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 1969
February 12 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| February 12 | 5:00 PM GMT-6 | F0 | | 1.0 | 117 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
February 15 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| February 15 | 11:45 AM GMT-5 | F1 | Gadsden | 0.1 | 10 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
April 19 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| April 19 | 3:30 AM GMT-5 | F1 | Orange | 5.6 | 500 | | | $50,000 to $500,000 |
May 3 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| May 3 | 6:44 PM GMT-4 | F0 | Pasco | 0.1 | 10 | | | |
May 11 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| May 11 | 4:45 PM GMT-4 | F0 | Palm Beach | 0.1 | 10 | | | |
May 15 2 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| May 15 | 3:30 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Palm Beach | 0.1 | 10 | | | $50 to $500 |
| May 15 | 3:36 PM GMT-4 | F0 | Palm Beach | 0.1 | 10 | | | |
May 18 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| May 18 | 5:40 AM GMT-5 | F1 | Okaloosa | 0.1 | 10 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
May 19 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| May 19 | 5:25 PM GMT-4 | F0 | Taylor | 0.1 | 10 | | | |
May 24 2 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| May 24 | 6:00 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Santa Rosa | 0.1 | 10 | | | $50 to $500 |
| May 24 | 6:30 PM GMT-5 | F0 | Walton | 0.1 | 10 | | | under $50 |
May 25 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| May 25 | 1:14 PM GMT-4 | F0 | Palm Beach | 0.1 | 10 | | | |
June 4 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| June 4 | 5:10 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Hillsborough | 0.1 | 10 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
June 5 2 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| June 5 | 5:00 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Saint Johns | 0.1 | 10 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
| June 5 | 7:00 PM GMT-4 | F0 | Suwannee | 0.1 | 10 | | | |
June 6 2 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| June 6 | 2:15 PM GMT-4 | F2 | Polk | 0.1 | 10 | | | |
| June 6 | 8:26 PM GMT-4 | F0 | Hillsborough | 0.1 | 10 | | | |
June 8 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| June 8 | 7:05 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Manatee | 0.1 | 10 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
June 10 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| June 10 | 3:15 PM GMT-5 | F0 | | 0.1 | 10 | | | |
June 13 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| June 13 | 6:45 PM GMT-4 | F2 | Sarasota | 0.1 | 10 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
June 21 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| June 21 | 4:44 AM GMT-5 | F0 | Okaloosa | 0.1 | 10 | | | |
July 1 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| July 1 | 6:40 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Hillsborough | 0.1 | 10 | | | $50 to $500 |
July 2 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| July 2 | 6:46 PM GMT-4 | F2 | Hillsborough | 0.1 | 10 | | 2 | $500 to $5,000 |
July 6 2 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| July 6 | 8:00 PM GMT-4 | F0 | Lake | 0.1 | 10 | | | |
| July 6 | 8:10 PM GMT-4 | F0 | Lake | 0.1 | 10 | | | |
July 14 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| July 14 | 6:00 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Polk | 0.1 | 10 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
July 22 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| July 22 | 8:18 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Volusia | 0.1 | 10 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
July 23 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| July 23 | 4:38 PM GMT-4 | F0 | Indian River | 0.1 | 10 | | | |
August 10 3 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| August 10 | 1:37 PM GMT-5 | F0 | | 0.1 | 10 | | | |
| August 10 | 3:40 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Broward | 0.1 | 10 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
| August 10 | 4:28 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Broward | 0.1 | 10 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
August 13 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| August 13 | 3:35 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Highlands | 3.6 | 10 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
August 14 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| August 14 | 10:10 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Orange | 3.8 | 10 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
August 17 2 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| August 17 | 12:15 PM GMT-5 | F0 | Escambia | 0.1 | 10 | | | |
| August 17 | 4:28 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Santa Rosa | 0.1 | 10 | | | $50 to $500 |
August 27 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| August 27 | 7:30 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Lafayette | 0.1 | 10 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
September 20 2 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| September 20 | 11:20 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Franklin | 0.1 | 10 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
| September 20 | 11:45 PM GMT-4 | F2 | Franklin | 0.1 | 10 | | 3 | $5,000 to $50,000 |
October 1 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| October 1 | 6:10 AM GMT-4 | F0 | Franklin | 0.1 | 10 | | | under $50 |
October 2 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| October 2 | 5:43 PM GMT-4 | F0 | Volusia | 0.1 | 10 | | | under $50 |
October 4 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| October 4 | 6:10 PM GMT-4 | F0 | DeSoto | 0.1 | 10 | | | |
November 13 2 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| November 13 | 3:00 PM GMT-5 | F2 | Sumter | 3.4 | 150 | | 1 | $50,000 to $500,000 |
| November 13 | 3:00 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Citrus | 0.1 | 10 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
November 14 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| November 14 | 1:20 PM GMT-5 | F2 | Okeechobee | 3.8 | 10 | | 2 | $5,000 to $50,000 |
December 10 3 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| December 10 | 6:40 AM GMT-5 | F2 | Pinellas | 1.0 | 150 | | 1 | $50,000 to $500,000 |
| December 10 | 6:45 AM GMT-5 | F2 | Hillsborough | 0.1 | 10 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
| December 10 | 1:09 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Collier | 0.1 | 10 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
December 21 2 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| December 21 | 9:05 AM GMT-6 | F2 | Santa Rosa | 0.1 | 10 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
| December 21 | 4:45 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Franklin | 0.1 | 10 | | | $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.