-4 | F0 | Brevard | 0.1 | 17 | | | |
June 5 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| June 5 | 9:10 AM GMT-4 | F1 | Polk | 0.1 | 10 | | | $50 to $500 |
June 7 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| June 7 | 2:10 PM GMT-5 | F1 | | 0.1 | 10 | | 1 | $50,000 to $500,000 |
June 12 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| June 12 | 4:30 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Gadsden | 4.1 | 17 | | | $50,000 to $500,000 |
June 19 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| June 19 | 1:45 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Brevard | 0.1 | 10 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
June 25 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| June 25 | 5:40 PM GMT-5 | F1 | | 14.0 | 10 | | | under $50 |
July 2 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| July 2 | 4:00 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Citrus | 0.8 | 400 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
July 7 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| July 7 | 4:00 PM GMT-4 | F0 | Hardee | 0.1 | 10 | | | under $50 |
July 9 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| July 9 | 3:30 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Brevard | 0.1 | 10 | | 1 | $5,000 to $50,000 |
July 11 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| July 11 | 4:10 PM GMT-4 | F0 | Martin | 0.1 | 10 | | | under $50 |
July 14 2 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| July 14 | 4:10 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Pinellas | 0.1 | 10 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
| July 14 | 1:30 AM GMT-4 | F1 | Pinellas | 2.0 | 27 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
July 19 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| July 19 | 7:10 PM GMT-4 | F0 | Lee | 0.1 | 10 | | | |
July 30 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| July 30 | 7:15 PM GMT-4 | F2 | Charlotte | 0.3 | 27 | 2 | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
August 9 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| August 9 | 3:20 PM GMT-4 | F0 | Charlotte | 0.1 | 10 | | | |
August 13 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| August 13 | 5:30 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Pasco | 0.1 | 10 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
August 29 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| August 29 | 8:00 AM GMT-4 | F1 | Suwannee | 5.6 | 10 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
August 30 2 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| August 30 | 3:15 AM GMT-4 | F2 | Volusia | 2.0 | 127 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
| August 30 | 1:56 PM GMT-5 | F0 | | 2.0 | 10 | | | |
September 7 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| September 7 | 6:00 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Clay | 9.5 | 10 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
September 8 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| September 8 | 2:10 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Duval | 0.1 | 10 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
September 10 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| September 10 | 2:00 PM GMT-4 | F0 | Palm Beach | 0.3 | 10 | | | |
September 12 2 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| September 12 | 1:00 PM GMT-5 | F0 | | 42.8 | 10 | | | $50 to $500 |
| September 12 | 4:57 PM GMT-4 | F2 | Brevard | 1.5 | 10 | | 1 | $5,000 to $50,000 |
October 4 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| October 4 | 1:30 PM GMT-5 | F0 | | 11.5 | 833 | | | |
October 17 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| October 17 | 12:00 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Palm Beach | 0.1 | 10 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
October 18 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| October 18 | 10:00 PM GMT-4 | F2 | Manatee | 0.1 | 50 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
November 9 9 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| November 9 | 12:55 PM GMT-5 | F2 | Sarasota | 4.1 | 100 | | 2 | $50,000 to $500,000 |
| November 9 | 1:10 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Sarasota | 12.3 | 10 | | 1 | $50,000 to $500,000 |
| November 9 | 1:35 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Hillsborough | 69.3 | 10 | | 3 | $50,000 to $500,000 |
| November 9 | 1:45 PM GMT-5 | F2 | Pasco | 29.6 | 100 | | 4 | $500,000 to $5 million |
| November 9 | 1:50 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Pinellas | 0.1 | 10 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
| November 9 | 4:20 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Brevard | 0.3 | 200 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
| November 9 | 5:00 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Collier | 0.1 | 10 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
| November 9 | 5:00 PM GMT-5 | F2 | Collier | 45.6 | 100 | 2 | 17 | $5,000 to $50,000 |
| November 9 | 7:00 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Palm Beach | 10.0 | 33 | | 2 | $50,000 to $500,000 |
November 11 4 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| November 11 | 11:15 AM GMT-5 | F1 | Pinellas | 57.2 | 10 | | | $50,000 to $500,000 |
| November 11 | 12:36 PM GMT-5 | F2 | Sarasota | 0.1 | 17 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
| November 11 | 1:00 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Lake | 0.1 | 10 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
| November 11 | 1:30 PM GMT-5 | F2 | Collier | 65.4 | 17 | | 3 | $50,000 to $500,000 |
December 1 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| December 1 | 9:28 AM GMT-6 | F2 | Escambia | 30.4 | 17 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
December 3 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| December 3 | 3:00 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Madison | 0.1 | 200 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.